Cedric Van den Borren

Noble Group on the successful $1.3 billion financial restructuring of its trading business (2022)

Citigroup on the £115 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange of Hiro Metaverse Acquisitions I S.A., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Hiro Capital (2022) 

Healthcare AI Acquisition Corp. in connection with its $200 million initial public offering (2021)

Morgan Stanley and DNB in connection with the $250 million initial public offering by ST Energy Transition I Ltd. of SAIL (2021) 

Iliad Holding S.A.S. in connection with the debt financing of the public tender offer for Iliad Group and €3.7 billion bond offering (2021)

PAI Partners in connection with the offering by Leather 2 S.p.A. of €340 million Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2028 to finance the acquisition of Conceria Pasubio S.p.A. (2021) 

World Quantum Growth Acquisition Corp., a FinTech focused special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its $200 million IPO (2021)

Investindustrial Acquisition Corp. in connection with its $3.2 billion business combination with Ermenegildo Zegna Group (2021) 

Parts Europe S.A., a portfolio company of Bain Capital, in connection with its offering of €380 million of senior secured floating rate notes due 2027 (2021)

The initial purchasers in connection with Picard Groupe’s offering of €750 million 3.875% Sustainability-Linked Senior Secured Notes due 2026, Lion/Polaris Lux 4’s offering of €650 million Sustainability-Linked Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2026 and Picard Bondco’s offering of €310 million 5.375% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2027 (2021)

Compact Bidco B.V., a Bain Capital portfolio company and the parent company of Consolis Group S.A.S., in connection with its offering of €300 million 5.75% senior secured notes due 2026 (2021)

Foncia, a portfolio company of Partners Group, on the refinancing of its capital structure, including the offering by Foncia Management S.A.S. of €400 million 3.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 and by Flamingo Lux II SCA of €250 million 5.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (2021) 

TB SA Acquisition Corp., a SPAC focused on opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa, in connection with its $200,000,000 IPO on NASDAQ (2021)

Citigroup, as sole underwriter of the $250,000,000 IPO of Rocket Internet Growth Opportunities Corp. on the New York Stock Exchange (2021) 

Europcar Mobility Group S.A. on its comprehensive recapitalization, including an injection of €250 million of new money through a share capital increase, €225 million of new fleet financing facilities and a significantly reduced corporate debt from €2,010 million to €910 million through a debt-for-equity swap (2021)

Investindustrial Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that will target European companies with an enterprise value between $1 - 5 billion, in connection with its $350 million IPO and the exercise of the underwriters’ $52.5 million over-allotment option (2020)

Parts Europe S.A., a Bain Capital portfolio company, in connection with an offering of €280 million of additional high yield bonds under its existing indenture (2020)

Avanti Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Sienna Capital, the alternative investment platform of GBL, and NNS Group, the investment group founded by entrepreneur Nassef Sawiris, in connection with its $600 million IPO (2020)

Parts Europe S.A., a Bain Capital portfolio company, in connection with its offering of €300 million 6.50% senior secured notes due 2025 (2020) 

China Shuifa Singyes Energy Holdings Limited (a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited) on its offer to repurchase for cash the USD senior notes (“USD Notes”) due 2022 (2020)

Banijay on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Endemol Shine, including the offering by Banijay Entertainment S.A.S. of €575 million 3.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and $403 million 5.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and by Banijay Group S.A.S. of €400 million 6.5% Senior Notes due 2026 (2020)

Techem Verwaltungsgesellschaft 675 mbH, a portfolio company of Partners Group AG, on its offering of €1,145 million 2% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and concurrent term loan B repricing (2020)

Singyes Solar (a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited) in restructuring of its total US$425 million senior notes due 2018 and 2019 respectively (2019)

China Minsheng Investment Group and its subsidiaries in the consent solicitation with respect to the US$500 million guaranteed bonds due 2019 issued by Boom Up Investments Limited (2019)

Parts Europe S.A. (formerly Autodis S.A.), a Bain Capital portfolio company, in connection with its offering of €175 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2022 (2019)

Noble Group Limited on its multi-billion dollar global restructuring. Noble is the largest restructuring that Asia has seen in recent times. This transaction was named “Restructuring Deal of the Year” by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2019 and “Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring” by The Asia Legal Awards 2019 (2018)

Partners Group on the financing of its acquisition of Ammeraal Beltech for €1 billion. Ammeraal Beltech is a global market leader in the design, manufacturing, fabrication and servicing of high-quality, high-performance process and conveyor belts (2018)

Partners Group AG on the financing aspects of their acquisition of German energy services provider Techem from Macquarie, including the offering by Blitz F18-674 GmbH of €465 million 6% Senior Notes due 2026 (2018)

Autodis S.A., a Bain Capital portfolio company, in connection with the issuance by Autodis S.A. of €175 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2022 (2018)

Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd. and J.P. Morgan Securities plc in connection with the offering by Picard Groupe S.A.S. of €60 million floating rate senior secured notes due 2023 (2018)

Partners Group AG and PSP Investments on the financing aspects of Cerba HealthCare’s acquisition of French clinical pathology lab operator Bio7, including the offering of €60 million 5.375% Senior Notes due 2025 (2018)

Advised the subscribers in the issuance of $115 million of PIK toggle notes by Paladin Energy Limited (2018)

SK Capital on its further investment in, and the $1.03 billion senior secured and second lien refinancing of, its portfolio company Archroma, a Swiss-headquartered provider of specialty chemicals (2017)

Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd. and J.P. Morgan Securities plc in connection with the offering by Picard Groupe S.A.S. of €1.19 billion floating rate senior secured notes due 2023 and the offering by Picard Bondco S.A. of €310 million 5.5% senior notes due 2024 (2017)

Goldman Sachs, Park Square and NGA Human Resources on the sale of NGA’s UK mid-market and small and medium business divisions (2017)

Partners Group on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Civica, a leading UK-based provider of specialist software, digital solutions and outsourcing services, from OMERS Private Equity (2017)

Banijay Group S.A.S. in connection with its issuance of €365 million of senior secured notes due 2022 (2017)

Bain Capital 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 (2017)

An ad hoc group of holders of convertible bonds issued by Paladin Energy Limited (a listed Australian mining company) in connection with a proposed exchange offer and debt-to-equity swap (2017)

An ad hoc committee of holders of the US$300 million notes due 2016 and US$700 million notes due 2017 issued by subsidiaries of PT Bumi Resources Tbk. (a listed Indonesian coal mining company) in connection with a restructuring through Indonesian suspension of payments proceedings (2017)

Partners Group AG and PSP Investments on the financing aspects of their acquisition of French clinical pathology lab operator Cerba HealthCare from PAI Partners (2016)

Astorg Partners and Kerneos Corporate S.A.S. in connection with the aborted refinancing of Kerneos and the sale of Kerneos to Imerys (2016)

Autodis S.A., a Bain Capital portfolio company, in connection with the offering by Autodis S.A. of €520 million senior secured notes due 2022 and the partial refinancing of Dakar Finance S.A.’s Senior HoldCo Pay-If-You-Can Notes due 2020 (2016)

Oaktree Capital Management on the sale of SGD Group S.A.S. to China Jianyin Investment (JIC) (2016)

Bain Capital and the Autodistribution Group in connection with the financing of the acquisition by Autodis S.A. of Doyen Auto (2016)

Citigroup and the other initial purchasers in connection with the offering by Faurecia S.A. of €700 million 3.625% senior notes due 2023 (2016)

Labeyrie Fine Foods SAS on the issuance of €80 million 5.625% senior secured notes due 2021 (2016)

Bain Capital and Dakar Finance S.A., in connection with the offering by Dakar Finance S.A. of €239.0 million 9.000%/9.750% Senior HoldCo Pay-If-You-Can Notes due 2020 for the acquisition of the Autodistribution Group (2015)

Bain Capital in relation to the redemption of the Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020 by Ship Global 2 & Cy S.C.A. in connection with the IPO of Worldpay Group plc (2015)

Bain Capital in relation to the initial public offering of Bravida and the related senior secured notes and floating rate senior notes redemption (2015)

Altor Equity Partners and Bain Capital on their €1.35 billion sale of EWOS to Cargill (2015)

Astorg Partners SAS on the issuance of €25 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2021 by Kerneos Tech Group SAS (2015)

Cinven in the offering by Ephios Bondco PLC of €500 million 6.25% senior secured notes due 2022 and €300 million floating rate senior secured notes due 2022 in connection with the proposed acquisition of Labco S.A. by Ephios Bondco PLC (2015)

BNP Paribas and the other initial purchasers in connection with the offering by Faurecia S.A. of €200 million 3.125% senior notes due 2022 (2015)

Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd. and J.P. Morgan Securities plc, in the offering by Picard Groupe S.A.S. of €342 million floating rate senior secured notes due 2019 and the offering by Picard Bondco S.A. of €428 million 7.750% senior notes due 2020 (2015)

Labco S.A. in connection with its offering of €100 million 8 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (2015)

Bain Capital in relation to the issuance of senior PIK notes due 2020 by Atalaya LuxCo PIKCo (Atento) (2014) and the subsequent partial redemption thereof in connection with the initial public offering of Atento S.A. (2014)

CVC Capital Partners in connection with the financing, including €550 million floating rate senior secured high-yield bonds due 2021, of CVC's acquisition of ParexGroup Participations S.A.S. (2014)

Oaktree Capital Management and SGD Group S.A.S. in the offering by SGD Group S.A.S. of €350 million 5.625% senior secured notes due 2019 (2014)

Labeyrie Fine Foods SAS on the issuance of €275 million 5.625% senior secured notes due 2021 (2014)

Astorg Partners SAS on the issuance of €200 million 5.75% senior secured fixed rate notes due 2021 and €150 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2021 by Kerneos Tech Group SAS (2014)

Advised Bain Capital on the issuance of £455,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020 by Ship Luxembourg Blackjack 2 & Cy S.C.A. (Worldpay) (2014)

Advised Bain Capital on the issuance of SEK 920,160,000 Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020 by Bravissima Holding AB (2014)

Edcon Holdings Limited, the parent company of the Edcon Group, in connection with its offering of €425 million 13.375% senior notes due 2019 and the tender offer for €378 million of its senior notes due 2015 (2013)

Bain Capital, Altor, Albain Midco Norway AS and Albain Bidco Norway AS in the offering by Albain Midco Norway AS of NOK1,040 million floating rate senior notes due 2021 and in the offering by Albain Bidco Norway AS of €225 million 6.750% senior secured notes due 2020 and NOK 1,810 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2020, the proceeds of which were used to finance the acquisition of the EWOS Group by Albain Bidco Norway (2013)

Oberthur Technologies Holding S.A.S. in connection with its offering of €190 million 9.25% senior notes due 2020 (2013)

Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd., in the offering by Picard Groupe S.A.S. of €480 million floating rate senior secured notes due 2019 (2013)

Bain Capital and Magnolia (BC) S.A. in the offering by Magnolia (BC) S.A. of €325 million 9% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 in connection with the proposed acquisition of Maisons du Monde by Magnolia (BC) S.A.S. (2013)

Falcon (BC) Germany Holding 3 GmbH in connection with Falcon's offering of €240 million 9% senior secured notes due 2020 (2013)

Bravida Holding AB (publ) in connection with its offering of €225.0 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2019 and SEK1,300 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2019 (2013)

Elis, a Eurazeo portfolio company, in connection with its offering of €450 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2018 and the concurrent private placement of €380 million in aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated notes due 2018 and a private placement of €173 million in aggregate principal amount of PIK notes due 2018 (2013)

CVC Capital Partners, in the offering of €350 million senior secured notes due 2020 by Trionista Holdco GmbH and the offering of €525 million senior subordinated notes due 2021 issued by Trionista Topco GmbH in connection with the acquisition of ista International GmbH (2013)

Integrated Dental Holdings Finance plc, a Carlyle portfolio company, in connection with its offering of £200 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured fixed rate notes due 2018, £125 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured floating rate notes due 2018 and £75 million in aggregate principal amount of second lien notes due 2019 (2013)

Avis Budget Finance plc, in its offering of €250 million senior notes due 2021 issued in connection with the acquisition of Zipcar, Inc (2013)

Labco S.A., in connection with its offering of €100 million 8.5% senior secured notes due 2018 (2013)

Edcon Proprietary Limited, in connection with its offering of €300 million 9.5% senior secured notes due 2018 and the concurrent tender offer for ca. €750 million of its senior secured notes due 2014 (2013)

Orion Engineered Carbons Finance & Co. S.C.A., a Triton and Rhone Capital portfolio company, in connection with its offering of $390 million 9.25/10% pay-in-kind toggle notes due 2019 (2013)

CVC Capital Partners and Cerved Technologies S.p.A. in connection with its offering of €300 million senior secured notes due 2020, €250 million senior secured notes due 2019 and €230 million senior subordinated notes due 2021 (2013)

Numericable, a portfolio company of Altice, Carlyle and Cinven, in connection with its offering of €275 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2018 and €225 million senior secured notes due 2019 (2012)

Monier Group S.à r.l., an Apollo portfolio company, in connection with the "amend & extend" of its senior credit facilities (2012)

Numericable in connection with its offering of €350 million senior secured notes due 2019 (2012)

Rhodia S.A. in connection with the consent solicitation relating to its €500 million senior notes due 2018 and its $400 million senior notes due 2020 (2011)

Tyrol Acquisition 2 S.A.S. and TDF S.A.S. in connection with the "amend & extend" of their senior credit facilities (2011)

Citigroup, Crédit Agricole, CIB and The Royal Bank of Scotland in connection with the offering by Cyfrowy Polsat Finance AB (publ) of €350 million senior secured notes due 2018 (2011)

Shearman & Sterling LLP

• Associate (Corporate), 2008–2011

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

• Associate, 2004–2007