Mayer Brown advised Société Générale on the financing of the debt associated with the acquisition of Pharmatis by UI Gestion, BPIFrance Investissement, MASCF, AFRICINVEST and the managers, from the founders.
The Mayer Brown team advising Société Générale on the financing aspects included: Francois-Régis Gonon (partner), Delphine Zhuang and Constance Bouchet.
The High-Yield Bonds team at Hogan Lovells has added yet another deal to its impressive credentials by acting as counsel for Radisson Hotel Holdings AB, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Radisson Hospitality AB, in its inaugural issuance of €250 million high-yield bonds.
Radisson Hospitality AB is a leading international hotel management company operating a portfolio of over 370 hotels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Radisson Hospitality AB's shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Sweden, and the group is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Goldman Sachs International and J.P. Morgan Securities plc as Initial Purchasers in connection with Autodis S.A.’s offering of €175 million Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2022 as additional notes under its existing indenture and the upsizing of its revolving credit facility.
Simpson Thacher is representing Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. in connection with an amendment to its committed bridge facilities to increase the aggregate principal amount of the facilities to £15.325 billion to finance its increased offer for the acquisition of Sky plc, the U.K.-based media company. Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch have committed to provide the bridge facilities.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised a consortium of banks on the amendment and extension of a Senior Facilities Agreement relating to the refinancing of Sunrise Communications Group AG.
Moscow—Dentons has advised EuroChem Group AG, a leading global fertilizer company, on a new US$820 million syndicated facility with 13 leading international banks. AO Raiffeisenbank, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, AO UniCredit Bank, Bank of China Limited, Hungarian Branch, AO Citibank, China Construction Bank, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Bank, a branch of ING-DIBA AG, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., AO Mizuho Bank (Moscow), MUFG bank, Ltd., Nordea Bank (Publ) and Public Joint-Stock Company Rosbank acted as Mandated Lead Arrangers.
Following the announcement on 12 December 2017 that Unibail-Rodamco SE ("Unibail-Rodamco") had agreed to acquire Westfield Corporation ("Westfield"), on 7 June 2018 it was announced that the acquisition had completed, creating Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield in a transaction valued at USD 24.7 billion (enterprise value).
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Elementia, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: ELEMENT*), a Mexican manufacturer of building materials for the construction sector, in connection with a U.S. $400 million unsecured revolving credit facility. The proceeds from the facility will be used for general corporate purposes.
BBVA Bancomer, BNP Paribas, Citibanamex, ING Bank, MUFG Bank, Scotiabank and Sumitomo Mitsui acted as administrative agents of the facility.
Mayer Brown JSM played a pivotal role in formulating the funding and closing arrangements for a US$325 million seven-year secured reducing revolving credit facility to PB Vessels Holding Limited, the borrowing entity of the Hong Kong listed Pacific Basin Shipping Limited. The firm acted on behalf of a syndicate of eight international banks, led by an experienced European ship finance bank, and was entrusted by all outgoing mortgagees to arrange the discharge of the existing security documents.
Simpson Thacher advised Blackstone on a high yield bond offering to finance a portion of the acquisition price of Cirsa Gaming Corporation S.A. LHMC Finco S.à r.l., a Blackstone special purpose vehicle, has completed a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of €1.5 billion (equivalent) of euro denominated and dollar denominated Senior Secured Notes.