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Gabrielle
C.
Wong
Counsel
Education
Columbia University, J.D., 1994
Princeton University, A.B. Economics, 1991, cum laude
Practice
Ms. Wong is counsel in the European Finance Group and concentrates primarily on the international acquisition finance areas, with particular emphasis on cross-border and global public and private financings, banking and restructurings. She joined Shearman & Sterling’s New York office in 1994 and has been with the London office since April 1996.
Experience
- Abu Dhabi’s ATIC on the financing aspects of its S$5.6 billion investment in Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing
- HTM Sport- und Freizeitgerate AG in its €135 million debt-for-debt exchange offer
- Citibank, N.A. in providing a $150 million back-stop credit facility to BCPE
- Merrill Lynch International Bank in providing a $100 million back-stop credit facility to BCPE
- Flexis S.A. in the issuance of €41 million 8-year Delta One Notes with leverage linked to Olympia Diversified Strategies Fund Limited
- Anglogold Ashanti on the financing aspects of the sale of its joint venture interest in Boddington Gold Mine
- Restructuring of Gateway Telecommunications plc and its subsidiaries for the acquisition of certain parts of the business by subsidiaries of Vodacom Group (Pty) Limited
- GoldenTree Asset Management UK LLP in providing a $62 million PIK loan facility agreement to Gateway Broadcast Services Limited
- Brait Group in providing a ZAR 785 million PIK loan facility agreement to Primedia Holdings I Limited
- Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited as initial purchasers of the issuance of €310 million of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2017 by Ardagh Glass Finance plc
- Escaline S.ar.L. in its €400 million PIK loan facility agreement from Credit Suisse, London branch as Mandated Lead Arranger to the participating banks
- Inspection Services PIK UK Limited in its €26 million PIK loan facility agreement from GSO Luxembourg Onshore Funding S.a.r.l.
- Merrill Lynch International in providing a €260 million PIK loan facility to Lucite International Luxembourg Finance S.a.r.l.
- Merrill Lynch International in providing a €100 million PIK loan facility to Heckler & Koch Beteiligungs GmbH
- Credit Suisse, London Branch in providing a €135 million term loan credit facility to Masampe Holding B.V.
- Credit Suisse International in providing a €100 million bridge credit facility to Codere, S.A.
- Merrill Lynch International, Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited and Barclays Capital in providing a €3 billion bridge credit facility to Ineos Holdings Limited and Ineos US Finance LLC
- Hellas Telecommunications Finance in its €116 million PIK loan facility agreement from Deutsche Bank AG London as agent to the participating banks
- Outview Limited in providing €100 million bridge loan facility to Heckler & Koch Beteiligungs GmbH
- Combination Repackaged Aircraft Finance II Ltd. in the issuance of $54.4 million Series 2005-1 Subclass A-2 Fixed Rate Notes and $39.8 million Series 2005-1 Class B Notes in connection with the repackaging of $140 million of Class B Airplanes Pass Through Certificates
- Satbirds Capital Participations S.C.A. in its €300 million Senior PIK loan facility from Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.
- Combination Repackaged Aircraft Finance Ltd. in the issuance of $175 million of Series 2004-1 Subclass A-1 Notes in connection with the repackaging of $175 million of Class A-1 Notes issued by Aircraft Finance Trust
- Airplanes Repackaged Transferred Securities Ltd. in the issuance of $312 million of Series 2004 Class A Notes and $156 million of Series 2004-1 Class B Notes in connection with the repackaging of $156 million of Class A-2 Notes issued by Lease Investment Flight Trust
- Combination Repackaged Assets Backed Securities II Ltd. in the issuance of $100 million of Series 2003-1 Subclass A-2 Notes and $100 million of Series 2003-1 Class B Notes in connection with the repackaging of $100 million of Subclass A-9 Airplanes Pass Through Trust Certificates
- Combination Repackaged Assets Backed Securities Ltd. in the issuance of $355 million of Series 2003-1 Subclass A-1 Notes in connection with the repackaging of $355 million of Subclass A-9 Airplanes Pass Through Trust Certificates
- Merrill Lynch in providing a $500 million letter of credit to Swiss Reinsurance Company
- Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse First Boston in providing a $1 billion backstop facility to Bavaria Universal Funding Corporation, a commercial paper conduit
- Global TeleSystems, Inc. on the restructuring of a €225 million loan from Deutsche Bank
- Global TeleSystems, Inc. on a €550 million senior facility for general corporate purposes
- Morgan Stanley in the $1.31 billion refinancing of securitization debt of Morgan Stanley Aircraft Finance
- Morgan Stanley in the $750 million refinancing of securitization debt of Airplanes Pass Through Trust
- Morgan Stanley in the $800 million securitization of aircraft and operating leases of AerCo Limited, representing, inter alia, the refinancing of ALPS 94-1
- Chase Manhattan Bank on the financing of the acquisition of Zeneca group of companies
- Merrill Lynch on the financing of the acquisition of Leica Geosystems group of companies
- Morgan Stanley on the financing of the acquisition of a stake in Gucci N.V. by Pinault Printemps Redoute S.A.
- Esprit Telecom plc in its £25 million bridge loan from Lehman Brothers
- Morgan Stanley in the $1.05 billion securitization of aircraft and operating leases acquired from International Lease Finance Corporation
- Morgan Stanley in the $2.437 billion refinancing of securitization debt of Airplanes Pass Through Trust
- Morgan Stanley on the securitization of defaulted Italian real estate mortgage loans
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Languages
English
Cantonese
Mandarin
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