Roman Picherack

Partner, Sydney

Biography

Overview

Roman Picherack is a member of White & Case's Debt Finance Group based in Sydney. Qualified in New York, English and French law, he principally advises private credit funds, private equity funds, global financial institutions and corporations on domestic and cross-border leveraged financing transactions. He advises on a range of structures and has particular experience in unitranche, senior term loan B, high yield / super senior RCF, first lien/second lien and distressed and special situation credit financings.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales
New York
Education
BCL/LLB
McGill University Faculty of Law
BA
International Relations
University of British Columbia
Languages
English
French
*Foreign practicing attorney qualified in the State of New York and in England and Wales

Experience

Advised BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank AG and J.P. Morgan SE as global coordinators, mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners in relation to senior term loan and revolving credit facilities financing the investment in, and business combination of, the Konecta group and the Comdata group by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG)

Advised BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Natixis as global coordinators, mandated lead arrangers and physical bookrunners in relation to the syndicated term loan B financing for Astorg Asset Management’s investment in, and refinancing of, the ARMOR-IIMAK group

Advised BNP Paribas and Société Générale as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with a late stage / recurring revenue term loan and revolving credit facility for Doctolib, a French telemedicine platform

Advised Deutsche Bank AG, J.P. Morgan AG, Royal Bank of Canada Paris Branch and Société Générale as mandated lead arrangers in relation to the syndicated term loan B acquisition financing for the acquisition of Seqens, a global leader in pharmaceuticals and specialty chemicals, by SK Capital Partners

Advised Redwood Capital Partners as lender in relation to a special situation private credit financing to Hopps Group and subsequent sale of Colis Privé by Hopps Group

Advised Cobepa and its French portfolio company Socotec in connection with the syndicated term loan B acquisition financing for the acquisition of Vidaris by Socotec and subsequent USD and EUR term loan B refinancing of the Socotec group

Advised BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank AG and Natixis as global coordinators, mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with senior term loan and revolving credit facilities to finance the acquisition of Circet Group, Europe’s leading telecoms infrastructure services company, by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) from Advent International

Advised BNP Paribas as global coordinator and BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Macquarie Bank, UniCredit Bank, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank and The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with a senior term loan B facility and a senior revolving facility to finance the acquisition of the Ameos Group, a Swiss hospital group operating in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG).

Advised Rubis Terminal SA, a leading European independent company for storing petroleum products, chemicals, agro products and fertilizers, in relation to (i) the refinancing of its existing indebtedness with a €410,000,000 bridge to bond facility and a €75,000,000 revolving credit facility in the context of the sale by its parent company, Rubis SCA, of a 45% equity stake in Rubis Terminal SA to a private infrastructure fund, (ii) a subsequent €410,000,000 senior secured notes offering and (iii) a subsequent senior secured notes tap offering and RCF upsizing in connection with Rubis Terminal’s acquisition of the Spanish bulk liquid storage operator TEPSA.

Advised Cobepa in connection with an €850,000,000 term loan B facility and a €125,000,000 revolving credit facility to finance its acquisition of the Gerflor group, a leading international floor manufacturer, and refinance certain existing indebtedness of the Gerflor group.

Advised LVMH on the financing of its acquisition of Tiffany & Co., the global luxury jeweler, includes several credit lines for a total value of approximatively €15 billion.

Publications

Corporate Social Responsibility–A Legal Analysis (LexisNexis Canada), 2009, (co-author with Michael Kerr, Richard Janda and Chip Pitts)

The Expanding Scope of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard: Have Recent Tribunals Gone Too Far?, 9:4 The Journal of World Investment and Trade p. 255, 2008

Awards and Recognition

Rising Star Partner, Banking & Finance – France, IFLR 1000 2021