William Gwyn

Recent examples of William’s work include representing:

• TowerBrook and Bridgepoint Portfolio Company ACPS Automotive on successful debt refinancing.
• Atento, one of the world’s largest providers of customer relationship management and business process outsourcing (CRM/BPO) services, in raising new senior secured financing and on its successful restructuring and capital raise implemented via two parallel, inter-conditional and multi-class UK restructuring plans pursuant to Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006.
• Preservation Capital Partners, a financial-services focused private equity investor, on its acquisition of German-based insurance broking platform Hanseatic Broking Center (HBC) and the subsequent senior secured financing of HBC arranged by Ares, providing HBC with further long term capital for strategic investments.
• Atento, a global provider of CRM and BPO services, on its issuance of senior secured notes due 2025 in February 2023, its further issuance of senior secured notes due 2025 in June, July and August 2023, and ultimately its successful financial restructuring by way of two UK restructuring plans in November 2023.
• Recharge Industries, a portfolio company of Scale Facilitation, on its acquisition of Britishvolt Limited.
• Blackstone Special Opportunities Fund in connection with a financing of an independent rights management and music publishing company.
• The Learning Network, a leading educational services provider in the Netherlands and Belgium, on the completion of its sale to Dutch investment company, Intersaction and its associated restructuring.
• Whitebox Advisors as lead investor in the purchase of US$81.5 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2026 and warrants to purchase approximately 26.5 million ordinary shares of Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited.
• Crayhill Capital Management on its US$200 million financing of Heroes, a UK-based technology-driven ecommerce company.
• Crayhill Capital Management on the US$300 million financing for unybrands, an integrated platform for e-commerce businesses.
• Atento SA in the offering of US$500 million 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 by its subsidiary, Atento Luxco 1.
• Great Hill Partners in connection with its acquisition of Notonthehighstreet, a UK curated online marketplace.
  GLAS on the restructuring of Nynas AB, a Swedish based oil refinery business.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners in its sale of and re-investment in Independent Clinical Services Group to Onex Corporation.
• ACPS Automotive, a technology and market leader in towbars/hitches for cars, SUVs, and vans, on the completion of its financial restructuring.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on the acquisition of the Azzurri Group.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on the acquisition of CarTrawler.
• GHO Capital Partners LLP on its acquisition of Ardena.
• Global Loan Agency Services in connection with the restructuring of Galapagos Holding S.A.  
• A leading international investment firm in its provision of mortgage loan acquisition financing to a UK residential property lender and agent. 
• A leading international investment firm on the sale of its minority stake in a Premier League football club.
• TowerBrook in its sale of Metallo, a metal recycler and refiner, to Aurubis AG.
• Independent Clinical Services Group (ICS), a portfolio company of TowerBrook Capital Partners (TCP), on the successful recapitalization and portable refinancing of its existing debt structure.
• Five Arrows Principal Investments (the private equity arm of Rothschild) on senior and second lien facilities established with respect to inter alia the refinancing of certain senior facilities of the Datix Group.
• TowerBrook in its investment in the German tow bar manufacturer Bosal ACPS.
• Vantiv, Inc. on the financing of its £9.3 billion take-private acquisition of Worldpay Group PLC, including as to the “certain funds” requirements of the UK Takeover Code.
• The Stiga Group on a senior debt refinancing transaction, pursuant to which a €230 million “cov lite” term loan B facility was made available to the group alongside a new revolving credit facility. 
• Infrastructure India PLC, an AIM-listed company, on the arrangement of a bridge facility and certain amendments to its other financing arrangements.
• Blackbaud, Inc., the world’s largest cloud software company powering social good, on its acquisition of UK-based online fundraising services provider, JustGiving. 
• TowerBrook Capital Partners with respect to the establishment of €193.8 million senior facilities with respect to its acquisition of the Van Dijk Group.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners with respect to its investment in the Gravity Media Group.
• KKR and TowerBrook Capital Partners with respect to its investment in the OVH Group.
• Bain Capital, Advent International and the Worldpay group on the financing aspects of the initial public offering of Worldpay Group PLC, including the establishment of £1.7 billion of senior term and revolving facilities as well as certain margin lending facilities.
• Apollo and the Casual Dining Group on the £185 million refinancing of the Casual Dining Group’s existing senior secured bridge facility and super senior revolving facility.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on the arrangement of €155 million senior term and revolving facilities established in connection with its acquisition of the Ad van Geloven Group from Lion Capital.
• Bain Capital on the financing of its acquisition of the Wittur Group, consisting of €260 million of senior term and revolving facilities and €225 million of senior secured notes.
• Apollo in its acquisition of the Tragus Group, the operator of UK restaurant brands Café Rouge, Bella Italia, Strada and others, from Blackstone as part of the financial restructuring of the business.
• Bain Capital and Brakes Capital on its senior term and receivables financing raised in connection with the joint venture entered into by the Brakes Group with Fresh Direct.
• Astorg Partners SAS on the financing of its acquisition of Kerneos Tech Group SAS pursuant to an issuance of €350 million senior secured notes and the establishment of a €40 million revolving credit facility.
• Bain Capital and Brakes Capital in connection with the further refinancing of Brakes’ senior bank facilities with a tap offering of £260 million senior secured notes due 2018 and a new offering of €150 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2018.
• Bain Capital and Brakes Capital in connection with the refinancing of its senior bank facilities, with offerings of £607 million senior secured notes due 2018 and a new €75 million revolving credit facility.
• Sun Capital on the US$1.2 billion refinancing of the existing indebtedness of portfolio company Exopack Holdings S.A. and its subsidiaries, involving a new US$675 million USD and Euro tranche senior secured term loan, an offering of US$325 million of senior notes, US$175 million of new European asset-backed lending (ABL) facilities and a US$75 million U.S. ABL facility.

*Some of the above matters were handled by William prior to joining Sidley.