Alexander J. Halms

Alexander Halms advises private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers on a wide range of domestic and multijurisdictional financing transactions, including leveraged and acquisition finance, property finance and general corporate finance. Mr. Halms’ recent experience includes advising:

• Borr Drilling Limited on its:
  • US$1.5 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S high-yield offering of senior secure notes due 2028 and 2030
  • US$180 million super senior revolving credit agreement
• Plata Card, a Mexican fintech startup, on its US$200 million securitised warehouse financing
• American Express Global Business Travel in connection with multiple credit facilities
• JAB Holdings in connection with various term loan and revolving credit facilities for JAB and its investment vehicles
• Ashtead Group (and its U.S. subsidiary Sunbelt Rentals) in connection with a US$4.75 billion cross-border asset-based loan facility and the issuance of multiple series of senior secured notes
• Korea Zinc Inc. on the financing of its US$55 million acquisition of Kataman Metals LLC and refinancing of Kataman Metals LLC’s existing US$200 million asset based loan
• Central Group and SIGNA Group on the financing of their £4 billion acquisition of the Selfridges chain of department stores
• Convera in its US$910 million acquisition of Western Union Business Solutions
• Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C., along with InvestIndustrial, on the financing of their US$425 million acquisition of the phenolic specialty resin, hexamine and European forest products resins businesses of Hexion Inc.
• Speciality Chemicals International Limited on the sale of Polynt-Reichhold Group to funds advised by Black Diamond Group Limited and its €1.3 billion multi-tranche high-yield offering of senior secured notes and revolving credit facility
• Fortiana Holdings Limited in connection with its US$1.5 billion acquisition of Highland Gold Mining Limited, an AIM-quoted gold producer, comprising an initial US$585 million acquisition of a 40% interest. This was the U.K.’s first-ever preconditional mandatory bid for the remaining stake, delisting and compulsory squeeze-out of minority shareholders
• Castik Capital on the financing of:
  • its acquisition of majority stakes in IPAN GmbH and Delegate
  • its acquisition of AddSecure; and AddSecure on the financing of its subsequent acquisitions of Connexas Group, iZafe, Navkonzept, Stella Safety Phones and Dualtech IT
• Key Safety Systems, Inc. on the 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
• Horvik Limited on the €134 million financing for its preconditional mandatory offer to acquire Trans-Siberian Gold plc, an AIM-quoted gold producer
• Hudson River Trading LLC on its US$1.725 billion term loan B facility
• ATAS in connection with its US$1.4 billion financing (including with the EBRD, the EIB, K-Exim and K-Sure) of a road tunnel under the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
• a major Chinese social network on a US$100 million facility from an international investment bank
• BTG Pactual S.A. in connection with various debt facilities and transactions