Jack Elliott
Biography
Overview
Jack Elliott is an Associate in the Firm's Debt Finance Practice in London and specialises in cross-border leveraged buyouts, corporate financings, restructurings and refinancings. Jack regularly advises leading financial institutions, sponsors and direct lenders across the spectrum of financing types and structures, from syndicated lending to unitranche and bank club deals. This experience is further complemented by his secondment with J.P. Morgan, where he worked on a number of market leading leveraged finance transactions.
Experience
Representative transactions and experience include advising on:
Representation of Barclays Bank plc and J.P. Morgan on the refinancing and upsizing of the existing credit facilities of the McGill and Partners Group.
Representation of a club of private credit funds on a senior secured financing package to support the recommended offer by a consortium consisting of ADIA, CVC Capital Partners and Nordic Capital (the Consortium) to acquire leading UK financial services private investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown plc.
Representation of the initial purchasers and lenders on Assemblin Caverion Group's upsized offering of €1.28 billion high yield notes and €495 million (equivalent) RCF/guarantee/pensions facilities.
Representation of a group of banks (as first lien lenders), including Barclays, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, ING, NatWest, RBI and UBS, JP Morgan (as agent) and Wilmington Trust (as security agent), on a €1.825 billion term loan and €145 million revolving credit facility extension and repricing provided to Advent International's portfolio company, Zentiva Group.
Representation of Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Nordea Bank as Mandated Lead Arrangers, on the issuance by Assemblin of €480 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2029 and the establishment of new €180 million super senior revolving credit and guarantee facilities as well as a new pension guarantee facility. Assemblin is one of the Nordic region's leading providers of complete installation and service solutions, with a primary focus on electrical engineering, heating, sanitation, ventilation and automation.
Representation of Blackstone Credit, Sixth Street, Park Square Capital, SMBC and the other term financiers on CVC Capital Partners' acquisition of a majority interest in Sogelink Group (Sogelink), a leading European provider of software solutions for infrastructure, construction and property management professionals.
Representation of Ares Management and SEB, as lenders, on the public-to-private acquisition of Cary Group, a Nasdaq Stockholm listed company, by Nordic Capital and CVC Funds.
Representation of the group of lenders, including Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, J.P. Morgan Securities PLC, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Credit Suisse AG, Mizuho Bank, LTD., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (PUBL), and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, on a revolving facility amendment and extension provided to Nordic Capital's portfolio company Alloheim.
Representation of LX Vistula (Hortex), a portfolio company of MidEuropa, on an amend and extend of its existing debt facilities. Hortex is a Poland-based branded and private-label frozen food and beverage products manufacturer with a strong footprint across Central Europe.
Representation of HSBC Bank and Morgan Stanley as global coordinators in connection with an amendment and extension of the GBP 155 million and USD 332.5 million of senior secured facilities provided to Alexander Mann Solutions, a portfolio company of OMERS.
Representation of Bluewater PE, as Sponsor, and its portfolio company Contour Technologies Limited, as Borrower, in connection with a refinancing of Contour Technologies Limited's existing debt facilities. The refinancing involved a GBP base currency term loan facility, a USD base currency term loan facility and a USD multicurrency revolving credit facility.
Representation of AD Imlek, a portfolio company of MidEuropa, on an amend and extend and upsizing of its existing debt facilities.
