Colin Harley
Biography
Overview
Colin is a Partner in the Firm's Debt Finance Group in London. Colin focuses on advising financial sponsors and alternative capital providers on leveraged acquisition finance and financial restructurings. Clients benefit from his experience, pragmatism and technical understanding of leveraged loans and debt restructuring transactions.
Experience
Recent representative transactions include advising:
Castik Capital on the debt financing for its acquisitions of Andra Tech, paraDIGMA, the ARTUS and Hestia groups, Customs Support Group, AllDent, Alpega and Waterlogic.
Waterlogic Group, a leading provider of point-of-use water purification dispensers and Castik Capital portfolio company, on its US$925 million (equivalent) TLB refinancing.
Carlyle European Technology Partners on the debt financing aspects of its acquisitions of Disguise, 1E, Live U and Incubeta.
Triton on the debt financing of its acquisition of utilities contractor OCU Group Limited and of subsequent bolt-on acquisitions.
Triton on its £1.2 billion recommended takeover offer for Clinigen Group plc and the £775 million financing of the same.
Inflexion Private Equity Partners on the acquisition financing for the investment by its Buyout Fund VI in K2 Partnering Solutions.
Ocorian, an Inflexion Private Equity Partners portfolio company, on the acquisitions of Estera, a leading global provider of funds, corporate and trust services, and Nordic Trustee, the leading bond trustee and loan agency provider in the Nordics.
Exponent Private Equity Partners on the debt finance aspects of: a significant investment in the Xeinadin Group; its acquisition of Kingsbridge Healthcare Group and the refinancings of Big Bus Tours Group and H&MV Engineering.
Inflexion Private Equity Partners and Informa plc on the debt financing for their acquisition of Novantas to form Curinos.
Inflexion Private Equity Partners on its partnership with GlobalData plc to carve out its Healthcare business, GlobalData's largest division, as a standalone entity.
Sir Paul Marshall and Old Queen Street Ventures (OQS Media) on the target debt reorganisation related to their acquisition of The Spectator magazine.
MidEuropa
- on the refinancing of AD Imlek, a MidEuropa portfolio company.
- on the refinancing of LX Vistula (Hortex), a MidEuropa portfolio company.
- on the debt financing for its acquisition of a majority stake in Optegra, a leading European opthamology platform.
- on a twin track financing process for its sale of a majority stake in Sage Poland (Symfonia).
Blackstone Credit and its affiliates on a three-tier financing package to support Advent International's approximately £4 billion acquisition of leading global technology and services innovator Cobham plc.
