Patrick Kwak advises clients on international corporate finance transactions and securities regulation.

Mr. Kwak draws on a sophisticated understanding of the market to represent companies, private equity firms, and investment banks in:

  • Public and private debt and equity securities offerings, including Rule 144A offerings, with an emphasis on high-yield debt products
  • Leveraged and acquisition financing, including bridge financing
  • Restructurings and liability management transactions, including tender offers, consent solicitations, and exchange offers

He guides a broad range of stakeholders through a company’s full financing life cycle, including distilling complex concepts into commercially actionable advice that allows clients to achieve their business objectives.

Mr. Kwak unites expertise across the firm’s finance, M&A, regulatory, and restructuring practices to support complex private and public acquisition financings and capital structure realignments.

A recognized leader at the firm, Mr. Kwak served on the Associates Committee.

Mr. Kwak’s representative experience includes advising:

Private Equity

  • Advising the EQT-led consortium on financing for the £4.5 billion recommended cash offer of Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC
  • A consortium led by EQT Partners (EQT) on issuing €425 million in senior secured notes and €325 million in senior notes in connection with its acquisition of Cerba, as well as on issuing a further €300 million senior secured notes and €200 million senior notes in connection with Cerba’s subsequent acquisition of Lifebrain
  • Nordic Capital on issuing €475 million in senior secured notes and £335 million in senior secured notes in connection with its take-private of ADVANZ Pharma, as well as on issuing a further €175 million in senior secured notes in connection with various subsequent acquisitions by ADVANZ Pharma
  • Hellman & Friedman on acquiring Verisure and subsequent financings totaling over €7 billion (equivalent)
  • A consortium led by EQT and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority on the cross-border financing for acquiring Nestlé’s Skin Health for CHF10.2 billion
  • CVC Capital Partners on the concurrent exchange offer and private placement with respect to £150 million senior secured floating rates due 2020 by its portfolio company Domestic & General

Corporate Issuers

  • Youngs Seafood, a European food producer, on its debt restructuring and sale
  • Victoria PLC on multiple issuances of senior secured notes, totaling over €1 billion
  • Neptune Energy Bondco on offering US$550 million 6.625% senior notes due 2025

Investment Banks

  • Credit Suisse and a syndicate of dealer managers in connection with the offer by NewDay to exchange its outstanding senior secured notes due 2024 for new senior secured notes due 2026 and cash consideration
  • The lenders to the consortium of Advent, Cinven, and RAG on bond financing for their acquisition of thyssenkrupp's Elevator, a leading international provider of elevator technology, with operations in more than 1,000 locations worldwide, headquartered in Germany
  • The initial purchasers on McLaren’s comprehensive refinancing across debt and equity
  • BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, UBS, and a syndicate of banks on the offering of €825 million senior secured notes due 2023 and €1.3 billion senior secured floating rate notes due 2023 by Nexi Capital, an Italian payments company
  • Deutsche Bank, HSBC, BofA Merrill Lynch, and a syndicate of banks on the €2.2 billion senior secured floating rate notes offering due 2024, €1.6 billion senior secured notes offering due 2023, €1.7 billion senior secured notes offering due 2025, and US$2 billion senior secured notes offering due 2026 of Wind Tre, a telecommunications provider in Italy

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
  • New York

Education

  • J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2014
  • BA in International Relations & Global Studies, University of British Columbia, 2010