Charles Armstrong is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Banking Practice.

He focuses on domestic and cross-border leveraged finance and restructuring transactions acting for both sponsors and corporate across multi-tiered capital structures including the full range of bank and bond/bridge, first and second lien, bank and mezzanine, and holdco PIK transactions.

Charles' experience includes representing:

  • Stirling Square Capital/Omni Helicopters International Group in relation to the financing for its first bond issuance and subsequent refinancing
  • International Design Group, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group and Investindustrial, in relation to its senior secured term and revolving facilities financing
  • TDR Capital/Issa Brothers/EG Group in relation to the financings across series of multiple complex transactions
  • Farmfront Group, controlled by Carlyle investment funds, in relation to the financing for its acquisition of RKD and Irrimec Group
  • TDR Capital/Issa Brothers/ASDA (Bellis Finco plc) in relation to the financing for its acquisition of EG Group’s UK&I operations for an enterprise value of £2.27 billion
  • Energy Capital Partners in relation to the financing for its take private acquisition of the Biffa Group
  • Equistone Partners in relation to its sale of Acuity
  • The Carlyle Group in relation to the financing for its acquisition of the Ocmis Group
  • The Carlyle Group in relation to the financing for its acquisition of the Dianese Group
  • The Carlyle Group in relation to the financing for its acquisition of the Altadia Group
  • Hellman & Friedman in relation to its financing for the zooplus Group
  • TA Associates in relation to the financing for its acquisition of Chaos and Enscape
  • TA Associates in relation to the financing for its acquisition of Adcubum and tech11
  • ASDA in relation to the financing for its acquisition of 132 grocery retail sites from the Co-Op
  • WE Soda Limited, the largest natural soda ash producer in the world, in relation to its senior secured term and revolving facilities financing
  • EG Group in relation to the refinancing of its existing term and revolving facilities
  • The Carlyle Group in relation to the financing for its acquisition of a majority stake in END
  • Issa Brothers and TDR Capital in relation to the financing for their acquisition of ASDA supermarket 
  • EG Group in relation to the senior debt financing for its acquisition of the UK Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise
  • Kingsway Capital in relation to its take private acquisition of Al Fakher, a leading global producer of branded shisha 
  • Entain plc (formerly GVC plc) in relation to its USD term loan refinancing
  • TowerBrook Capital Partners and its portfolio company, Aernnova Aerospace Corporation SA, in relation to its covenant lite dividend recap financing
  • The Carlyle Group in relation to the senior debt financing for its acquisition of a 37% stake in Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U
  • Equistone in relation to the debt financing for the acquisition of Moody’s Knowledge Services
  • The Carlyle Group in relation to its bank/bond financing for the acquisition of the Forgital Group 
  • A leading private equity sponsor in relation to the fund guarantee backed financing provided to one of its portfolio groups
  • EQT in relation to a loan note financing provided to an Italian portfolio group
  • The Carlyle Group and Investindustrial in relation to the bank/bond financing for their joint venture acquisition of Flos, B&B Italia, and Louis Paulsen
  • The Carlyle Group in relation to its senior debt financing for the acquisition of the Codorniu Raventós Group 
  • British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and Preservation Capital Partners Limited in relation to the unitranche financing for their acquisition of the BMS Group
  • The Carlyle Group in relation to its loan note refinancing for Golden Goose
  • The Carlyle Group in relation to the loan note financing for Twinset SpA
  • Leonard Green Partners in relation to the debt financing for its acquisition of CPA Global
  • Hellman & Friedman in relation to its first and second lien financing for the public to private acquisition of the Nets Group
  • The Caryle Group in relation to the covenant-loose dividend recap financing provided to Comdata SpA
  • Onex Corporation in relation to the senior debt financing for its acquisition of Survitec Group Limited
  • Nordic Capital and the Lindorff Group in relation to the acquisition and financing of the Aktua Group
  • A leading private equity sponsor in relation to various pik holdco financings provided in relation to certain portfolio group

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Legal Practice Course, Nottingham Law School, 2001
  • Graduate Diploma in Law, Nottingham Law School, 2000
  • BA (Hons), University of West London, 1997

Languages Spoken

  • English