• Attorney at Law, admitted in New York
• Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales
• Solicitor, admitted in Ireland

Principal debt transactional experience, advising:

• Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the holding company of a leading pan-African banking group with a presence in 35 African countries, on its $350 million 8.75% Fixed Rate Reset Tier 2 Sustainability international bond issue, listed on the sustainable bond market of the London Stock Exchange. This is the first ever Tier 2 Sustainability bond issued by a financial institution in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the first to have a Basel III-compliant 10 year no-call 5 structure outside of South Africa.
• Coca-Cola HBC, one of the world's largest bottlers of The Coca-Cola Company's brands, on: its London-listed €5bn debt issuance program in 2020 and its €1bn STEP-labelled ECP programme in 2020; the May 2019 issues of €700m 1.000 percent bonds due 2027, and €600m 1.625 percent bonds, due 2031; the related tender offer for Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V.'s outstanding €800m 2.375 percent bonds due 2020; and the November 2019 issue of €500m 0.625 percent bonds due 2029.
• Schlumberger, the world's largest oilfield services company, on its €1.5bn triple-tranche bond offering, comprising €500m 0.00% 5-year bonds, €500m 0.25% 8-year bonds and €500m 0.50% 12-year bonds in 2019; its €800 million dual-tranche "tap" issuance in March 2020; and its €2bn dual-tranche bond offering, comprising €1bn 1.375% 6-year bonds and €1bn 2.0% 12-year bonds in May 2020, and its €5bn debt issuance programme in June 2020, each listed on the main market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
• Carnival Group on the English law aspects of its offering of US$4bn 11.5% first priority senior secured notes due 2023, and over US$2bn 5.7% convertible senior notes, due 2023, each in April 2020
• JP Morgan as an initial purchaser of US$225m 9.5% senior secured notes due 2025 issued by Venator in June 2020
• Citi on a high-yield bond issued by Ardagh Group to combine its wood and speciality metal repackaging business with Exal Corporation, a producer of aluminium containers, to create a global packaging company
• Citi as an initial purchaser of US$600m 9.0% senior first lien notes, due 2025, issued by Adient US LLC in April 2020
• Citi on a US$350m unsecured bond offering by Venator, a leading US chemicals company
• Telenor, the leading Nordic telecoms company, on the following transactions: its €10bn debt issuance program in 2020; its SEK7.25bn triple-tranche Swedish kronor bond issue in March 2019 (the largest senior unsecured corporate issue in Swedish kronor to date); its €2.5bn triple-tranche bond issue in May 2019; its €1.5bn triple-tranche bond issue in September 2019; and its €1bn dual-tranche bond issue in February 2020, each listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
• The Government of Angola on the establishment of the following: its Global Medium Term Note program (listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange) and its dual-tranche international sovereign bond issues of US$3bn thereunder, which involved the issue of US$1.75bn 10-year bonds and US$1.25bn 30-year bonds; its second international sovereign bond issue of US$3bn, constituting one of the largest sovereign bonds to be issued in sub-Saharan Africa, involving the issue of US$1.75bn 10-year bonds and US$1.25bn 30-year bonds, listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange; on the award-winning 'tap' issue of US$500m 30-year bonds in July 2018, listed on the London Stock Exchange (Sovereign Debt Deal of the Year - Bonds, Loans and Sukuk Africa Awards, 2019); and its inaugural US$1.5bn bond issue in November 2015, Angola's debut international bond issuance and, at the time, the largest inaugural bond issue by a non-investment grade sub-Saharan African sovereign (Standout Transaction - Innovation in New Markets and Capital, FT Innovative Lawyers Awards 2016).
• Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the holding company of a leading pan-African banking group with a presence in 36 African countries, on its inaugural US$450m Rule 144A / Reg S international eurobond and its US$50m tap issue, each listed on the London Stock Exchange; and its inaugural convertible bond, the first issuance by an African issuer on the International Securities Market of the London Stock Exchange
• Piraeus Bank and Eurobank Ergasias in their capacity as joint coordinators and bookrunners with the public offering of US$200m 3.6 percent bonds by Aegean Airlines
• Cell C, the leading South African telecommunications corporate, on a highly complex cross-border US$1.28bn restructuring. This was shortlisted for Restructuring Team of the Year - British Legal Awards 2017, Emerging Markets Deal of the Year – TMT Finance Awards 2017, and Legal Adviser of the Year – TMT Finance Awards 2017
• Nordex, the leading German wind turbine manufacturer, on its inaugural US$275m high-yield bond offering of senior notes due 2023, listed on the International Stock Exchange
• Go-Ahead Group PLC on its £250m bond issue listed on the London Stock Exchange
• Petropavlovsk, the London-based gold mining company, on its US$500m international bond offering
• Good Energy PLC on its corporate mini-bond offering
• McLaren on a £200m shareholder investment and on its £370m and US$250m secured notes due 2022
• Aklease on its offering of international bonds listed on the main market of the Irish Stock Exchange
• Sandvik, the Swedish high technology engineering conglomerate, on its €3bn EMTN programme and on its repurchase offer to holders of its €600m 6.875 percent notes and the issue of euro denomination fixed rate notes
• Vattenfall, the leading Swedish power company, on its €10bn EMTN program
• Brack Capital Real Estate on its issue of 4.25 percent convertible bonds due 2020, and its EMTN program
• International Finance Corporation as investor on various debt capital markets transactions
• Kingdom of Bahrain on its US$1bn eurobond and US$1bn Sukuk issues in October 2016, as well as a further issue of US$600m eurobonds in March 2017
• Sequa Petroleum N.V. on its issuance of up to US$300m of convertible bonds due 2020, which were listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
• Global University Systems on the issuance of a £235m high-yield bond listed on the Euro-MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
• Morgan Stanley on the English law aspects of a secured bond issue and ABL facility to support the acquisition of a division of Anixter Inc, a NYSE-listed conglomerate, by American Industrial Partners
• Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund Limited (EAIF) on its participation (as investor) in the offering and sale of high-yield bonds by Seven Energy Finance Ltd, including on EAIF's investment, environmental and social policies, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption matters
• East West United Bank on the establishment of its US$1bn Certificate of Deposit program
• Global Ship Lease Inc, a containership lessor listed on the NYSE, on its issuance of US$400m first priority secured notes due 2021, which were listed on the Irish Stock Exchange
• Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, a multinational conglomerate in the engineering, procurement and construction industry, on an offering of US$800m notes in a US private placement
• Alfa Laval on its placement of US$110m 5.75 percent guaranteed senior notes
• HSBC on its issuance of, respectively, US$1.4bn subordinated bonds, US$1.25bn non-cumulative step-up perpetual preferred securities, €1.4bn perpetual step-up notes, and US$900m subordinated bonds.
• Investment banks on an offering of US$5bn by Siemens AG, one of the largest German global electronics and engineering companies
• Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas on an offering of €142m senior notes of Magyar Telecom
• Investment banks on an offering of €1bn by Fresenius AG, a global health care group based in Germany
• An investment bank on an offering of €130m senior guaranteed notes of Yioula Glassworks S.A., a leading supplier of glass containers
• Investment banks on an offering of €275m senior secured notes by Vendex KBB, a leading Dutch non-food retailer
• Corus Group, a leading British steel company, on an offering of €600m senior notes and further offering of €200m senior notes
• Citigroup on an offering of €120m by Heckler & Koch, the leading defence contractor in the small arms sector of the European NATO defence market
• Jefferies International on an offering of high-yield notes by Timan Oil & Gas, an independent energy company with assets in Russia
• BG International Finance BV on its €3.5bn EMTN program guaranteed by BG PLC.

Principal liability management experience, advising:

• The dealer manager and consent solicitation agent on a cash tender offer for 11 percent senior notes of Zlomrex and a related consent solicitation and refinancing with new bonds
• Huntsman International LLC, a global manufacturer and marketer of chemical products, on its cash tender offer for €400m of 6.875 percent senior subordinated notes and €135m 7.5 percent senior subordinated notes and the refinancing of new bonds
• Ono Group on its cash tender offer and consent solicitation for, respectively, its 13 percent US$ notes, its 13 percent euro notes, its 14 percent US$ notes and its 14 percent euro notes, (in total amounting to US$350m), and the refinancing of new bonds
• Avecia Group PLC, a British specialty chemicals business, on its cash tender offer for up to 77 percent, US$415m, of outstanding 11 percent senior notes, and its related consent solicitation and refinancing with new bonds
• Dealer-managers on an exchange offer of US$878m subordinated notes of a British-based bank holding company for outstanding notes of a US mortgage company
• ArcelorMittal on its cash offer for outstanding 11.875 percent senior secured notes and the refinancing of new bonds
• Orange PLC (now EE) on its cash offer and consent solicitation of US$200m 8.75 percent notes, and the redemption of US$545m 8 percent senior notes, €100m 7.625 percent senior notes, and £200m 8.625 percent senior notes, respectively.
• BSN Glasspack on its cash tender offer of €180m 10.25 percent senior subordinated notes.

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