Antoine Lebienvenu

Parts Europe on its €1.2 billion refinancing

Banijay to complete €910 million bond refinancing

Asda Group on the acquisition of EG Group’s UK and Ireland operations for an enterprise value of c. £2.27 billion

Travelodge, a portfolio company of GoldenTree Asset Management, on its high-yield refinancing and shareholder distribution 

Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) in its $550 million refinancing of its existing debt facilities and entry into a senior secured revolving credit facility

Advent International on its joint venture with LANXESS and joint-acquisition of DSM Engineering Materials

Emeria, a portfolio company of Partners Group, on its offering of €400 million 7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2028

Banijay Group to amend, extend and upsize its senior secured debt

Parts Europe on its new €180 million super senior revolving credit facility entered into in connection with the acquisition of Parts Holding Europe by D’Ieteren Group S.A. 

Lone Star on the acquisition of Manuchar

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

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. 

Centerbridge Partners and APCOA Parking on its €685 million senior secured notes offering and €80 million super senior revolving credit facility

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

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

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

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 

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

Selecta Group B.V., a portfolio company of KKR, in connection with the successful recapitalisation of the Selecta group, including the issuance of euro- and CHF-denominated first lien and second lien notes due 2026

Maxeda DIY Holding B.V., a portfolio company of Ardian and GoldenTree Asset Management, in connection with its offering of €420 million 57/8% senior secured notes due 2026

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

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

EG Group, a portfolio company of TDR Capital, in connection with the offering by EG Global Finance plc of €300 million 3.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2024, $750 million 6.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and €670 million 4.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2025

PAI Partners in connection with the offering by Hercule Debtco S.à r.l. of €150 million 6.750%/7.500% Senior HoldCo Pay-If-You-Can Notes due 2024 to finance the acquisition of Albéa S.A.

Selecta Group B.V., a portfolio company of KKR, in connection with its offering of €1.3 billion (equivalent) of high yield bonds, the proceeds of which were used to finance the acquisition of Gruppo Argenta S.p.A. and to refinance Selecta’s existing debt

Maxeda DIY Holding B.V. in connection with its offering of €475 million 61/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2022. This transaction won the “Europe High-Yield Bond” award at the IFR Awards 2017

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

Senvion S.A. in connection with its offering of €400 million 3.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2022

Partners Group AG and PSP Investments on the financing aspects of their acquisition of French clinical pathology lab operator Cerba HealthCare from PAI Partners, including the offering of €180 million 5.375% Senior Notes due 2025 by NewCo Sab MidCo S.A.S.

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

Hanesbrands Finance Luxembourg S.C.A., a subsidiary of Hanesbrands, Inc., in connection with its offering of €500 million 3.5% Senior Notes due 2024

Edcon Holdings Limited, a Bain Capital portfolio company, in the exchange offer of its €425.0 million 13.375% Senior Notes due 2019 and the restructuring of its capital structure

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

KKR in its acquisition of the Selecta Group, Europe's largest independent pan-European vending machine operator, from Allianz Capital Partners

TowerBrook in its sale of Autodistribution, a leading distributor of aftermarket automotive parts in France, to Bain Capital

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 acquisition of Labco S.A.

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.

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

Astorg Partners in connection with the financing, including €200 million 5.75% Senior Secured Fixed Rate Notes due 2021 and €150 million Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2021, of Astorg’s acquisition of the Kerneos group

Brakes Capital, a portfolio company of Bain Capital, in connection with its offering of £200 million 7.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2018