Biography

Oliver Taylor is an Associate in the Firm's Debt Finance practice in London. Oliver has experience advising corporate borrowers and private equity sponsors, banks and other financial institutions on domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, syndicated lending, take privates, financial restructurings and general banking.

Experience

Acting for Doncasters, a leading international manufacturer of highly engineered precision engine products serving the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets, on its US$325 million revolving credit facility.

Acting for the underwriters and a club of private credit funds on a substantial multi-tiered senior secured and junior financing package to support the offer by a consortium led by CVC Capital Partners to take private Recordati, an Italian pharmaceutical company.

Acting for the private credit financing sources on the acquisition of Wescom Signal & Rescue, a global leader in marine pyrotechnics and defense products, by Albion River, a private direct investment firm.*

Acting for Marelli Holdings Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries, one of the largest 'Tier 1' automotive components suppliers in the world, on its US$1.1 billion in aggregate new first-out and junior financing commitments, structured as a multi-currency debtor-in-possession financing package put in place in connection with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.*

Acting for Helmerich & Payne, a leading drilling and oilfield services company, on its acquisition of KCA Deutag, a leading drilling, engineering and technology company.*

Acting for Solör Bioenergy Group, a leading Scandinavian renewable energy company, on its SEK 22 billion long term financing.*

* Matters worked on prior to joining White & Case.

Professional Highlights

England and Wales, Solicitor
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice
BPP University
Graduate Diploma in Law
BPP University
Bachelor of Arts
Biological Sciences
University of Oxford
English

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