Simpson Thacher represented eircom Finance DAC, an affiliate of eircom Holdings (Ireland) Limited (“eircom”), in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S tap offering of €200 million in aggregate principal amount of additional Senior Secured Notes due 2022. The transaction closed on August 8, 2016. eircom has used the net proceeds from this offering to prepay a portion of the outstanding amounts under its Senior Facilities Agreement.

eircom is the principal provider of fixed line telecommunications and the third largest mobile telecommunications provider in Ireland.

The Simpson Thacher team included Gil J. Strauss, Noam Katz, Cleo Koh and Anna Pollak (Capital Markets); and Meredith Jones and Joseph Tootle (Tax).