Aurélien Lorenzi

Aurélien’s experience includes advising:

• Bridgepoint on:
  • Selling Kereis, a European leader in multi-channel insurance brokerage, to Advent
  • Its proposed public tender offer for Esker
• XpFibre, the largest independent fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure operator in France, and its shareholders Altice, OMERS, Allianz, and AXA, on XpFibre’s €5.8 billion debt refinancing
• iQera Group on its:
  • Lender-led debt-to-equity swap
  • High-yield offering and debt refinancing
• Ardian on the:
  • TLB cov-lite financing of its acquisition of the Magimix/Robot-Coupe group
  • Exclusive negotiations, alongside its partner Hameur Group, to carve out Magimix from the Robot-Coupe and Magimix group, and sell it to Lavafields Group
• Société Générale, as TLB and RCF lender, on software editor Infovista’s financial restructuring
• The banks on Goldstory’s €850 million senior secured notes refinancing
• The steering committee of TLB secured lenders (c. €1.5 billion) on Casino’s €8 billion financial restructuring
• The banks on the financial debt restructuring of the Damartex Group, the leading player of the silver economy
• The Pimkie group, a French apparel brand, on its financial and operational restructuring
• ZEPLUG, a leading European provider of electric vehicle charging services in multi-occupant and office buildings, on its €240 million fundraising and acquisition of Bornes Solutions
• Astorg in the financing of the acquisition of Solina, the leading European manufacturer of ingredient and seasoning blends for the food industry, from Ardian
• The cross-holders coordinating committee on Europcar’s financial restructuring
• The mandated lead arrangers on (1) the financing of the acquisition of the Babilou group by Babar Bidco, (2) refinancing certain existing indebtedness of the target group, and (3) financing general corporate purposes of the group
• Alcentra European Direct Lending on financing the acquisition of the BVA Group, the third-largest French market research and consulting firm
• The lenders in the acquisition by Cobepa of a majority stake in Gerflor, manufacturer and marketer of vinyl flooring solutions and wall finishes for resilient floors and wall coverings, from ICG
• TA Associates on selling its minority stake in ZADIG & VOLTAIRE, French modern luxury ready-to-wear, to Peninsula
• Cobepa on selling its stake in Staci, a logistics solutions provider for companies, to Ardian
• KKR and the founders of Webhelp, one of the world’s leading providers of customer experience and business process outsourcing (BPO), on the financing of the €2.4 billion sale to GBL