Charles Armstrong

Mr. Armstrong's experience includes representing:

• Energy Capital Partners in relation to the financing for its take private acquisition of the Biffa Group
• Equistone Partners in relation to its sale of Acuity
• The Carlyle Group in relation to the financing for its acquisition of the Ocmis Group
• The Carlyle Group in relation to the financing for its acquisition of the Dianese Group
• The Carlyle Group in relation to the financing for its acquisition of the Altadia Group
• Hellman & Friedman in relation to its financing for the zooplus Group
• TA Associates in relation to the financing for its acquisition of Chaos and Enscape
• TA Associates in relation to the financing for its acquisition of Adcubum and tech11
• ASDA in relation to the financing for its acquisition of 132 grocery retail sites from the Co-Op
• WE Soda Limited, the largest natural soda ash producer in the world, in relation to its senior secured term and revolving facilities financing
• EG Group in relation to the refinancing of its existing term and revolving facilities
• The Carlyle Group in relation to the financing for its acquisition of a majority stake in END
• Issa Brothers and TDR Capital in relation to the financing for their acquisition of ASDA supermarket 
• EG Group in relation to the senior debt financing for its acquisition of the UK Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise
• Kingsway Capital in relation to its take private acquisition of Al Fakher, a leading global producer of branded shisha 
• Entain plc (formerly GVC plc) in relation to its USD term loan refinancing
• TowerBrook Capital Partners and its portfolio company, Aernnova Aerospace Corporation SA, in relation to its covenant lite dividend recap financing
• The Carlyle Group in relation to the senior debt financing for its acquisition of a 37% stake in Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U
• Equistone in relation to the debt financing for the acquisition of Moody’s Knowledge Services
• The Carlyle Group in relation to its bank/bond financing for the acquisition of the Forgital Group 
• A leading private equity sponsor in relation to the fund guarantee backed financing provided to one of its portfolio groups
• EQT in relation to a loan note financing provided to an Italian portfolio group
• The Carlyle Group and Investindustrial in relation to the bank/bond financing for their joint venture acquisition of Flos, B&B Italia, and Louis Paulsen
• The Carlyle Group in relation to its senior debt financing for the acquisition of the Codorniu Raventós Group 
• British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and Preservation Capital Partners Limited in relation to the unitranche financing for their acquisition of the BMS Group
• The Carlyle Group in relation to its loan note refinancing for Golden Goose
• The Carlyle Group in relation to the loan note financing for Twinset SpA
• Leonard Green Partners in relation to the debt financing for its acquisition of CPA Global
• Hellman & Friedman in relation to its first and second lien financing for the public to private acquisition of the Nets Group
• The Caryle Group in relation to the covenant-loose dividend recap financing provided to Comdata SpA
• Onex Corporation in relation to the senior debt financing for its acquisition of Survitec Group Limited
• Nordic Capital and the Lindorff Group in relation to the acquisition and financing of the Aktua Group
• A leading private equity sponsor in relation to various pik holdco financings provided in relation to certain portfolio group