Sam Hamilton

Mr. Hamilton’s experience includes:

Unitranche Debt

• Sortera Group AB, an environmental contractor and waste management company – advising on its acquisition
• Trustly AB, a Swedish fintech company – advising on its €700 million acquisition
• Consilium, a world leading producer of safety technologies – advising on its SEK3 billion acquisition
• Soho House, an international private members’ club – advising in relation to its bank and bond facilities
• Ober Scharrer Gruppe, a leading healthcare provider headquartered in Germany – advising on its €330 million acquisition

Term Loan B Debt

• The Cupa Group, a leader in the natural slate and stone industry – advising on a sustainability linked TLB financing in connection with its acquisition from The Carlyle Group
• ADVANZ PHARMA, a specialty pharmaceutical company – advising on its US$846 million acquisition
• GHD, a market-leading homecare provider headquartered in Germany – advising on its €440 million refinancing
• Sunrise Medical, a leading mobility business – advising on its c. €450 million acquisition
• The Binding Site Group, a leading life sciences company providing specialist diagnostic products  – advising on its US$435 million refinancing
• Itiviti, a provider of capital markets software for banks and trading firms – advising on its US$590 million acquisition
• Alloheim Group, a private German care services provider – advising on its c. €1.1 billion acquisition
• ConvaTec, an Anglo-American medical products and technologies company – advising on its acquisition, post-IPO financing, and refinancings 
• Unilabs, a leading international provider of diagnostic services – advising on its €835 million refinancing
• ULLINK, a global multi-asset trading technology software provider – advising on its US$650 million acquisition and refinancing
• CPA Global, a leading intellectual property management and technology company – advising on its cross border £2.4 billion acquisition and subsequent US$6.8 billion combination with Clarivate, an analytics company

High Yield Debt

• ADVANZ PHARMA, a specialty pharmaceutical company – advising on its US$846 million acquisition
• Lindorff Group, a company providing debt-related administration services – advising on its US$3.2 billion acquisition
• ConvaTec, a Anglo-American medical products and technologies company – advising on its  acquisition, post-IPO financing, and refinancings
• Unilabs, a leading international provider of diagnostic services – advising on its €835 million refinancing
• Soho House, an international private members’ club – advising on its bank and bond facilities

Restructuring & Special Situations

• Britax Group, UK-headquartered child seat, pushchair, and bike seat manufacturer and distributer – advising on its c. US$380 million debt and equity restructuring
• Luvata, a leading metal solution manufacturing, heat transfer technology and engineering services company – advising on its €700 million restructuring
• Brintons Carpets, a global manufacturer of specialist woven carpets – advising The Carlyle Group in connection with financing matters relating to its investment in Brintons Carpets

Fund Structuring

• Ares/GE Unitranche Fund – advising on the creation of the European Senior Secured Loan Program, a €2.2 billion joint venture between GE Corporate Finance Bank and Ares Capital Europe, providing “unitranche” private debt facilities in the European mid-market
• SoftBank Vision Fund, venture capital fund – advising on its levelled fund structure
• Nordic Capital CV1 – advising on the inter fund acquisition by CV1 of Fund VII
• Lindorff Group, a company providing debt-related administration services – advising on the creation of a €700m non-performing loan co-investment program with CarVal Investors and AlbaCore Capital

Public to Private Financings

• ADVANZ PHARMA, a specialty pharmaceutical company – advising on its US$846 million acquisition
• Intrum Justitia, a leading credit management company – advising on its bank and bond refinancing
• ConvaTec, an Anglo-American medical products and technologies company – advising on its  acquisition, post-IPO financing, and  refinancings
• R&R Ice Cream plc, an ice cream and frozen confectionery worldwide producer – advising on term loans and revolving credit facility 

Post IPO Financings

• ConvaTec, an Anglo-American medical products and technologies company – advising on its  acquisition, post-IPO financing, and  refinancings
• OPAP, a Greek lottery and gaming operator – advising J.P. Morgan Securities in relation to an up to €750 million holdco PIK financing for Sazka Group’s tender offer for OPAP
• Acino, a Swiss-based pharmaceutical company – advising on a US$200 million carve out transaction involving various pharmaceutical products and related assets from Takeda
• Intrum Justitia, a leading credit management company – advising on its €1.1 billion revolving credit facility