Taniel Akay

Mr. Akay’s experience includes advising:

• Deutsche Bank in its capacity as sole dealer-manager for Softbank Group’s tender offer for c. US$1 billion of notes across c. US$8 billion (equivalent) in aggregate principal amount of high-yield notes
• Verisure, a Hellman & Friedman portfolio company offering home security products and services, in its issuance of €1.145 billion (equivalent) of senior unsecured notes and concurrent consent solicitation transaction relating to certain existing notes and facilities
• Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, and the remaining syndicate of initial purchasers in the €720 million senior secured notes financing supporting the acquisition by sponsors Cinven, KKR, and Providence of MasMovil Group, Spain’s fourth largest telecommunications services provider
• Intesa Sanpaolo and the remaining syndicate of initial purchasers in the €605 million senior secured notes financing supporting the acquisition by sponsors Bain Capital and Neuberger Berman of Engineering Group, the leading provider of IT services in Italy
• Victoria PLC, an AIM-listed company and the United Kingdom’s largest carpet manufacturer, in its premier issuance of €330 million senior secured notes to refinance an existing acquisition bridge facility; Mr. Akay further represented the company in its subsequent tack-on issuance of €170 million senior secured notes
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in the issuance of US$200 million senior secured notes by the Drax Group, one of the United Kingdom’s largest energy producers, to refinance an existing acquisition bridge facility
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in the issuance of £150 million senior secured notes by Together Financial Services, a leading consumer finance provider in the United Kingdom