Tracy Liu draws on a wide range of experience to advise clients on complex cross-border finance transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged and acquisition financings.

Ms. Liu takes a results-oriented approach to guide banks and other financial institutions, sponsors, and corporate borrowers in financings across the capital structure, including:

  • Syndicated loans
  • Private credit financings
  • Bank/bond and bridge financings
  • Liability management transactions
  • General bank lending
  • Second lien, mezzanine, and PIK financings 
  • Restructurings
  • Investment grade financings
  • Emerging market financings 

Drawing on her secondment to J.P. Morgan’s leveraged credit team, she provides clients with keen market insight and commercial advice on their transactions. A recognized leader at the firm, Ms. Liu has served on the Security Committee.

Ms. Liu’s representative transactions include advising:

Amend and Extend/Refinancings

  • J.P. Morgan as arranger on the cross-border US$130 million term loan B credit facility and SEK2.1 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility for Oatly Group
  • Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and UBS as arrangers of the refinancing of Ammega
  • The arrangers of the revolving facility and senior secured notes refinancing of Energia Group
  • HSBC and J.P. Morgan as arrangers of the refinancing of Archroma
  • Goldman Sachs as arranger of the refinancing of ASK Chemicals 
  • The Double Negative group, a leading visual effects and animation studio, on its refinancing and subsequent additional debt raise
  • The arrangers on the refinancing of Antin Amedes, a specialty pharmaceutical company, and subsequent repricing 
  • The arrangers on repricing CVC portfolio company Etraveli
  • Agro Merchants Group on its global refinancing
  • The arrangers on Albéa Beauty Group’s refinancing and the subsequent repricing in connection with PAI Partners’ acquisition of the group

Take-Private Financing

  • The arrangers and the underwriters of the financing relating to the recommended offer for Clinigen Group by Triton
  • Certain 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 PLC
  • The arrangers on the €2.1 billion financing of CVC’s take-private of Ahlsell AB

Leveraged Finance (Syndicated Loans / Bank Loans)

  • The arrangers and the underwriters of the financing relating to the acquisition of the Element Materials by Temasek from Bridgepoint
  • The arrangers on the financing for Macquarie Infrastructure’s acquisition of Beauparc
  • The arrangers on the financing for Partners Group’s acquisition of Rovensa, an Iberian crop-protection company, from Bridgepoint
  • The arrangers on the financing for Antin Infrastructure Partner’s acquisition of Babilou nurseries
  • The arrangers on the US$3.3 billion financing for CVC and Messer Group’s acquisition of Linde and Praxair’s gas businesses in North and South America
  • The arrangers on the €1.1 billion financing for Partners Group’s acquisition of Ammeraal Beltech Group, a Dutch conveyer belt manufacturer, and Megadyne Group, an Italian maker of transmission belts
  • Goldman Sachs, as second-lien lender, on Thomas H. Lee’s acquisition of the Autostore Group
  • The arrangers on the €375 million financing for Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners’ acquisition of the euNetworks Group, a bandwidth infrastructure services provider in Europe
  • CVC on the financing to acquire Breitling, the Swiss luxury watchmaker, and subsequent dividend recap, repricing, and refinancings
  • The arrangers on the financing for Advent’s acquisition of Færch Plast
  • The arrangers on the €2.4 billion financing for Advent-owned Oberthur Group’s refinancing and acquisition of the Morpho Group
  • The arrangers on the financing for BC Partners’ acquisition of the Pronovias Group
  • The arrangers on the financing for BC Partners’ acquisition of Keter Plastic, and incremental and bolt-on transactions
  • EQT on the financing in connection with acquiring Sitecore 
  • The arrangers on the financing for Investindustrial’s acquisition of the Italcanditi Group
  • The arrangers on the €390 million financing for Investindustrial’s acquisition of the HTL Strefa Group

Leveraged Acquisition Finance (Bank/Bond)

  • The arrangers in connection with the super senior revolving facility and senior secured bond financing of the acquisition of Polynt-Reichhold by Black Diamond
  • The arrangers on the financing for Advent, Cinven, and RAG’s acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s elevator business
  • The Carlyle Group on the revolving credit facility and senior secured bond offering to acquire F-Brasile, a manufacturer of steel rings for aircraft engines and other industrial components
  • The Carlyle Group and Investindustrial on the revolving credit facility and senior secured bond offering for their joint venture in respect of Flos, B&B, and Louis Poulsen

Private Credit Financings

  • The lenders with respect to the financing on the acquisition of a French group in the cosmetics industry
  • The lenders on the financing for InvestIndustrial’s acquisition of the Neolith Group
  • Nordic Capital on its financing to acquire the European Dental Group
  • Pemberton on the financing for CapVest’s acquisition of the Core Assets Group
  • Pemberton on the financing for CapVest’s acquisition of the Karro Group

Special Situations

  • The ad hoc group of senior lenders to Vue Cinemas in relation to its c. €1 billion debt and equity restructuring
  • The senior creditors committee in relation to the c. £620 million debt and equity restructuring of Doncasters Group, the UK-headquartered international manufacturer of high-precision alloy components

Emerging Markets / Investment Grade Finance

  • J.P. Morgan as arranger in connection with the financing supporting 41G’s acquisition of Vodafone Hungary

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Masters of Applied Finance, Kaplan, 2019
    first in class
  • Bachelor of Law (Hons), The University of Sydney, 2011
  • Bachelor of International Studies, The University of Sydney, 2009

Languages Spoken

  • English

Practices