EXPERIENCE

Nicolò’s representative matters have included advising:

• Stonepeak in connection with the financing aspects of its proposed acquisition of Forgital Group from Carlyle, including an offering of $825 million of high-yield bonds
• TDR Capital:
  • and its portfolio company Acqua & Sapone, in connection with the issuance and private placement of €75 million of additional senior secured fixed and floating rate notes to certain institutional investors
  • in connection with the financing aspects of its acquisition of Acqua & Sapone from H.I.G. Capital and the founding Barbarossa family, including an offering of €850 million of senior secured fixed and floating senior secured notes by Bubbles Bidco
• Investindustrial and its portfolio companies:
  • La Doria S.p.A. in connection with its issuance of €125 million of additional senior secured floating-rate notes and the upsize of its existing revolving credit facility
  • Sammontana Italia S.p.A., in connection with the financing for the acquisition by Investindustrial, alongside the Bagnoli family, of Forno d’Asolo from BC Partners, including an offering of €800 of senior secured floating rate notes
  • CEME S.p.A. in connection with the issuance of €360 million of senior secured floating-rate high-yield notes, and its entry into a new €67.5 million revolving credit facility
  • Guala Closures S.p.A., in connection with its issuance of €150 million of additional senior secured floating-rate notes and the upsize of its existing revolving credit facility
  • La Doria S.p.A. in connection with its issuance of €525 million of senior secured floating-rate notes and entry into an €85 million revolving credit facility
  • Guala Closures S.p.A., in connection with its offering of €350 million of high-yield bonds
  • Guala Closures S.p.A., in 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
• Bain Capital Private Equity:
  • and NB Renaissance Partners and their portfolio company Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. in connection with the issuance of €650 million of fixed and floating-rate high-yield bonds
  • in connection with the finance aspects of its acquisition of SO.MA.CI.S, including an offering of €550 million of high-yield bonds
  • and BC Partners and their portfolio company Fedrigoni in connection with the issuance of €430 million of senior secured notes and €300 million of senior holdco pay-if-you-can toggle notes
  • and NB Renaissance Partners and their portfolio company Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. in connection with the issuance and private placement of €100 million of additional senior secured notes to certain institutional investors
  • and BC Partners and their portfolio company Fedrigoni in connection with an offering of €655 million of high-yield bonds
  • in the €3 billion acquisition and financing for Fedrigoni
  • and NB Renaissance Partners and their portfolio company Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. in connection the financing aspects of its acquisition of Be Shaping the Future S.p.A., including an offering of €385 million of high-yield bonds
  • as part of a consortium, on the financing for their investment in Italian Serie A club Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio S.p.A.
  • and NB Renaissance Partners in connection with the financing for their acquisition of Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., including an offering of €605 million of high-yield bonds
  • and Cinven and their portfolio company STADA Arzneimittel in connection with an offering of €200 million of high-yield bonds
• BC Partners:
  • and its majority-owned portfolio company United Group B.V., in connection with:
    • the financing aspects of the sale of (i) SBB doo Belgrade to e& PPF Telecom Group and (ii) Eon TV International Ltd to Telekom Srbija a.d. Beograd, for a combined enterprise value of €1.5 billion
    • an offering of €750 million of high yield bonds
    • its €1.7 billion refinancing, which included fixed and floating rate senior secured notes and senior holdco pay-if-you-can PIK notes
    • the financing for its acquisition of Wind Hellas, including an offering of €980 million fixed and floating rate high-yield bonds
    • an offering of €300 million of high-yield bonds
    • an offering of €400 million of high-yield bonds
  • on the sale of IMA Group to BDT & MSD Partners
• Strategic Value Partners:
  • and its portfolio company Pfleiderer in connection with its offering of €750 million sustainability-linked high-yield bonds
  • and its portfolio company Klöckner Pentaplast in connection with its €1.9 billion refinancing, which included senior secured notes, senior unsecured notes and a term loan with ESG-linked ratchet
• Madison Dearborn Partners in connection with the financing of its acquisition of MoneyGram International, Inc.
• Option Care Health Inc. in connection with its debut offering of $500 million of high-yield bonds
• An ad hoc committee of first lien noteholders in connection with the successful recapitalization of the Matalan Group
• An ad hoc group of bondholders on the debt restructuring of Olympic Entertainment Group
• Avia Solutions Group Plc in connection with its debut offering of US$300 million of high-yield bonds
• PJSC Uralkali in its offering of US$500 million of bonds
• Chelyabinsk Pipe Manufacturing Plant in its offering of US$300 million of bonds
• Koç Holding A.S. in connection with its US$750 million bond offering
• Ferretti Group S.p.A. in its proposed marketed initial public offering and listing on the Milan Stock Exchange
• Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited in the proposed initial public offering and admission of Techniplas LLC on the London Stock Exchange
• Alro S.A. in its proposed marketed follow-on equity offering
• The joint bookrunners in connection with the offerings of US$3 billion and US$5 billion multi-tranche senior unsecured notes by Enel International Finance N.V., guaranteed by Enel S.p.A.
• The initial purchasers in connection with the offering of US$550 million of high-yield bonds by NTV S.p.A.
• UniCredit in connection with its first offering of US$1 billion fixed-rate tier 2 subordinated notes under its US$30 billion Global MTN Programme
• The initial purchasers in connection with the offering of US$320 million of high-yield bonds by the Adler Pelzer Group
• CVC Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of Sisal Group S.p.A.
• SNAI S.p.A. in connection with its offering of €570 million of high-yield bonds