Dan Maze

Dan's experience includes advising:

• The arrangers on the financing for CD&R’s bid to acquire a controlling stake in Opella, the consumer healthcare business of Sanofi
• The lead arrangers on the US$8.3 billion financing for Atlas Investissement’s public tender offer for the shares and SDRs of Millicom
• Boluda Towage on the amend-and-extend and upsize of its €1.1 billion term loan B and revolving facilities
• The mandated lead arrangers on the £1.6 billion term loan B and high-yield bonds for Motor Fuel Group’s acquisition of 340 petrol forecourts from Morrisons
• Deutsche Bank on the financing of the acquisition by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners of Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales, the environmental services subsidiary of the Sacyr group
• The bookrunners on various term loan B and RCF amend-and-extend and upsize transactions, including Morrisons, Motor Fuel Group, WSH Investments, Weener Plastics, and Banijay Group, among others
• JP Morgan as mandated lead arranger on the cross-border US$130 million term loan B credit facility and SEK2.1 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility for Oatly
• A group of direct lenders on the financing for EQT Infrastructure’s acquisition of a majority stake in Trescal, a global leader in calibration services
• A group of direct lenders on the TLB add-on facility for the acquisition by IFS, an EQT portfolio company, of P2 Energy Solutions
• A group of direct lenders on the financing for EQT’s acquisition of Envirotainer, the leading global provider of mission-critical biopharma transport services
• The mandated lead arrangers on the £6.6 billion term loan B, revolving credit and high-yield bridge facilities for CD&R’s take-private acquisition of Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
• Credit Suisse, Barclays, and HSBC as lead arrangers on the term loan B and revolving facilities for S4 Capital, the digital-first marketing services group
• BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan on the term loan financing for Next Private’s take-private acquisition of Altice Europe
• The lead arrangers on the €1.5 billion bridge facility established in connection with the merger of Nexi S.p.A. and Nets A/S
• The mandated lead arrangers on the senior secured facilities for the acquisition of Envision Pharma by GHO Capital
• The lenders on the financing for 3i’s acquisition of a majority stake in MPM, an international leader in branded, premium pet food
• The revolving facility lenders on the financial restructuring and refinancing of Matalan
• Deutsche Bank, Natixis, and Société Générale as mandated lead arrangers on the €1.93 billion cross-border senior secured credit facilities, senior secured notes, and senior notes financing for Banijay Group's acquisition of Endemol Shine
• The lead arrangers on the US$350 million bridge loan for Impala Platinum's take-private acquisition of North American Palladium
• The lead arrangers on the first and second lien facilities for the acquisition of WSH Investments by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
• The ad hoc committee of bondholders on the financial restructuring and refinancing of Johnston Press plc
• The lenders on the €135 million and C$145 million second lien facilities for EQT’s acquisition of Azelis
• The mandated lead arrangers on the €410 million term loan and revolving credit facilities provided to 3i portfolio company, Weener Plastics, to refinance existing debt and acquire Proenfar, a Colombia-based packaging group
• Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Credit Agricole on the €2.625 billion cross-border senior secured facilities for Altran’s acquisition of Aricent Technologies
• The lenders on super senior revolving facilities for Canary Wharf Group, Freepik, Entertainment One, AnaCap, Matalan, Haya Real Estate, Nexi, Balta Group, TMF Group, Hellermann-Tyton, Altice, Coditel, Brighthouse Group, IKKS, and Findus, among others
• UBS as sole underwriter of the €320 million first and second lien facilities for BC Partners’ acquisition of Pronovias, a Spanish bridal wear designer
• The mandated lead arrangers on the €1.625 billion senior credit facilities for Lone Star's acquisition of the Xella Group
• UBS, JP Morgan, Nomura, Royal Bank of Canada, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch as mandated lead arrangers on the €790 million covenant-lite senior secured facilities for the acquisition of Keter Plastic by BC Partners, as well as the incremental facilities for the bolt-on acquisitions of ABM Italia and Adams Manufacturing
• The mandated lead arrangers on the senior secured facilities for EQT's acquisition of Swedish public company, IFS AB
• Citibank as a mandated arranger on the senior facilities provided to Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic to acquire a 49% stake in Network International, the Emirati payments provider, as well as advising Citi on the conventional term loan and murabaha facilities provided to Network International for the follow-on acquisition of Emerging Market Payments Holdings (Mauritius) Limited
• EQUATE Petrochemical Company in connection with the US$6 billion bridge facility for the acquisition of ME Global, as well as the US$5 billion conventional and murabaha term and revolving facilities established for the refinancing of the bridge facility
• Credit Suisse as mandated lead arranger on the term loan facility for Platform Speciality Products Corporation's take-private acquisition of Alent plc
• The mandated lead arrangers on the €6 billion cross-border bank and bond financing for the acquisition by Altice S.A. of Portugal Telecom from Oi S.A.
• The mandated lead arrangers on the US$22 billion cross-border bank and bond financing provided to Altice and Numericable Group for the acquisition of French telecoms operator SFR
• Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and HSBC as mandated lead arrangers in connection with the US$555 million cross-border, covenant-lite first and second lien facilities provided to Montagu Private Equity for the acquisition of Rexam plc’s pharmaceutical devices and prescription retail packaging divisions
• Credit Agricole, Goldman Sachs, Nomura, and Natixis as mandated lead arrangers in connection with the €818 million senior covenant-lite facility arranged for the management buy-out of Ceva Sante Animale
• KKR Asset Management on holdco PIK facilities for Stork Technical Services and Hilding Anders
• Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley in connection with a US$570 million bridge loan, as well as US$1.1 billion high-yield bonds, provided to the Altice Group to finance the acquisition of the remaining 31% stake in HOT Telecommunications not already owned by Altice and refinance existing debt
• Preem AB in connection with the SEK 3.1 billion and US$1.9 billion credit facilities for refinancing its financial liabilities and representing Corral Petroleum Holdings AB in connection with its exchange offer for €221 million and US$250 million PIK notes