EXPERIENCE

Paul’s experience includes advising:

• HPS Investment Partners LLC, as sole lender, on the £485 million refinancing of Saga plc, the UK's specialist in products and services for people over 50
• A club of 14 private credit lenders, led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and included Apollo, BlackRock, and Temasek, on the €1.5 billion financing of SumUp, a global financial technology business
• A private credit lender on the €140 million refinancing of a leading global logistics software company
• Imagination Technologies on a US$100 million convertible term loan to support the company's continued growth and development of technologies and intellectual property solutions
• Bain Capital Credit as lender in connection with the £1.2 billion unitranche and junior financing for Markerstudy Group acquiring an insurance brokerage spin-off from the Ardonagh Group*
• A private credit fund in connection with the annual recurring revenue-based financing of a global virtualization and cloud management software company*
• A club of private credit funds in connection with a US$180 million refinancing and upsizing of existing credit facilities for an international off-shore helicopter and air mobility services provider*
• A pan-European private equity firm in relation to the financing of its acquisition of a global intelligence, cyber, and investigations firm*
• A pan-European private equity firm in relation to the financing of its acquisition of a minority interest in a global, multi-brand specialist recruitment platform*
• The super senior revolving credit facility (RCF) lenders in connection with CVC Capital’s acquisition of Visma AS*
• The super senior RCF lender in connection with Nordic Capital’s acquisition of Ascot Lloyd*
• A global classifieds specialist on the financing of its US$9.2 billion acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group from eBay Inc.*
• An American global private equity firm on the financing of its €700 million acquisition of a majority stake in a leading financial services marketplace and its €500 million acquisition of a software company*
• A Florida-based private equity firm on the financing of its £325 million acquisition of a plumbing business*
• An American leading financial derivatives exchange on its £4.3 billion acquisition of an inter-broker dealer*
• A British cinema company on the financing of its US$3.6 billion acquisition of an American movie theatre chain*
• One of the largest independent container ship charterers on the restructuring of approximately US$2.2 billion of secured debt spread more than13 loan facilities*
• An integrated resort developer in connection with a US$2 billion multicurrency revolving credit facility*
• A Chinese natural gas company on its establishment of an HKD1.7 billion margin loan*
• An American-French multinational beauty company on the financing aspects of its approximately £420 million acquisition of a manufacturer of hair care products from a British private equity firm*
• A European property investment and development company in the establishment of a £125 million unsecured revolving credit facility*
• Britain’s largest care home operator in connection with a £286.8 million secured term loan facility agreement and the financing of its £300 million acquisition of a leading care home company*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm