Latham Advises on GETEC’s €3.1 Billion Debt Raise

Latham & Watkins has advised the finance parties of GETEC on the successful completion of a €3.1 billion equivalent debt raise, refinancing its current debt facilities and implementing a long-term common terms platform. The refinancing was executed with US private placement notes, European institutional notes, and bank debt.

GETEC is one of Europe's leading energy service providers and contracting specialists for industry and the real estate sector.

The Latham team was led by London infrastructure partners Conrad Andersen and Seonaid Todisco, and counsel Amanda Fortuna, with finance partner Prue Criddle, and associates Laura Elliott, Pete Ma, and Matthew Milne. Advice on UK tax matters was provided by London partner Aoife McCabe, with associate Nicole Lim; on derivatives matters by London counsel Delyth Hughes, with associate Nick Surry; on German matters by Frankfurt partner Sibylle Münch, with associates Ralph Dräger and Verena Birke; on German tax matters by Munich partner Ulf Kieker; on finance matters by London associates Mark Walker and Rowena McCaughan; on US law matters by London partner Matthew Schneider, with associate Hamaad Mustafa; and on Italian law matters by Milan partner Alessia De Coppi, with associate Francesca Parisini.