EXPERIENCE

Tim’s representative matters have included:

• TPG Rise Climate in the financing aspects of its definitive agreement to purchase a majority stake in A-Gas from KKR
• IDEMIA Group in the amendment and extension of its revolving credit facility and cross-border TLB facilities
• Zentiva Group in the amendment and extension of its €1.825 billion European TLB facility and €145 million revolving credit facility
• Galderma in a private placement round of approximately $1 billion for newly issued shares
• Asda Group in the acquisition of EG Group's UK and Ireland operations for an enterprise value of c. £2.27 billion
• The Lycra Company in the completion of a comprehensive debt refinancing
• Travelodge in its high-yield refinancing and shareholder distribution
• Noble Corporation in its:
  • $1.15 billion refinancing of existing credit facilities
  • $600 million offering of senior notes
• Cinven Capital Management-backed ETC Group in the financing to support the acquisitions of Amadys and BTV Multimedia
• STADA Arzneimittel AG, a portfolio company of Bain Capital and Cinven, in its successful offer to exchange €1.4 billion in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 3.5% Senior Secured Notes
• Francisco Partners in its acquisition of Kobalt
• Sani/Ikos Group in its recapitalization and strategic partnership agreement with GIC
• Preservation Capital in the:
  • acquisition of Saltus Partners, a UK wealth management business
  • £100 million acquisition of Parmenion Capital, a provider of investment services and technology solutions for financial advice firms
• Triton Partners in the sale of Ewellix
• EQT Private Equity in the £650 million acquisition of SPT Labtech
• The Access Group in Europe's largest ever unitranche financing on record
• Cinven in the financing for the acquisition of ETC Group
• GIC in:
  • the £694 million acquisition of a 75% stake in the majority of Paddington Central assets from British Land
  • its $525 million joint venture with Equinix to develop and operate two xScale™ data centers in South Korea
  • its $3.9 billion additional joint ventures with Equinix to expand the xScale™ data center program
  • its joint venture with Kennedy Wilson to acquire and manage urban logistics properties in the UK, Ireland and Spain, targeting total assets of $1 billion
  • its joint venture with Melcombe Partners to acquire and develop urban logistics properties in Europe
  • the €950 million buyout acquisition of a pan-European logistics platform from Apollo
• Warburg Pincus in the:
  • acquisition of Minesoft, a global patent solutions provider
  • agreement with Macquarie Capital Principal Finance to jointly acquire a majority stake in Premier Technical Services Group
• A sovereign wealth fund in the acquisition of a pan-European logistics portfolio for over €3 billion from EQT Exeter
• 3G Capital in the financing for its $7.1 billion acquisition of a controlling interest in Hunter Douglas
• Envista in its acquisition of Carestream Dental's intraoral scanners business
• EW Healthcare Partners:
  • and other shareholders in the €750 million sale of EUSA Pharma to Recordati
  • in the acquisition of a majority stake in Laboratoires Majorelle
• Polestar Performance AB in its $20 billion combination with Gores Guggenheim
• Blackstone in its $1 billion partnership with Hipgnosis Song Management
• EQT:
  • led consortium in the £4.5 billion recommended cash offer of Dechra Pharmaceuticals
  • in the €6.8 billion acquisition of Baring Private Equity Asia, a leading private markets investment firm
  • and its portfolio company IVC Evidensia on the acquisition of VetStrategy, a leading Canadian veterinary care provider
• Bain Capital in the c. €1.7 billion acquisition of ITP Aero, an aero engine and gas turbine manufacturer, from Rolls-Royce
• Apex Fund Management, a Genstar portfolio company, in:
  • the c. £1.51 billion recommended all cash acquisition of Sanne Group
  • its acquisition of the FundRock Group
• Pamplona Capital Management in the:
  • acquisition of Pelsis, a global manufacturer and distributor of pest control products
  • acquisition of Signature Foods, a chilled food company, from IK Investment Partners
• Thoma Bravo on the strategic investment in Condeco, a global leader in workspace scheduling technology
• Ares Management Corporation:
  • in the £400 million preferred equity investment in McLaren Group
  • in the closing of its fifth European direct lending fund, Ares Capital Europe V, with a final fund size of €11 billion
• Blackstone:
  • and the consortium consisting of Scape Living and iQSA in the £969 million recommended cash offer for GCP Student Living
  • and Brown Bidco Limited in the $4.73 billion recommended take private of Signature Aviation, the world's largest fixed base operation network for business & general aviation travelers
  • in the recommended £4.77 billion cash offer for Merlin Entertainments, a global leader in location-based, family entertainment
  • in the £4.66 billion acquisition of iQ Student Accommodation
• Genstar Capital and its portfolio company 2020 Technologies in the agreement to merge 2020 with Compusoft, creating a leading provider of space planning solutions
• SK Capital in the formation of a consortium with Heubach Group and the subsequent acquisition of Clariant's Pigments business
• Oakley Capital in its investment in ICP Education, a leading independent group of UK nurseries
• Sun European Partners in the sale of Dreams, a leading specialty bed retailer in the UK, to Tempur Sealy International
• E2Open in the $1.7 billion acquisition of BluJay Solutions, a leading international cloud-based, logistics execution platform
• Hg in an innovative £455 million NAV financing of the portfolio of Hg Saturn, a 2018-vintage fund with £1.5 billion in commitments
• Thomas H. Lee Partners and AutoStore in the $2.8 billion sale of a 40% stake of AutoStore to SoftBank
• TA Associates and the consortium vehicle on the $2 billion acquisition of Unit4, a global leader in enterprise cloud software
• HGGC in the sale of a majority stake in Davies, a leading specialist professional services and technology business serving the global insurance market
• L Catterton in its agreement to acquire a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group
• HPS Investment Partners in its investment into the UK wealth management division of Canaccord Genuity Group
• Peak Rock Capital in its acquisition of AMB S.p.A, a leading manufacturer of films for the food and food packaging industry
• Bain Capital Private Equity and Cinven in the CHF 4.2 billion definitive agreement to acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients
• Flexpoint Ford in its recommended cash acquisition of AFH Financial Group, a financial planning-led wealth management firm
• AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets in the acquisition of the Kadans Science Partner platform
• CPP Investments and its consortium partners in the acquisition of Galileo Global Education, a post-secondary education group
• An EQT-led consortium in the CHF 10.2 billion exclusive negotiations to acquire Nestlé Skin Health, a leading global skincare company
• A consortium consisting of Apax, Warburg Pincus, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the $3.4 billion take private of Inmarsat, a British satellite communications group
• Global Logistics Properties in its acquisition of European logistics business IDI Gazeley from Brookfield Asset Management for approximately $2.8 billion
• Goldman Sachs, Park Square and NGA Human Resources in the sale of NGA's UK mid-market and small and medium business divisions
• Lone Star in the tax aspects of its acquisition of the Xella Group, a German-based market leader in building solutions, from PAI Partners and funds managed by Goldman Sachs' investment arm
• Brait, the South African listed private equity group in:
  • connection with the acquisition of New Look from Apax and Permira in a deal valuing the business at £1.9 billion
  • in the acquisition of an 80% stake in Virgin Active from CVC and Virgin
• TDR Capital:
  • in the acquisition of BPP, a global leader in professional and vocational education
  • alongside Sun Capital and their portfolio company Keepmoat Limited in the sale of Keepmoat's regeneration arm to energy and services provider ENGIE for £330 million
  • in connection with the acquisition of Euro Garages
  • in the acquisition by its portfolio company, Stonegate Pub Company, of public houses from Bramwell and TCG
  • in the acquisition of Delek Europe BV
  • in the acquisition of IMO Carwash
  • in the acquisition of David Lloyd
  • in the disposal of a stake in the Lowell Group to Teachers Private Capital
• Cerberus in:
  • connection with the acquisition of a £13 billion loan portfolio from UKAR
  • the acquisition of Capital Homes Limited
• Arcapita in the disposal of PointPark Properties to TPG and Ivanhoe Cambridge
• Standard Chartered Private Equity in its acquisition of a 25.8% stake in Zambia's Copperbelt Energy Corporation