Elliot Francis

Primary Focus & Experience 

Elliot has experience advising banks, credit funds and other financial institutions as well as sponsors and borrowers on a wide range of financing transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, re-financings and recapitalisations across different industry sectors and jurisdictions.

Selected experience includes advising:

• the financing sources in connection with LoneStar’s bid for ContiTech.
• EQT and OMERS as sponsors of Deutsche Glasfaser Group GmbH and its subsidiaries ("Deutsche Glasfaser") on the comprehensive financial recapitalization of Deutsche Glasfaser.
• the initial purchasers in connection with the offering by TDC Brands A/S of €550 million 8% senior secured notes due 2031 and a new €175 million super senior revolving credit facility.
• the initial purchasers in connection with the offering by Duomo BidCo S.p.A. (the parent company of KIKO S.p.A.) of €540 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2032.
• the arrangers and the initial purchasers in connection with the loan and bond financings of Carlyle’s acquisition of BASF’s automotive OEM coatings, automotive refinish coatings and surface treatment businesses (BASF Coatings) (now operating as Surventis).
• the financing sources in connection with Carlyle’s acquisition of a majority stake in Adastra Group SE, a leading global IT consultancy and services provider specializing in data, cloud and AI transformations.