Antoine Lebienvenu

Kirkland & Ellis advised Banijay Group, owned by FL Entertainment (AMS:FLE), on the amendment and extension of its €453 million term loan facility, $460 million term loan facility and the incurrence of additional indebtedness in an amount equivalent to €200 million. Banijay produces and distributes content for television and multimedia platforms and is home to over 130 production companies across 21 territories, and a multi-genre catalogue boasting over 160,000 hours of original standout programming. The Kirkland team was led by debt finance partners Evgeny Zborovsky, Kalish Mullen and Neel Sachdev and capital markets partner Cedric Van den Borren, with the support of capital markets partner Antoine Lebienvenu and debt finance associates Carla Bisoli and Anastasis Voskos. The team also included tax partner Sonia Bouaffassa and debt finance partners Alexander Läengsfeld and Ben Steadman and associates Bradley Cho, Vahagn Gharagyozyan and Nino Goglidze.

Apr 11

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Parts Europe on its new €180 million super senior revolving credit facility entered into in connection with the acquisition of Parts Holding Europe by D’Ieteren Group S.A.  The D’Ieteren Group is a family-controlled investment firm, listed on Euronext Brussels, with deep expertise in the business services, distribution and automotive sectors. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by debt finance partners Kalish Mullen, Evgeny Zborovsky and Neel Sachdev, with the support of capital markets partners Antoine Lebienvenu and Cedric Van den Borren and debt finance associate Matthew Grenfell.  The team also included tax partner Sonia Bouaffassa and tax associate Louise Chappey, and corporate associate François Capoul.

Aug 5

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Parts Europe, owned by D’Ieteren Group (Euronext:DIE), on the implementation of its new €960 million term loan facility and ca. €240 million revolving facility. The term facility will be used to redeem its €580 million senior secured notes due 2025 and its €380 million senior secured notes due 2027. Parts Europe is a leading pan Western European omni channel distributor of automotive spare parts serving the B2B, online B2C and DIY independent aftermarket. The D’Ieteren Group is a family-controlled investment firm, listed on Euronext Brussels, with deep expertise in the business services, distribution and automotive sectors. Read D’Ieteren Group’s press release The Kirkland team is led by debt finance partners Kalish Mullen and Evgeny Zborovsky and capital markets partners Cedric Van den Borren and Antoine Lebienvenu, with the support of debt finance associates Carla Bisoli and Matthew Grenfell and capital markets associates Elio Gaarthuis and Luca Meneghini. The team also includes tax partner Sonia Bouaffassa and associate Louise Chappey; derivatives partner Drue Santora; and corporate associate Francois Capoul.

Feb 1

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure and EQT Infrastructure on the financing aspects of their agreement to acquire Urbaser, a leading global provider of integrated waste management and environmental services, from funds managed by Platinum Equity. Blackstone and EQT will each own 50% of Urbaser and jointly manage the company. The transaction is subject to customary conditions and approvals. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team includes debt finance lawyers Kirsteen Nicol, Suroop Singh Kandola, Leon Daoud and Ben Egan; and capital markets lawyer Antoine Lebienvenu.

Feb 13

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Atlas Luxco S.à r.l., a company controlled by Xavier Niel, in connection with the debt financing of the concurrent public offers in the U.S. and Sweden to the shareholders in Millicom International Cellular S.A. (NASDAQ U.S.: TIGO, Nasdaq Stockholm: TIGO_SDB) (Millicom) to tender all their common shares and Swedish depositary receipt in Millicom. Millicom is a leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Latin America. The financing of the take private offer consists of $8 billion of debt via an interim facilities agreement. The intention is to replace or refinance all or a substantial part of the interim facilities with long-term financing consisting of a $2.6 billion term loan facility, a $100 million debt service revolving facility, a $3.8 million backstop bridge facility, a $600 million revolving credit facility to be entered into by Atlas Luxco S.à r.l. and a $500 million bridge facility to be entered into by Iliad Holding S.A.S. The offers expire on August 16, 2024. This transaction, one of the largest take-private deals of the year to date, involved a multidisciplinary Kirkland team and a complex cross-border process with committed financing arrangements entered into under multiple instruments in various jurisdictions. The Kirkland team was led by debt finance partners Evgeny Zborovsky and James Collins; and capital markets partners Cedric Van den Borren and Antoine Lebienvenu. The team also included debt finance partner Kalish Mullen and associates Philipp Engel, Anastasis Voskos and Benjamin Lewis; capital markets associate Alejandro García; and tax partners Nadine Gelli, Anthony Antioch and Sonia Bouaffassa.

Jul 4

1 min