Taniel Akay

Recent examples of Taniel’s work include advising:

• Permira Advisers in the financing of its acquisition of Golden Goose, and Golden Goose’s follow-on €480 million senior secured notes offering.
• A consortium led by EQT Partners (EQT) in connection with its acquisition of Cerba and Cerba’s subsequent acquisition of Lifebrain.
• The syndicate of lenders and initial purchasers in the c. £2.7 billion acquisition financing for Apollo’s acquisition of Evri and related notes financing.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in the c. U.S.$1.1 billion (equivalent) senior secured notes financing for a major entertainment company.Deutsche Bank as sole dealer-manager for Softbank Group’s tender offer for c. U.S.$1 billion of notes across c. $8 billion (equivalent) amount of high-yield notes outstanding.
• EQT and LimaCorporate in Lima’s €310 million senior secured notes financing and follow-on sale of Lima by EQT to Enovis Corporation.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in a U.S.$450 million senior secured notes financing for a major energy company.
• Hellman & Friedman and Verisure in Verisure’s issuance of €1.1 billion (equivalent) of senior unsecured notes and concurrent consent solicitation transaction relating to certain existing notes and loans.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in the €720 million notes financing supporting the acquisition of Euskaltel by MasMovil Group, a European telecommunications company.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in multiple notes offerings totaling approximately U.S.$1.3 billion by a leading global entertainment company.The syndicate of initial purchasers in the €600 million senior secured notes offering by a leading energy group.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in the €605 million senior secured notes financing supporting the acquisition by sponsors Bain Capital and Neuberger Berman of Engineering Group.
• Victoria PLC in a series of senior secured note issuances totaling €1.25 billion.

*The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.