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Peter Hayes
Partner

Education
Columbia University, J.D.
University of Paris I (Sorbonne), Maîtrise en Droit
The London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, B.A.

Practice
Peter Hayes is a member of the Finance Group specializing in bank finance and, in particular, acquisition finance and related restructuring work. Peter is fluent in French.

Experience
Borrowers:
  • Advent International in connection with the €770 million financing of the acquisition of Oberthur Technologies
  • Bakkavor in connection with its £350 million bond offering and £380 million senior credit facilities
  • Towergate in connection with its £520 million bond offering and £410 million senior credit facilities
  • Ardagh Glass in connection with the financing for its €1,700 million acquisition of Impress Coöperatieve U.A.
  • Advent International and DFS Furniture in connection with DFS Furniture's £240 million bond offering and revolving credit facility
  • Advent International and Oxea in connection with Oxea's €500 million bond offering and revolving credit facilities
  • Cinven, Warburg Pincus and Ziggo in connection with Ziggo's €1,200 million unsecured bond offering €750 million secured bond offering
  • Advance Technology Investment Company LLC in relation to its announced bid for Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd
  • Qatari investors in connection with their investment in the Canary Wharf group, by way of equity and by way of debt financing
  • Investcorp and Barclays Private Equity in connection with the €600 million financing of the acquisition of N&W Global Vending SpA
  • Investcorp in connection with the €850 million financing of the acquisition of Icopal A/S
  • Investcorp in connection with the $220 million financing of the acquisition of Moody International
  • Investcorp in connection with the €500 million financing of the acquisition of Autodis SA
  • Versatel Telecom International in connection with the restructuring of €1,700 million of senior and convertible notes and concurrent US and Dutch reorganisation proceedings

Lenders:
  • Crédit Suisse, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Crédit Agricole CIB and Société Générale in connection with the €1,600 million acquisition by Lion Capital of French frozen food company Picard
  • Citigroup, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital and ING Bank in connection with InterXion Holding N.V.’s €200 million bond offering and revolving credit facility
  • Caixa Geral de Depositos on a priority liquidity facility for La Seda de Barcelona S.A.
  • Credit Suisse, BlueBay and Eos in connection with the restructuring of the Danoptra Gaming Group
  • Och-Ziff, Noonday and Novator in connection with the financing of the take private of Caffè Nero plc
  • Barclays Bank plc and Société Générale in connection with the £310 million financing of the acquisition of HSS Hire Services by Och-Ziff and Aurigo
  • J.P. Morgan and Citigroup in connection with the €322 million financing of the acquisition of Schoeller Arca Systems by One Equity Partners
  • J.P. Morgan in connection with the €785 million financing of the acquisition of a division of GE Supply by Rexel
  • J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, HSBC and RBS in connection with the €3,700 million financing of the acquisition of Rexel by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Eurazeo and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
  • Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Fortis in connection with the €1,800 million financing of the acquisition of Tommy Hilfiger by Apax
  • Citigroup, ABN AMRO and ING in connection with the €1,500 million financing of the acquisition of Vendex by KKR
  • Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Merrill Lynch in connection with the £2,050 million refinancing of Debenhams
  • Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Mizuho and HVB in connection with the €2,140 million financing of the acquisition of ista by Charterhouse
  • Goldman Sachs and CIBC in connection with €260 million financing of the acquisition of CIS by ista
  • Goldman Sachs and CIBC in connection with the €260 million recapitalisation of ista


Publications
  • Co-author of a chapter on “Second Lien Debt” contributed to A Practitioner’s Guide to European Leveraged Finance, published by City & Financial Publishing, 2009
  • Author of a Book Note on “Freer Trade, Protected Environment” by C. Ford Runge, published in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Volume 35, 1997, Number 1


Bar Admissions/Qualifications
England and Wales
New York


Languages
French