Zoe Q. Cooper Sutton

Zoe Cooper Sutton advises corporate borrowers and private equity sponsors in relation to a wide range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including leveraged and acquisition finance, general corporate finance and restructurings.

Ms. Cooper Sutton’s recent experience includes advising:

• Adevinta ASA in the financing of its US$9.2 billion acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group from eBay Inc.;
• Silver Lake Partners in its €300 million term loan B and revolving credit facilities in connection with its acquisition of Silae SAS, a cloud-based payroll and HR software specialist;
• the Ferrero Group and related investment vehicles in financing the acquisition of Fox’s Biscuits Limited;
• Affidea B.V. in its €580 million term loan B and revolving credit facilities to refinance its existing capital structure;
• Waypoint GP Limited in its €730 million take-private acquisition of Stallergenes Greer plc;
• Key Safety Systems, Inc. in the cross-border financing of its US$1.6 billion acquisition of substantially all of the assets and operations of Takata Corporation as part of Takata’s Chapter 11 case, secured by assets located in over 30 jurisdictions;
• Outokumpu in connection with its €650 million syndicated revolving credit facility;
• Doughty Hanson and certain portfolio companies in connection with various debt facilities; and
• Gazit-Globe Ltd. in connection with various debt facilities.