Alex Despotovic

Alex’s experience includes advising: 

• Belron UK Finance plc in connection with its €8.1 billion (equivalent) senior secured note and term loan financing, the proceeds of which were used to pay an extraordinary dividend to its shareholders
• The initial purchasers in connection with SoftBank Group Corp.’s offering of US$1.8 billion (equivalent) senior notes
• The initial purchasers in connection with Puma Energy’s US$500 million senior notes offering and concurrent tender offer for its outstanding dollar denominated senior notes due 2026
• The initial purchasers in connection with the offering of US$525 million senior secured notes and €500 million senior secured notes by Flutter Treasury DAC, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc
• HitecVision in connection with a club-deal placement of shares in Vår Energi ASA, raising approximately NOK 3.7 billion (US$340 million)
• The initial purchasers in connection with the offering by Helios Software Holdings, Inc. and ION Corporate Solutions Finance S.à r.l. (ION Corporates) of US$500 million senior secured notes and €300 million senior secured notes
• Synthomer plc in connection with its €350 million senior notes offering and concurrent tender offer for €370 million existing senior notes
• The Initial Purchasers in connection with CBR Fashion’s €470 million issuance of senior secured notes
• HitecVision in connection multiple accelerated bookbuild offerings of shares in Vår Energi ASA, raising approximately NOK16 billion (US$1.5 billion)
• Aker BP and Lundin Energy on US securities law matters in connection with the US$14 billion merger of Aker BP ASA and Lundin Energy's E&P business
• Synthomer Plc on its £276 million rights issue and share consolidation on the London Stock Exchange
• Vår Energi in connection with its inaugural issuance of US$500 million senior notes and subsequent multiple offerings of senior notes totalling approximately US$2.5 billion
• Aker BP in connection with its issuance of US$1.5 billion in senior notes and concurrent US$1 billion tender offer for existing senior notes
• Vår Energi in connection with its NOK7.7 billion (US$864 million) initial public offering on the Oslo Børs
• Zenith Vehicles, a portfolio company of Bridgepoint Group plc, in its inaugural offering of £475 million of green senior secured notes and a new £65 million revolving credit facility
• Aermont Capital in connection with the acquisition financing of Keepmoat, a UK housebuilding company, including its £275 million senior secured notes offering
• Lundin Energy in connection with its inaugural issuance of US$2 billion senior notes    
• Synthomer in connection with its inaugural high-yield bond offering of €520 million senior notes
• Credit Suisse International in connection with Ideal Standard’s issuance of €325 million senior secured notes
• VNV Global Ltd. in connection with its rights offering and redomestication from Bermuda to Sweden*
• TD Securities and RBC Capital Markets in connection with Kinder Morgan Canada's C$1.75 billion initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange*
• Nordic Paper in connection with its SEK2.9 billion initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq Stockholm*
• Citycon in connection with its offering of €200 million guaranteed notes*
• Citycon in connection with its inaugural issuance of €350 million subordinated fixed to reset rate 5.25 year non-call undated green capital securities* 
• Tereos in connection with its offering of €300 million senior notes*
• Ardagh in connection with its US$2.8 billion offering of multi-currency, high-yield green notes in connection with its combination with Gores Holdings V, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company affiliated with The Gores Group*
• Paymentsense in connection with its inaugural high-yield bond offering of £290 million senior secured notes*
• Frigoglass in connection with its offering of €260 million senior secured notes*
• The initial purchasers in connection with TalkTalk Telecom’s offering of £110 million senior notes*
• J.P. Morgan and various other banks in connection with multiple offerings of notes by Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico totaling more than US$2 billion*
• Barclays, Goldman Sachs, and Nomura in connection with Stonegate Pub Company’s offering of £1.25 billion of senior secured notes*
• NatWest Markets Securities and Morgan Stanley in connection with NatWest’s offering of US$850 million fixed-to-fixed reset rate subordinated tier 2 notes*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham