Jason Britto

jason.britto@lw.com

+44.20.7710.1829

Profile

Jason Britto draws on experience advising banks, private credit institutions, and other financial institutions across a broad range of cross-border financing transactions, with a particular focus on sponsor-backed leveraged acquisition financings and restructuring and special situations transactions.

He takes a client-focused approach to guiding banks, private credit providers, and other financial institutions on financings across the capital structure, including:

Syndicated loans
Private credit lending
Bank/bond and bridge financings
General bank lending
Restructuring and special situations transactions

A recognized leader at the firm, Jason is Co-Chair of Latham’s First-Generation Professionals Group in London. He maintains an active pro bono practice, including for Cancer Research UK.

Experience

Jason’s representative experience include advising:

A group of arrangers led by Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Mizuho on US$40 billion bridge facilities provided to SoftBank Group
Hercules Capital on growth capital financing for ControlUp
A group of bank arrangers on the US$2 billion US dollar and euro senior financing for VFS Global, a visa outsourcing services business that is majority-owned by Blackstone
A group of finance providers in connection with the various financings for the €2.7 billion definitive agreement between Bally’s and Intralot, pursuant to which Intralot will acquire Bally’s international interactive business
A group of 22 mandated lead arrangers on the €8.65 billion US dollar and euro senior secured credit facilities and senior secured notes for CD&R’s acquisition of a 50% stake in Opella, Sanofi’s consumer health division
A group of bank arrangers on the £150 million super senior revolving credit facility and £598 million senior secured notes for The Very Group, in connection with the refinancing of The Very Group’s existing revolving credit facilities and senior secured notes
A group of bank arrangers on the £6.6 billion term loan B, revolving credit, and high-yield bridge facilities for CD&R’s take-private acquisition of Wm Morrison Supermarkets
A group of bank arrangers on the £1.6 billion term loan B and high-yield bonds for Motor Fuel Group’s acquisition of 340 petrol forecourts from Morrisons
A group of direct lenders and bank lenders in relation to term loan and revolving facility financing of Apollo’s acquisition of United Living, a leading provider of essential infrastructure, social housing maintenance, and construction services
A group of direct lenders on the financing for EQT’s acquisition of Envirotainer, the leading global provider of mission-critical biopharma transport services
A group of direct lenders on the financing for EQT Infrastructure’s acquisition of a majority stake in Trescal, a global leader in calibration services
A group of bank arrangers in relation to EQT and TA Associates debt refinancing of software developer IFS
A group of bank arrangers on the €2 billion acquisition financing by Flutter Entertainment for Italian gaming group Sisal Group and subsequent refinancing transactions advising the mandated lead arrangers
A group of bank arrangers on the euro additional facility for B&B hotels and subsequent additional facility processes
A group of banks providing financing in connection with Towerbrook and Warburg Pincus’ acquisition of The AA
The ad hoc group of senior secured noteholders on financing for the PizzaExpress restructuring
A group of bank arrangers on the €980 million and US$782 million acquisition financing in connection with Advent International’s acquisition of the GE Distributed Power business, a carve-out of the GE Group, a manufacturer of gas engines that generate electricity for towns and factories globally
Credit Suisse International in relation to Ideal Standard’s super senior RCF in connection with a €325 million senior secured notes issuance
A group of bank arrangers on the term loan and revolving credit facility for CEVA Logistics, a global logistics supply chain company, to refinance existing debt