Manoj R. Bhundia

Manoj's representative transactions include advising:

Take-Private Finance

• The mandated lead arrangers and the underwriters of the financing relating to the recommended offer for Clinigen Group by Triton
• The global coordinator, the arrangers, and the underwriters of the financing relating to the proposed delisting of Vedanta Limited
• The mandated lead arrangers and the underwriters of the first lien financing relating to the recommended offer for Sophos Group by Thoma Bravo
• The lead arranger of the financing relating to the recommended offer for Castleton Technology plc by MRI Software Limited
• The mandated lead arrangers and underwriters of the acquisition debt financing relating to the recommended offer for Merlin Entertainments plc by a consortium comprising KIRKBI Invest A/S, Blackstone, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Amend and Extend/Refinancings

• The mandated lead arrangers of the refinancing of Ramudden Global
• The mandated lead arrangers of the refinancing of Pharmanovia
• The mandated lead arrangers of the refinancing of Clinigen Group
• The mandated lead arrangers of the super senior revolving facility and senior secured notes refinancing of CBR Fashion
• Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Bank of China, Barclays Bank, HSBC, Intesa, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Santander, SMBC, and UniCredit as arrangers of the refinancing and repricing of the € and US$ term facilities provided to Merlin Entertainments
• J.P. Morgan as sole bookrunner of the senior and second lien refinancing of Euroports and subsequent add-on financing
• BNPP as sole bookrunner of the refinancing of Europa University Education Group and subsequent add-on financings
• HSBC and J.P. Morgan as mandated lead arrangers of the refinancing of Archroma
• BNP Paribas S.A. and Goldman Sachs as mandated lead arrangers of the refinancing of Albéa Beauty
• The mandated lead arrangers of the refinancing of Stada Arzneimittel AG
• The mandated lead arrangers of the super senior revolving facility and senior secured notes refinancing of Energia Group

Private Credit Finance

• The lender of the financing to an insurance broker and underwriter 
• The lender of the financing to acquire a cloud-only digital consultancy 
• A group of lenders of the financing to acquire a provider of private capital fund administration services 
• A group of lenders to an end-to-end wealth management platform 
• The lender of the financing for the acquisition of Cloud Technology Solutions
• The lender of the financing for the acquisition of Silobreaker
• The lender of the financing for the acquisition of Learning Pool
• The lender of the financing for the acquisition of iBanFirst
• The lender of the financing for the acquisition of Investis Digital
• The lender of the financing for the acquisition of Lengow
• The lead lender in connection with the senior loan financing to fund the acquisition of Gen II Fund Services by a consortium comprising General Atlantic, Hg, and IHS Markit
• The lender of the financing for the acquisition of nShift

Leveraged Finance

• Barclays Bank as sole physical bookrunner of the term loan B add-on provided to Pharmanovia
• The Mandated Lead Arrangers and Underwriters on the additional financing aspects for the acquisition of Stada Arzneimittel AG by Bain Capital and Cinven
• Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Sucursal en España, ING Bank N.V., Sucursal en España and UniCredit Bank AG on the financing for the acquisition of Europea De Madrid by Permira Advisers LLP
• Various investment banks, credit funds, and financial institutions in connection with the commitment paper and bid processes for several European top-tier sponsor-led acquisition debt financings

Investment Grade Finance

• The global coordinators, the mandated lead arrangers, and the underwriters of the term loan and revolving credit facilities to Flutter Entertainment plc in connection with its acquisition of The Stars Group
• The mandated lead arranger in connection with the financing supporting 4IG’s acquisition of Vodafone Hungary

Special Situations

• The super senior revolving facility lenders in connection with the cross-border restructuring of CWT, consummated through an extraordinary one-day prepackaged chapter 11 case