Dan Maze is a finance partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins. He has a wide range of experience in leveraged finance transactions, investment-grade acquisition facilities, restructurings and workouts, and emerging markets financings.
Mr. Maze's recent representative transactions include advising:
Credit Suisse as mandated lead arranger on the term loan facility for Platform Specialty Products Corporation take-private acquisition of Alent plc
The mandated lead arrangers on the €330 million senior secured notes and super-senior revolving facility for Lone Star's acquisition of the Balta Group
The mandated lead arrangers on the €6 billion cross-border bank and bond financing for the acquisition by Altice S.A. of Portugal Telecom from Oi S.A.
HSBC, Société Générale and Credit Agricole as bookrunners in connection with a new €625 million senior credit facility and €186 million second lien notes provided to French engineering group Spie to finance a dividend recapitalisation and redemption of €375 million high yield notes
The mandated lead arrangers on the US$22 billion cross-border bank and bond financing provided to Altice and Numericable Group for the acquisition of French telecoms operator SFR
Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays and HSBC as mandated lead arrangers in connection with the US$555 million-equivalent cross-border, covenant-lite first and second lien facilities provided to Montagu Private Equity for the acquisition of Rexam plc’s pharmaceutical devices and prescription retail packaging divisions
Credit Agricole, Goldman Sachs, Nomura and Natixis as mandated lead arrangers in connection with the €818 million senior covenant-lite facility arranged for the management buy-out of Ceva Sante Animale
The mandated lead arrangers on US$ 1.9 billion of holdco bridge facilities provided to the Altice group for the acquisitions of Orange Dominicana and Tricom, a Dominican and Bahamian telecoms company
DNB, GE, Bank of Ireland, Rabobank, SEB and Societe Generale as mandated lead arrangers in connection with the NOK 1.215 billion senior secured facilities provided to Capvest for the acquisition of Scandza
The mandated lead arrangers on a US$1 billion convenant-lite term loan, a US$250 million bond issuance and US$125 million in other bank financing in connection with the fold-in of certain Altice group businesses and the acquisition of Groupe Outremer Telecom
KKR Asset Management on holdco PIK facilities for Stork Technical Services and Hilding Anders
The mandated lead arrangers on the €550 million senior secured term and revolving facilities provided in connection with the refinancing of Ziggo B.V.
The lenders on super-senior revolving facilities for TMF Group, Hellermann-Tyton, Altice, Coditel, Brighthouse Group, Cognita, IKKS and Findus, among others
Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Morgan Stanley in connection with a US$570 million bridge loan, as well as US$1.1 billion high yield bonds, provided to the Altice Group to finance the acquisition of the remaining 31% stake in HOT Telecommunications not already owned by Altice and refinance existing debt
Preem AB in connection with the SEK 3,092,090,040 and US$1.9 billion credit facilities for refinancing its financial liabilities and representing Corral Petroleum Holdings AB in connection with its exchange offer for €221 million and US$250 million PIK notes
Morgan Stanley, HSBC, Société Générale, Credit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and Natixis as mandated lead arrangers in connection with €1.335 billion senior credit facilities and €375 million high yield notes to finance the acquisition of Spie by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, AXA Private Equity and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
