Pete Coulton

Mr. Coulton has repeatedly been recognised in leading legal directories, including Chambers, IFLR1000, The Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal – Banking.

Representative transactions include:

• Adevinta ASA in connection with the financing of its $9.2 billion acquisition of eBay’s classifieds business
• the special committee of independent directors of Adevinta ASA in connection with the $13.2 billion bid to acquire Adevinta by a consortium led by funds advised by Permira and Blackstone, as well as General Atlantic and TCV
• Agroberries on its investment in BerryWorld’s EMEA and Asia-Pacific businesses
• Arrow Global in connection with various financings for its first pan-European NPL Fund, the Arrow Credit Opportunities Fund
• BillerudKorsnäs AB in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Verso Corporation
• BlackRock on various transactions, including its acquisitions of:
  • Preqin at an enterprise value of $2.55 billion
  • Viridium as part of a consortium of investors at an enterprise value of €3.5 billion
• Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure Advisors:
  • in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Safe Host SA, a leader in the Swiss data centre market
  • on several financings for the construction and fit-out of data centres across Italy, Switzerland and the Nordic region
• Castik Capital on numerous financings, including in connection with its acquisitions of:
  • ipan and Delegate
  • Element Logic
  • AddSecure
  • TBAuctions
• Central Group and SIGNA Group on the financing of their £4 billion acquisition of the Selfridges Group (including the iconic department store on Oxford Street in London)
• Citibank Europe plc as mandated lead arranger of the $1.2 billion term loan facility for Qatar Aluminium Limited, the joint venture vehicle of Qatar Petroleum and Norsk Hydro ASA
• the Ferrero family office and related investment vehicles in connection with the financing of its acquisitions of:
  • Ferrara Candy Company
  • Nestlé’s U.S. confectionary assets and related intellectual property
  • Kelsen Group AS from Campbell Soup Company
  • Fox’s Biscuits Limited
• the Ferrero family office and related investment vehicles in connection with a €1.5 billion margin loan facility
• F.I.L.A. – Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini SpA in connection with the financing of its acquisitions of:
  • Daler-Rowney
  • the ARCHES fine arts business
• Global Auto Holdings Limited in connection with its £465 million acquisition of Lookers plc
• Healthpeak Properties Inc. (formerly HCP, Inc.) in connection with various financings, including the senior debt facilities for Formation Capital’s acquisition of the NHP Group
• H.I.G. Capital on numerous financings, including in connection with its acquisitions of:
  • DX (Group) plc
  • heating and plumbing division of Travis Perkins PLC
  • SHPEP Limited, trading under the Plumbworld brand
  • the France Workwear business of Rentokil Initial
• JAB Holding Company:
  • and its subsidiary Acorn Holdings B.V. in connection with the financing of its $2.4 billion acquisition of shares in JDE Peet’s N.V. (Netherlands) from Mondelez International, Inc.
  • in connection with over €12 billion of credit facilities for JAB and its investment vehicles and portfolio companies
• JDE Peet’s N.V. in the €6.5 billion refinancing of its existing indebtedness
• SDC Capital Partners LLC in connection with several data centre financings in Germany
• Silver Lake Partners in numerous financings, including in connection with its acquisitions of:
  • Grupo BC, a leader in banking and property outsourcing services
  •  Silae SAS, a cloud-based payroll and HR software specialist, as well as its subsequent leveraged recapitalisation
  • Groupe Meilleurtaux, a leading French online and mobile financial services provider
• V Sports S.C.S. in connection with its investment in Aston Villa Football Club