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
Representative transactions include:
Representation of certain banks (as first lien lenders), including Barclays, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, on a €1.825 billion term loan and €145 million revolving credit facility extension and refinancing provided to Advent International's portfolio company, Zentiva Group.
Representation of Barclays as Global Coordinator and Lead Arranger and Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Rabobank as Lead Arrangers on the €660 million syndicated refinancing of a CVC Capital portfolio company.
Representation of Dar Al-Handasah Consultants Shair and Partners Holdings Ltd. (Sidara), on its acquisition of Scottish public limited company, John Wood Group PLC.
Representation of the lenders, on the financing of the acquisition of Alloheim by Nordic Capital.
Representation of Castik Capital on the debt financing for its acquisitions of AllDent.
Representation of Sunseeker luxury yacht group on the refinancing provided by HSBC Bank plc.
Representation of 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.*
Representation of Pemberton Asset Management in relation to the financing for CapVest's acquisition of Inspired Pet Nutrition*
Representation of certain lenders in connection with Lone Star's €3.17 billion acquisition of BASF's Chemical Construction Business.*
Representation of 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.*
Representation of the group of lenders, including JP Morgan, HSBC and Deutsche Bank, in connection with the acquisition of the Domestic Appliances of business of Philips by Hillhouse Capital*
Representation of the group of lenders, including BNP Paribas and UniCredit, in connection with the acquisition of Bindi by Forno d'Asolo*
*Experience prior to working at White & Case