Neel V. Sachdev

Bain Capital

• and Carlyle on the public takeover offer for OSRAM Licht AG

• on its acquisition of DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals, a global leader in sustainable antibiotics, next-generation statins and anti-fungals

• and Cinven on their EUR 5.4 billion joint public takeover of the German pharmaceutical company Stada Arzneimittel AG; to date the largest private equity transaction ever realized in the German market

• on its carve-out acquisition from Sealed Air Corp. of Sealed Air’s Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within Sealed Air’s Food Care division (together “New Diversey”) for approximately $3.2 billion

• on its £230 million acquisition of Plasma Resources UK Ltd. from the UK Department of Health

• on its acquisition of Maisons du Monde, part financed via the offering of €325 million Senior Secured Notes due 2020

• and Advent in the DKK17 billion acquisition of Nordic card-payment company Nets Holding AS

• on its acquisition of Bugaboo International

• on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Fedrigoni Group

• on its acquisition of leading Italian tyre wholesaler Fintyre

• on the acquisition of MSX International

• in relation to the financing of its US$3.1bn sale of Brakes to Sysco

• and Virgin Group on the export credit financing for Virgin Voyages

• and Hellman & Friedman on the €1.6 billion debt financing of its acquisition of Securitas Direct

• and its portfolio company Atento in connection with the refinancing of Atento’ s super senior revolving credit facility and senior secured notes

• and Autodis S.A. in connection with the issuance by Autodis S.A. of €80.0 million of senior secured floating rate notes due 2022

• and Altor, Albain Midco Norway AS and Albain Bidco Norway AS in the financing of their acquisition of EWOS Group by Albain Bidco Norway for NOK 6.5 billion

Lone Star

• on the financing aspects of its €3.17 billion acquisition of BASF's Construction Chemicals business
• on the financing aspects of its approximately €1 billion acquisition of Imerys Roofing, one of the leading roofing suppliers in the French construction market, from Imerys, a world leader in mineral-based specialties for industry
• on the financing aspects of its approximately €2.2 billion acquisition of the Xella Group, a German-based market leader in building solutions, from PAI Partners and funds managed by Goldman Sachs’ investment arm
• on the financing aspects of its approximately €1.025 billion acquisition of Stark Group

Investindustrial

• on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Neolith
• on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Italcanditi SpA
• on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Natra, S.A.
• on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Louis Poulsen Lighting A/S
• on its acquisition of leading medical device company HTL-Strefa (‘HTL’)
• on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Italian diagnostics company Lifebrain
• on the financing aspects of its acquisition of CEME Group S.p.A.
• with respect to the financing of its approximately €1.3 billion acquisition of the Artsana Group S.p.A., a global health and beauty care business which includes brands such as Chicco and Boppy
• in relation to the financing of their acquisition of B&B Italia

BC Partners

• and United Group on the financing aspects of United Group’s c. £1 billion acquisition of Vivacom
• on its investment in Advanced, a provider of business software solutions
• on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Synthon International Holding, a global market leader in the development of complex Generics
• and United Group on United Group’s definitive agreement to acquire Tele2 Croatia
• on its acquisition of a majority stake in United Group, a leading media and communication services provider across Southeast Europe, from KKR
• on the financing aspects of its £700 million acquisition of VetPartners from Ares Management and August Equity

Core Equity Holdings

• on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Portman Dental Care
• on the financing aspects of its acquisition of ID Verde SAS

Warburg Pincus

• on its co-investment in the combined group of Tilney Smith & Williamson
• on its investment in Polyplus, a developer of innovative and cost-effective technology used in gene and cell therapy
• on the sale of Accelya to Vista Private Equity 

CPP Investments and its consortium partners on the acquisition of Galileo Global Education

Hg on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in P&I

Oakley Capital on the sale of WebPros to CVC

EP Global Commerce on the €6 billion voluntary public takeover offer for METRO AG

Thomas H. Lee Partners on the acquisition of AutoStore from EQT

Searchlight Capital on the acquisition of a 26% minority stake in Latécoère, a French aeronautics company

A consortium consisting of Apax, Warburg Pincus, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on the $3.4 billion take private of Inmarsat, a British satellite communications group

TA Associates and Inspired Education on the financing aspects of the acquisition by Inspired Education of ACG’s schools unit and refinancing of existing debt

Alteri Investors on the acquisition of CBR Fashion Group from Swedish financial investor EQT

Sun European Partners

• on the financing aspects of its sale of Albéa
• on its acquisition of Afriflora

Albea Beauty Holdings, a portfolio company of Sun Capital, on an approximately US$1 billion refinancing consisting of a senior secured term loan B and revolving credit facility

Sun Capital on the financing of its acquisition of fashion brand Scotch & Soda and retail company V&D

EG Group, a portfolio company of TDR Capital, on its approximately $5 billion of financings for the acquisitions of:

• Woolworths Group’s petrol division in Australia
• 762 forecourt convenience sites in the U.S. from The Kroger Group
• Esso Deutschland GmbH (1000 Esso Service Stations in Germany) from Exxon Mobil Corporation

Apax Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in matchesfashion.com

Triton on the financing of its approximately €700 million sale of Rutgers NV

Towerbrook Capital on their buy-out of Jimmy Choo

A consortium of senior lenders led by Apollo, TowerBrook and York Capital in connection with the hostile debt M&A takeover of the Monier Group

Apollo in connection with the year-long restructuring of Gala Coral

HIG Capital on the unitranche financing of its acquisition of Freedom Finance

CVC Capital and ista in connection with ista's bank and bond facilities incurred in connection CVC's acquisition of ista

Edcon Limited, formerly a Bain portfolio company, on a comprehensive financial restructuring of its capital structure

Five Arrows Principal Investments in connection with its acquisition of the Karnov group

Altor Fund Manager AB and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking on the refinancing for Navico

Carlyle in connection with the offering of £425 million of senior secured bonds and the private placement of £130 million of second lien bonds

Vitruvian in relation to the financings of their acquisitions of CRF Health, Accountor and Unifaun

CCMP Capital and Pure Gym, in relation to the financing of Pure Gym’s approximately £80 million acquisition of the LA Fitness UK business

Edcon Holdings Limited, the parent company of Edcon, in the offering of €425 million 13.375% senior notes due 2019 and the tender offer for €378 million of its senior notes due 2015

Triton, Rhone Capital and Orion Engineered Carbons Finance & Co. S.C.A. in connection with Orion's offering of $390 million 9.25/10% pay-in-kind toggle notes due 2019