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Thomas Critchley

Thomas Critchley

Partner

Partner
Thomas Critchley

Thomas Critchley specialises in domestic and cross-border finance transactions for borrowers and sponsors, with a particular focus on leveraged and acquisition financing and infrastructure.

  • IFS in connection with incremental senior secured and Holdco facilities for its acquisition of Copperleaf Technologies.
  • an InfraRed portfolio company, LiveOak Fiber, in obtaining a US$250 million capex facility to finance the expansion of a fiber network in the southeast US.
  • EQT and its portfolio company Lumos on its sustainability linked financing.
  • First Brands Group in connection with a US$135 million credit facility provided by UBS O'Connor for general corporate purposes.
  • First Brands Group company in connection with the carveout acquisition of a major lighting company, financed in part by a EUR140 million bridge facility provided by Santander.
  • Antin Infrastructure Partners on the sustainability linked refinancing of its portfolio company Eurofiber.
  • Bridgepoint on the refinancing of Dorna Sports.
  • Azelis on its post-IPO facilities and subsequent refinancing.
  • a major private equity house on secured facilities for the acquisition of a global logistics business.
  • a global private equity house on the financing of its acquisition of a provider of modular buildings.
  • Unifiber on its capex financing supporting the greenfield fiber rollout in Wallonia.
  • Sector Alarm on its debut syndicated term loan facilities.
  • EQT in relation to the first and second lien facilities backing its acquisition of Azelis.
  • EQT in connection with the financing arrangements relating to its public to private acquisition of IFS.
  • a major global private equity house on its bid for Hillebrand.
  • Antin Infrastructure Partners in connection with the refinancing for amedes.
  • a global private equity sponsor on the refinancing of UK energy from waste asset.
  • a major financial investor in relation to various public to private takeover financings.
  • a major global private equity firm on a margin loan secured on a listed portfolio company.
  • EQT in connection with the financing of its acquisition of DELTA Comfort.
  • a consortium comprising APG, QIC and Swiss Life on the holdco financing arrangements backing the acquisition of a minority stake in Brussels Airport.
  • a major financial sponsor on a minority holdco financing for a healthcare asset.

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  • Partner since 2020