Mashudu Thidiela
Biography
Overview
Mashudu Thidiela is an associate in the Firm's Global Debt Finance Practice Group in London.
Mashudu has experience advising private equity sponsors, major banks, corporations, sovereigns and private credit funds on various cross-border transactions, incl uding acquisition finance and general bank lending.
Experience
Representative transactions include:
Representation of funds controlled by Pemberton Asset Management (Pemberton) as lenders on the refinancing of Sereni.
Representation of the initial purchasers on TGS ASA's offering of US$550 million 8.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 and the lenders on US$215 million super senior secured credit facilities, consisting of a Revolving Facility, a Guarantee Facility and a Term Loan A.
Representation of Willis Towers Watson plc in relation to its combination with Aon plc in an all-stock transaction to be implemented by means of an Irish court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement.*
Representation of Goldman Sachs as lender in a leveraged acquisition financing transaction.*
Representation of Serta Simmons Bedding and its subsidiaries (portfolio companies of Advent International), in out-of-court restructuring of its $2.4 billion first and second lien term facilities and an amendment and restatement of their existing US$225 million asset-based revolving facility.*
Representation of the Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Limited (PIC) in connection with funding the acquisition of a 16% equity interest by a consortium in Grit Real Estate Income, a real estate investment entity with a primary listing on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The acquisition was funded by Bank of America Merrill Lynch with the PIC providing a credit enhancement instrument.*
Representation of ADvTECH Limited, an entity listed on the JSE, in relation to leveraged acquisition funding made available to it by Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division).*
Representation of Goldrush Proprietary Limited in relation to funding made available by Investec Bank Limited for the acquisition of controlling equity interests in a number of entities and general corporate purposes.*
Representation of Standard Bank of South Africa limited in relation to facilitating the acquisition of Gateway and Hillcrest private hospitals by Busamed Group Proprietary Limited.*
Representation of the Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Limited in relation to its acquisition of an equity interest in Edcon Limited.*
Representation of the Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Limited in relation to facilitating Lancaster 101 Proprietary Limited and Lancaster Group Proprietary Limited's proposed acquisition of a 11.8% equity interest in a newly established and separately listed entity named Steinhoff Africa Retail that would in turn house Steinhoff International Holdings N.V.'s African assets as well as a 22.73% equity interest in Shoprite Holdings Limited.*
Representation of the Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Limited (PIC) in relation to its acquisition of a 25% equity interest in ZAR X Proprietary Limited, a newly established stock exchange.*
Representation of Nedbank Limited in relation to funding made available to African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation SOC Limited.*
Representation of Rand Merchant Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division) in relation to finding made available to Boulder Property Investments Proprietary Limited and Boulder Property Services Proprietary Limited.*
Representation of the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa in relation to in relation to multicurrency funding made available to it by the African Development Bank.*
Representation of DNI-4PL Contracts in relation to funding made available to it by Rand Merchant Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division).*
Representation of the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa on a syndicated project finance transaction to develop a manganese mine related smelter and sinter plant for Kalagadi Manganese Proprietary Limited and related shareholder funding arrangements as well as debt restructuring.*
Representation of South African Airways SOC Limited in relation to the purchase of two A340-600 aircraft.*
*Matters worked on prior to joining White & Case.