Recent experience includes advising:

• BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Societe Generale and Standard Chartered Bank, acting as Coordinators, Senior Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners in connection with a portfolio financing for VIRTUS Data Centres, the pure-play data centre developer-operator which is part of the STTGDC Group. The £2.45 billion of committed financing includes a £1.2 billion green capex facility available in both term and revolving tranches.
   

• The mandated lead arrangers on the €3.3 billion financing of European data centres owned and operated by DATA4, the Brookfield-owned data centre operator in France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Germany and Greece. The financing package includes €2.2 billion of new term debt for DATA4’s StableCo group, and a €1.1 billion incremental Capex Facility for DATA4’s existing GrowthCo group (to support further greenfield projects and acquisitions).
• the mandated lead arrangers on a high yield bond and super senior bank facilities refinancing for Currenta Group, a German chempark operator owned by Macquarie.
• the mandated lead arrangers on the EUR2.4bn refinancing of a pan-European portfolio of data centres owned by EQT's portfolio company EdgeConnex and on subsequent incremental EUR1.75bn and EUR1.5bn additional capex financings.
• the mandated lead arrangers on the CHF1.65bn financing to fund IFM Investors' acquisition of Green Data Centers together with ongoing capital expenditure programmes.
• Utilitas (Estonian district heating provider owned by Igneo) on a EUR1bn refinancing involving the establishment of a common terms platform.
• advised the lenders on the financing of Cinven's strategic investment in Grant Thornton UK, one of the UK's leading diversified professional services firms offering audit, tax and advisory services and led by 200+ partners with over 5000 employees
• the mandated lead arrangers on the EUR2.5bn term loan B refinancing of Action (leading European non-food discount retailer owned by 3i) and subsequent incremental financings and refinancings.
• the arrangers and note purchasers in relation to the EUR620m bank and bond financing for SIRO's fibre roll-out programme in Ireland*
• Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and other institutions on the EUR6.3bn loan and high yield bond financing for their acquisition of TDC (Danish telecoms operator).
   

* indicates work carried out while at another law firm