Practice Areas
Corporate Finance
Admissions
New York
Education
Harvard Law School - J.D.
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Profile
Valmir Merkaj is an associate in the Finance Group in the firm's London office. Valmir advises issuer and underwriter clients, as well as alternative capital investors on international capital markets and cross-border leveraged finance transactions, with a particular focus on high-yield bond financings and acquisition financings. Valmir also advises on debt liability management transactions, restructurings, initial public offerings and U.S. securities law matters.
Valmir earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Experience
- Advised Fortenova Grupa d.d., a leading European retail and food company headquartered in Croatia, in connection with its €550 million financing package provided by UniCredit and Zagrebačka Banka as lenders.
- Advised Citigroup, Barclays, BNP PARIBAS, Crédit Agricole CIB, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, TD Securities and Wells Fargo Securities in connection with the $1.0 billion senior bond issued by CSC Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Altice USA, one of the largest broadband communications and video services providers in the United States.
- Represented the initial purchasers in relation to a $1,580 million equivalent financing package in relation to private equity firm Nordic Capital’s acquisition of ADVANZ PHARMA Corp. Limited by means of a scheme of arrangement under Article 125 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (as amended).
- Advised the syndicate of joint lead managers on Telekom Srbija a.d. Beograd’s landmark $900 million senior notes offering, the largest inaugural high-yield bond transaction in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa since 2014.
- Advised BMO Capital Markets and Imperial Capital in connection with the issuance of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 12.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 by Greenfire Resources Ltd.
- Represented BofA Securities, BMO Capital Markets, CIBC Capital Markets, and TD Securities in connection with the offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 10.50% senior notes due 2030 by Jones DesLauriers Insurance Management/Navacord, a company controlled by private equity sponsor Madison Dearborn Partners and one of Canada’s fastest growing multi-line insurance brokers.
- Represented the ad hoc committee in relation to the new money PIK bond financing and related approximately €400 million consensual bond restructuring and private exchange offer of VIC Properties S.A., a leading Portuguese real estate developer.
- Advised Barclays Bank, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Canada, Jefferies, Lloyds of London, Sumitomo Mitsui, Goldman, Natwest, and Unicredit as senior arrangers and Broad Street, Goldman MBD, KKR Credit, Canyon, Albacore and Carlyle Credit in relation to the financing for Advent International’s £2.67 billion, public-to-private acquisition of Ultra plc. The debt financing comprised a package of senior secured TLB and RCF, privately placed senior unsecured notes and privately placed floating rate PIK toggle notes.
- Represented arrangers, lenders, and dealer managers on $720 million refinancing of Helios Towers’ existing debt facilities and concurrent cash tender offer.
- Represented Boparan Holdings Limited in connection with the refinancing of their existing senior notes and existing term and revolving loans by way of the issuance of £525 million senior notes (including tap notes).
- Represented JP Morgan, BNP PARIBAS, Barclays, Bank of America, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole CIB, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, TD Securities, and Wells Fargo in connection with the issuance of $1.5 billion 4.500% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2031 and $500 million 5.000% Senior Notes due 2031 by CSC Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Altice USA, one of the largest broadband communications and video service providers in the United States, listed on the New York Stock Exchange;
- Advised Bank of America as global coordinator in connection with the debut high-yield $300 million notes issuance of Zorlu Yenilenebilir Enerji, renewable energy leader in Turkey, part of the Zorlu Enerji group.
- Advised Boparan Holdings Limited and its group, in connection with the refinancing of their existing senior notes and existing term and revolving loans by way of the issuance of £475 million of senior notes.
- Advised Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs as global coordinators for the high-yield notes issuance of an aggregate of €1.475 billion Senior Secured Notes and Senior Notes by Summer (BC) Holdco B S.à r.l. and Summer (BC) Holdco A S.à r.l. as part of the $3.0 billion financing package for the proposed Bain Capital’s acquisition of a majority stake in Kantar, a London-headquartered market research business with more than 30,000 employees in 100 countries.
Certain representations occurred before Valmir joined Cadwalader.
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