Alexandros Makris

Primary Focus & Experience 

Alexandros has experience advising on a broad range of matters, with expertise in international capital markets and finance transactions. His practice focuses on high-yield bonds and equity capital markets, with an emphasis on cross-border securities offerings across a wide range of sectors and jurisdictions. He has advised and represented issuers, financial institutions and underwriters on high yield bond offerings, initial public offerings, refinancings and liability management transactions.

A selection of Alexandros’ experience includes advising:

• The initial purchasers in connection with the offering of €750 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2032 by King US Bidco, Inc. for purposes of financing Apollo’s acquisition of the Kelvion Group.
• The initial purchasers in connection with the offering by Manuchar Group BV of €425 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured floating rate notes due 2032 for purposes of redeeming the company’s existing €350 million senior secured notes due 2027, repaying drawings under its revolving credit facility and paying related fees and expenses.
• The placement agents in connection with the offering of €210 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2031 by Castello (BC) Bidco S.p.A., for purposes of funding the purchase price for a proposed acquisition and for general corporate purposes.
• Attica Bank S.A. on the establishment of its inaugural €1 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme and on the issuance of (i) €100 million 9.375% Non-Cumulative Temporary Write-Down Deeply Subordinated Fixed Rate Resettable Notes and (ii) €150 million 7.375% Tier 2 Fixed Rate Resettable Callable Subordinated Notes due 2035.
• X3G Mergeco S.p.A. and Prelios S.p.A. in connection with (i) a €360 million inaugural high yield bond offering and (ii) a €140 million high yield bond tap offering.
• Qualco Group S.A. in connection with its initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the Athens Exchange, comprising (i) the offering of new ordinary registered voting shares by Qualco and existing ordinary registered voting shares by the existing shareholders, Amely S.à r.l. and Wokalon Finances Limited; and (ii) the listing and admission to trading of all ordinary shares issued by Qualco on the Regulated Securities Market of the Athens Exchange.
• The initial purchasers in connection with an offering of €550 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2031 by Castello (BC) Bidco S.p.A. for purposes of financing (i) Bain Capital’s acquisition of SO.MA.CI.S. S.p.A. and (ii) SO.MA.CI.S. S.p.A.’s acquisition of AT&S Korea CO., LTD.
• The initial purchasers in connection with Ardonagh Finco Limited’s offerings of $315 million 73/4% senior secured notes due 2031 and €300 million 67/8% senior secured notes due 2031 and Ardonagh Group Finance Limited’s offering of $530 million 87/8% senior notes due 2032.
• ION Trading Technologies S.à r.l. in connection with an offering of US$550 million 9½% senior secured notes due 2029.
• ION Corporate Solutions Finance S.à r.l. in connection with an offering of US$500 million 8¾% senior secured notes due 2029 and €300 million 77/8% senior secured notes due 2029.
• The placement agents in connection with Grifols’ privately placed tap issuance of €300 million principal amount of its senior secured notes due 2030.
• Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. on the fully marketed offering by the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund of the totality of its 27% stake in Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A., raising gross proceeds of approximately €1.35 billion.
• The initial purchasers in connection with Energean Israel Finance Ltd.’s offering of US$750 million 8½% senior secured notes due 2033.
• The lenders in connection with the provision of a €680 million financing to Hellas Gold Single Member S.A. for the development of a mining project.