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Samir Berlat is a member of White & Case's Banking and Capital Markets Practice based in New York. He focuses on financing transactions with particular experience in leveraged acquisition finance, structured finance, corporate finance and syndicated lending.

Samir represents a range of banks and other financial institutions in domestic and cross-border transactions. He also represents corporate borrowers and investment funds in a wide range of financing transactions. He also has extensive experience in advising creditors and debtors on debt restructurings.

Recent representative transactions include:

Advising a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industry, in relation to its financial restructuring;
Advising the bookrunners, arrangers and lenders in relation to the financing of the acquisition of Groupe Outremer Telecom, a French listed company. The acquisition was structured as the acquisition by OMT Invest (a SPV controlled by AXA Private Equity) of a controlling stake, followed by the launch of a public offer
Advising the mandated lead arranger in relation to the financing for an amount of €180 million of the acquisition of Sagemcom, by Carlyle;
Assisting PagesJaunes Groupe SA in connection with the issuance of €350 million senior secured notes due 2018 by PagesJaunes Finance & Co S.C.A. in order to partially refinance the existing Facility Agreement entered into by PagesJaunes Groupe SA and the corresponding amendments to the Facility Agreement.
Advising ICG in connection with the financing of the acquisition by a single purpose vehicle controlled by Fondations Capital of the French restaurant chain Courtepaille. A first-of-kind financing structure in France based on a bond debt subscribed solely by ICG for an amount of €160 million;
Advising the mandated lead arrangers and the banks in connection with the debt financing of the acquisition by Diacine France SAS, a French subsidiary of Cinvend held through a "double LuxCo" structure, of Sebia, a French group in the medical diagnostics business; and
Advising the mandated lead arrangers with respect to the senior secured financing for the acquisition by a vehicle controlled by PAI partners of Cerba, French medical biology laboratories. This transaction was the first ever "double LuxCo" structure including mezzanine financing.

	Samir Berlat
Download vCard Expertise Banking	Associate New York T: + 1 212 819 8200 F: + 1 212 354 8113 E: *Practice Experience* Samir Berlat is a member of White & Case's Banking and Capital Markets Practice based in New York. He focuses on financing transactions with particular experience in leveraged acquisition finance, structured finance, corporate finance and syndicated lending. Samir represents a range of banks and other financial institutions in domestic and cross-border transactions. He also represents corporate borrowers and investment funds in a wide range of financing transactions. He also has extensive experience in advising creditors and debtors on debt restructurings. Recent representative transactions include: Advising a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industry, in relation to its financial restructuring; Advising the bookrunners, arrangers and lenders in relation to the financing of the acquisition of Groupe Outremer Telecom, a French listed company. The acquisition was structured as the acquisition by OMT Invest (a SPV controlled by AXA Private Equity) of a controlling stake, followed by the launch of a public offer Advising the mandated lead arranger in relation to the financing for an amount of €180 million of the acquisition of Sagemcom, by Carlyle; Assisting PagesJaunes Groupe SA in connection with the issuance of €350 million senior secured notes due 2018 by PagesJaunes Finance & Co S.C.A. in order to partially refinance the existing Facility Agreement entered into by PagesJaunes Groupe SA and the corresponding amendments to the Facility Agreement. Advising ICG in connection with the financing of the acquisition by a single purpose vehicle controlled by Fondations Capital of the French restaurant chain Courtepaille. A first-of-kind financing structure in France based on a bond debt subscribed solely by ICG for an amount of €160 million; Advising the mandated lead arrangers and the banks in connection with the debt financing of the acquisition by Diacine France SAS, a French subsidiary of Cinvend held through a "double LuxCo" structure, of Sebia, a French group in the medical diagnostics business; and Advising the mandated lead arrangers with respect to the senior secured financing for the acquisition by a vehicle controlled by PAI partners of Cerba, French medical biology laboratories. This transaction was the first ever "double LuxCo" structure including mezzanine financing. *Bars and Courts* Paris Bar *Education* CAPA, Versailles, 2005 EDHEC Business School, 2005 DEA in labor law, Paris X Nanterre, 2002 Master in civil law, Paris X Nanterre, 2001 *Languages* French English *Citizenship* France	News & Media White & Case Advises Novasep on Its Financial Restructuring White & Case Advises on Follow-on Bond Offering by Faurecia More...