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 connection with the financing of its acquisitions of:
  • Grupo BC, a leader in banking and property outsourcing services;
  • Silae SAS, a cloud-based payroll and HR software specialist; and
  • Groupe Meilleurtaux, a leading French online and mobile financial services provider;
• JDE Peet’s N.V. in the €6.5 billion refinancing of its existing indebtedness;
• IPI Partners, LLC:
  • in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Safe Host SA, a leader in the Swiss data centre market; and
  • and its portfolio company Supernap Italia in the financing for the construction and fit-out of a purpose-built 5.6MW data centre near Milan, Italy;
• Castik Capital in connection with the financing of its acquisitions of:
  • Element Logic; and
  • TBAuctions, and subsequent bolt-on acquisitions of Medical Auctions, Auksjonen and PS Auction by TBAuctions;
• H.I.G. Capital in connection with:
  • the term loan and ABL facilities related to its acquisition of the heating and plumbing division of Travis Perkins PLC; and
  • the financing of its subsequent acquisition of SHPEP Limited, trading under the Plumbworld brand;
• 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 and subsequent €150 million incremental facility;
• Kone in connection with its €850 million sustainability linked revolving credit facility;
• Outokumpu in connection with its €700 million sustainability linked revolving credit facility;
• 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;
• DH Private Equity Partners and certain portfolio companies in connection with various debt facilities; and
• Gazit-Globe Ltd. in connection with various debt facilities.