Xavier Farde

Mr. Farde’s experience includes representing:

• The banks in connection with Kapla Holding’s liability management exercise and offering of €650 million senior secured floating rate notes
• Eurazeo on its contemplated sale of D.O.R.C. for an enterprise value of €985 million
• The arrangers on the French veterinary pharmaceutical group Ceva Santé Animale’s term loan B refinancing of €2.3 billion
• The banks in connection with the financing of the acquisition by TowerBrook Capital Partners of the acquisition of GSF Group, a major player in the cleaning and related services sector in France
• The banks in connection with the financing of the acquisition of a majority stake in the Climater Group by Cobepa and a reinvestment by the managers
• ICG in connection with the financing of the acquisition of the Circet group, a provider of telecommunications network services
• The refinancing of certain existing financial debts and recap of the Prosol group, the parent company of the French food retailer Grand Frais
• The banksin connection with the financing of the acquisition of certain assets of Devoteam SA, a provider of technology and management consulting solutions
• Vivalto Santé, the third leading group of private hospitals in France, in its acquisition by Vivalto Partners alongside a consortium of minority shareholders
• The refinancing of certain existing financial debts of the DORC group, a supplier of instruments for ophthalmic surgery, and the financing of a distribution to its shareholders
• Vivalto Santé, the third leading group of private hospitals in France, in its acquisition by Vivalto Partners alongside a consortium of minority shareholders
• SK Capital in its acquisition of SEQENS
• Ontario Teachers in its investment in the merger of Siaci Saint Honoré and the Burrus Group
• The banks in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Conforama France, the French furniture retailer, by the shareholders of But
• Kersia Group, a portfolio company of Ardian, in connection with the financing of the acquisition of The Holchem Group Limited and its subsidiaries from Ecolab
• Ardian in connection with the sale of its majority stake of DRT, a world leader in plant-based chemistry to Firmenich
• Ardian in connection with the financing of the acquisition of a majority stake in the Santé Cie Group, a specialist in home medical assistance
• Ardian in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Cérélia, a leading transatlantic provider of innovative bakery solutions from IK Investment Partners
• The banks in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Domidep by I Squared Capital
• The lead arrangers in a €900 million financing of Financière Colisée
• The mandated lead arrangers in connection with the refinancing of the existing financial indebtedness of the Ceva Group, a veterinary pharmaceutical laboratory, for a total amount of €2.150 billion   
• HLD Europe in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Kiloutou
• The banks in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Ibersnacks and Agromaiz, producers, and suppliers of snacks in France and Spain, by Apax Partners
• Altran Technologies in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Aricent Technologies
• Unither Pharmaceuticals a France-based pharmaceutical manufacturing company in connection with the refinance existing debt
• Eurazeo Capital in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (DORC), a medical technology company from Montagu
• Assystem Technologies in connection with the financing of the acquisition of SQS Software Quality Systems
• Ardian in connection with the financing of the acquisition of 100% equity stake in Les Dérivés Résiniques et Terpéniques