Victor Ludwig

Mr. Ludwig’s regular clients include:

Direct Lenders

• Ares Capital
• Blackstone Credit
• KKR Credit Advisors
• Golub Capital Markets

Investment Banks

• Bank of America
• Citibank
• Goldman Sachs
• JPMorgan Chase
• Morgan Stanley
• Nomura
• RBC
• Wells Fargo

A selection of his significant investment bank transactions includes advising:

• Nomura in the US$600 million asset-backed term loan and revolver for B. Riley Financial, Inc., an investment banking and financial services provider
• RBC in the US$2.275 billion syndicated term loan B and US$450 million term loan A in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of a majority state in Copeland (formerly Emerson Climate Technologies)
• Bank of America and Rabobank in the US$3.25 billion term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with Cargill and Continental Grain’s the take-private of Sanderson Farms and combination with Wayne Farms, two leading poultry producers and processors
• Morgan Stanley in the NZ$1.45 billion financing in connection with Macquarie Infrastructure and Aware Super’s combination of Orcon Group and Two Degrees Group, New Zealand telecommunications companies
• Citibank in the US$1.1 billion incremental term loan and US$200 million revolver increase in connection with API Group Corporation’s acquisition of the Chubb Fire & Security businesses from Carrier Global Corporation
• Morgan Stanley in the A$2 billion term loan (comprised of A$ and US$ tranches and delayed draw facilities), and A$150 million revolving facility in connection with Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets’ acquisition of Vocus Group Limited, an Australian telecommunications company
• Goldman Sachs in the US$4 billion first/second lien term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of RealPage Inc., a global provider of software and data analytics to the real estate industry
• Bank of America in the US$200 million asset-backed loan in connection with L. Catterton’s acquisition of Truck Hero, an after-market truck accessories provider
• Citibank in the US$1.5 billion term loan and revolving facility in connection with Mariposa Capital’s SPAC acquisition of API Group Corporation, a provider of commercial life safety solutions