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Deirdre’s representative matters have included:

• Saur, a portfolio company of EQT, PGGM and CVC-DIF, on its inaugural €550 million “blue” senior notes offering
• KPS Capital Partners in its €3.5 billion acquisition of Innomotics from Siemens
• The Ardonagh Group, majority owned by Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners, in the offering of $1 billion of senior notes, $750 million of senior secured notes and €500 million of senior secured notes
• House of HR, a portfolio company of Bain Capital, in connection with a €150 million Term Loan B (TLB) add-on to its existing €1.02 billion TLB
• Fedrigoni, portfolio company of Bain Capital and BC Partners, in:
  • connection with the issuance of €430 million of senior secured notes and €300 million of senior holdco pay-if-you-can toggle notes 
  • its offering of €665 million of high-yield bonds
• Investindustrial:
  • and its portfolio company Sammontana Italia in its offering of €800 million senior secured floating rate notes 
  • in the financing aspects of its acquisition, alongside The Bagnoli Family, of Forno d'Asolo, from BC Partners
• Madison Dearborn Partners in a $500 million offering in connection with the financing of the acquisition of MoneyGram International, Inc.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Archer Limited in the successful refinancing and recapitalization of its $600 million term loan
• Navacord, controlled by Madison Dearborn Partners, in connection with multiple offerings of high yield bonds
• Technicolor in the spinoff and listing of its creative visual arts services division
• Bain Capital Private Equity:
  • in the financing for the acquisition of a majority stake in House of HR
  • and its consortium partners on the €2.1 billion proposed public takeover of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj
• United Group, which is majority-owned by BC Partners, in connection with the:
  • issuance of more than €1.4 billion of senior secured fixed and floating rate notes; €300 million of senior holdco pay-if-you-can PIK, or payment-in-kind, notes; and the upsize and maturity extension of United’s existing revolving credit facility
  • financing for its acquisition of Wind Hellas, including an offering of €980 million fixed and floating rate high yield bonds
• Option Care Health in connection with its debut offering of $500 million of high yield bonds
• Thomas H. Lee Partners and its portfolio company AutoStore on its $12.4 billion IPO on the Oslo Stock Exchange
• CPP Investments and BC Partners on the financing for the acquisition of global MedTech platform, CeramTec
• Guala Closures S.p.A. in:
  • an offering of €350 million of high-yield bonds
  • connection with its offering of €500 million of high yield bonds to refinance certain existing debt and its entry into a new €80 million revolving credit facility
• Transcom Holding in:
  • the issuance of €65 million of senior secured floating rate notes to certain institutional investors
  • connection with its offering of €315 million in high yield bonds
• L Catterton in the offering of €430 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2029 as part of the financing for the acquisition of the BIRKENSTOCK Group
• Spa Holdings 3 Oy in connection with an offering of €350 million in euro-denominated high yield bonds and $305 million in dollar-denominated high yield bonds issued in connection with the acquisition of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oy by Bain Capital
• Intelligent Packaging Limited, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, in connection with multiple offerings of high yield bonds
• Specialty Business Products, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, in connection with multiple offerings of high yield bonds
• The Ardonagh Group, majority owned by Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners, in connection with the largest-ever unitranche financing transaction globally
• The bidders in connection with their SEK 12.85 billion public-to-private buyout and the related financing for Oriflame Holding AG, an international beauty company that was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm
• The senior secured noteholder committee in connection with the scheme of arrangement and restructuring of the capital structure of New Look
• PAI Partners and BCI in their €3 billion public-to-private buy-out and related financing of Refresco, a Dutch soft drinks manufacturer that was listed on Euronext Amsterdam, and refinancing of existing indebtedness
• Ardonagh Midco 3 in connection with a tap of its senior secured notes to the proceeds of which were used in connection with acquisitions
• The underwriters in connection with initial public offering of Play Communications S.A. on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the largest non-securitization IPO of a Polish company
• Credit Suisse as lead representative of a syndicate of 16 investment banks in connection with offering of $2 billion of senior secured notes, €775 million of senior secured notes and $625 million of senior unsecured notes to finance a joint venture between Ziggo, a Liberty Global portfolio company in the Netherlands, and Vodafone’s Netherlands operations
• PAI Partners in connection with €125 million offering of senior secured notes to finance an acquisition of a Spanish residential and mental healthcare company by its portfolio company, DomusVi, a French care home provider
• Leading private equity sponsors on bids for various European assets