Harshit is an associate in the Finance group in London.

Credit Funds

• BlackRock (Credit) in connection with the debt and equity financing arrangements with Razor Group and its subsidiaries.
• Credit funds (and RCF lenders) in connection with the senior financing in support of the acquisition of Forterro by Partners Group, valuing Forterro at an enterprise value of €1 billion.
• Carlyle Credit and a direct lender in connection with the financing provided to Bain Capital and a consortium of investors in relation to their co-investment in Italian Serie A club Atalanta B.C.
• A direct lender in connection with several back-levered holdco financings provided to a sponsor-backed investor in high-growth small and medium sized European tech companies.
• Credit funds in connection with the senior financing in support of the acquisition of Version 1 by Partners Group.
• Direct lenders in connection with the dividend recapitalisation financing for Strategic Value Partners (SVP) portfolio company Vita Group.^*
• Direct lenders in connection with the credit facilities provided to Vita Group on its acquisition of Palma Topco Limited.^*
• Credit funds in connection with the credit facilities provided to Advent International on its acquisition of RA Chem Pharma Ltd.^*
• Several credit funds in connection with the €750 million unitranche financing provided to SumUp Holdings, a payment services provider with subsidiaries operating in a number of European, South American and other jurisdictions, for the refinancing of existing debt and financing of acquisitions, investments and other working capital purposes.
• Credit funds in connection with the credit facilities provided to Advent International on its acquisition ZCL Chemicals Ltd.^*

Banks

• Lenders in connection with the financing in support of CVC Capital Partners’ acquisition of Maticmind S.p.A. from a consortium including Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR.
• Lenders in connection with the financing in support of CVC Capital Partners’ acquisition of RGI from Corsair.
• Lead arrangers and lenders in connection with IPO financing provided to Azelis Group NV (portfolio company of EQT Partners) in relation to its listing on Euronext Brussels Stock Exchange.^*
• Lenders in connection with the €230 million term loan B facilities and €20 million revolving credit facility to support BC Partners’ acquisition of Puzzle Holding B.V. / Keesing Media Group, a Dutch business that is one of the largest puzzle and braintainment companies in Europe.^*
• Lead arrangers in connection with the credit facilities provided to Centrient Holding B.V. (portfolio company of Bain Capital) for its acquisition of Astral SteriTech Pvt. Ltd.^*
• Lead arrangers in connection with the credit facilities provided to Platinum Equity on its acquisition of Biscuit International.^*
• Lead arrangers in connection with the credit facilities provided to Biscuit International (portfolio company of Platinum Equity) for its acquisition of Continental Bakeries Group.^*
• Lenders in connection with add-on financing provided to Hyperoptic (portfolio company of KKR Global Infrastructure).^*
• Lenders in connection with the credit facilities provided to Investcorp on its acquisition Avira Holding GmbH & Co KG.^*

* Denotes prior firm experience