Encore Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG), an international specialty finance company, has announced the pricing of its offering of US$200 million aggregate principal amount of 4.00% convertible senior notes due 2029 in a private offering to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. The offering size was increased from the previously announced offering size of US$175 million aggregate principal amount of notes. Encore also granted the initial purchasers of the notes a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional US$30 million aggregate principal amount of notes solely to cover over-allotments, if any. Latham & Watkins LLP represents Encore in the offering with a corporate team led by Century City partner Steven Stokdyk, New York/Los Angeles partner Greg Rodgers, Los Angeles partner Arash Aminian Baghai, and New York partners Reza Mojtabaee-Zamani and Andrew Blumenthal, with associates Grace Garcea, Tim Plummer, Jack Neff, Claire Solimine, Ian Lachow, Teddy Finneran, and Yi Wei. Advice was also provided on tax matters by New York partner Bora Bozkurt, with associates Aaron Bernstein and Ted Gkoo.~~