Biography
Bernardo is an associate in the Firm’s Debt Finance Group in London. His experience includes advising sponsors, banks and other non-bank financial institutions and alternative capital providers on a range of domestic and cross-border transactions including leveraged, investment-grade, refinancings and restructurings, with particular experience in acquisition finance using European and New York-style term loan B, bank/bond and direct lending structures.
Experience
Permira Debt Managers and other lenders in relation to the financing for The Carlyle Group’s acquisition of Jagex Limited, a leading developer and publisher of video games based in the UK.*
Pemberton Asset Management in relation to the financing for CapVest’s acquisition of Inspired Pet Nutrition*
The group of lenders, including JP Morgan, HSBC and Deutsche Bank, in connection with the acquisition of the domestic appliances business of Philips by Hillhouse Capital*
The group of lenders, including BNP Paribas and UniCredit, in connection with the acquisition of Bindi by Forno d’Asolo*
The group of lenders, including Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs, in connection with the acquisition of BASF Construction Chemicals, a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world, by Lone Star*.
SAZKA Group on obtaining committed financing for its all cash, unconditional offer to acquire Greece’s OPAP, the largest gaming company in Greece, valuing it at over €3.1 billion*.
August Equity on the financing aspects of their investment in Anderson Anderson & Brown*
*Experience prior to working at White & Case