Michael M. Ettannani is counsel in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins.
His capital markets practice includes advising clients on:
High yield and other debt capital markets transactions
IPOs
Mergers and acquisitions with a capital markets financing element
Compliance with US securities laws
Michael represents corporate clients and investment banks, as well as private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, with respect to international capital markets matters. He has extensive experience in initial public offerings and high-yield debt securities offerings.
Recognition
“Michael Ettannani: facilitates all stages of the process. Great anticipation, excellent technicality, very pleasant communication.” The Legal 500 EMEA 2022
Experience
Michael's representative transactions include advising:
The underwriters on the €1 billion senior bond issue by FORVIA (formerly Faurecia), one of the world's largest automotive equipment suppliers, as well as on its tack-on offering of €200 million 5.5% senior unsecured notes due 2031 and concurrent tender offer to purchase for cash €950 million 7.25% sustainability-linked senior notes due 2026
Eutelsat on its inaugural high-yield bond consisting of €600 million 9.975% senior secured notes due 2029 and a concurrent tender offer regarding its existing €800 million 2.00% bonds due 2025
The initial purchasers in connection with a €600 million 5.750% senior secured notes due 2030 issued by Boels TopHolding, a leading equipment rental company with operations primarily in central and northern Europe under the brands Boels and Cramo, to finance the acquisition of Riwal, a supplier of several logistics and storage companies
Accorinvest on its €750 million inaugural high-yield bond offering and subsequent €650 million bond issue
Asmodée in connection with the issuance of €600 million 5.75% senior secured notes due 2029 and €340 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2029
Novafives on the issurance of €425 million floating senior secured notes due 2029
The initial purchasers in Tereos’ €350 million high-yield senior notes offering
FNAC-Darty on its first high-yield debt securities refinancing and the placement of a new €550 million senior notes due April 2029
The banks in connection with Faurecia’s €700 million of sustainability-linked senior notes due 2026
The underwriters of Faurecia’s €705 million rights issue
Derichebourg, a leading global provider of environmental services, in its inaugural €300 million green notes offering
J.P. Morgan and other banks in connection with the €2.8 billion bank/bond refinancing of Biogroup, the leading private medical lab services company in France and Belgium
BNP Paribas and the other initial purchasers in connection with the inaugural high-yield offering of Tereos, a leading global agro-industrial company
J.P. Morgan and others as initial purchasers in connection with the inaugural high-yield offering and subsequent add-on issuance of high-yield bonds by Rubis
Loxam, the leading European equipment rental group, in connection with its €500 million high-yield refinancing and its €1.4 billion financing for the acquisition of Ramirent
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
Avocat (Paris)
New York
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2008
Postgraduate Degree Law and Economic Globalization, Sciences Po Paris, 2007
Cross-border team represented the initial purchasers in the notes offering by a global leader in the development, manufacturing, and recycling of aluminium products and solutions.
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