Ashurst advised RPC Group plc, the UK FTSE-250 plastic packaging manufacturer, on the amendment and restatement of its revolving credit facility. The existing revolving credit facility was increased from £350 million to £490 million for the purpose of funding part of the consideration for the acquisition of Promens Group AS, a leading European manufacturer of rigid plastic products, for €386 million.

The Ashurst banking team comprised lawyers from the firm's London, Paris, Munich, Brussels, New York and Hong Kong office.

The London-based team was led by partner Nicholas Moore, assisted by senior associate Jacob Durkin and associates Raymond Yeung and Joyce Teh. The Brussels team was led by Arnaud Wtterwulghe (partner), assisted Martin Carlier and George van Hecke (trainees), the Paris team by Diane Sénéchal and Bertrand Delaunay (partners), assisted by Constance d'Heucqueville, Pauline Laredo (associates) and Claudine Dago (paralegal) and the Munich team by Bernd Egbers (partner), assisted by Carsten Endres (senior associate), Thomas Freund (associate) and Anna Zoth (paralegal). The New York team was led by partner Patrick Quill, assisted by senior associate Amanda Goehring, while partner Dominic Gregory, assisted by trainee Emily Thompson, led the Hong Kong team.