Laura Bonamis

Primary Focus & Experience

Laura has experience advising both lenders and borrowers on a wide range of complex domestic and cross-border leveraged acquisition financings, public-to-private buyout financings and refinancings and restructurings, across the full spectrum of products (including bank/bond, syndicated TLBs, unitranche/SSRCF and holdco PIK).

She has advised on some of the most significant transactions recently seen in the market, including:

• Advising the arrangers in connection with Parts Europe's implementation of a new €960 million term loan B facility and a €240 million revolving facility.
• Advising the initial purchasers in connection with Fedrigoni’s €665M High Yield Bond Offering. 
• Advising a group of 10 private credit funds on the £1.25 billion financing for EQT’s £4.6 billion cash offer to acquire Dechra Pharma plc.
• Advising a group of senior lenders to the Keter Group on the successful completion of a transaction that includes maturity extensions of the Group’s senior and holdco PIK facilities and the provision of €50M liquidity by certain senior lenders in the form of a super senior facility.
• Advising EIG on a €300 million credit facility to Nordic Solar with the proceeds to be used for the construction of certain solar parks in Europe and for the acquisition of new project rights to grow its pipeline.
• Advising the financing sources to provide a debt financing package in support of Bain Capital’s joint ownership agreement for Fedrigoni with BC Partners. Winner of ‘Deal of the Year’ at IFLR Awards 2023.
• Advising the financing sources on Bain Capital’s multibillion acquisition of House of HR, a European recruitment specialist.
• Advising the financing sources on the £1.3 billion acquisition of Biffa plc, a leading UK-based listed integrated waste management company, by Energy Capital Partners (ECP) and its affiliates.
• Advising the financing sources on Brookfield Infrastructure £4 billion acquisition of Homeserve plc, a British multinational home emergency repairs and improvements business.
• Advising the underwriting banks in relation to the financing for Brookfield’s acquisition of Modulaire Group for approximately $5 billion, making it one of the largest European leveraged buyouts of 2021.
• Advising the financing sources in relation to the financing for Bain’s acquisition of Inetum S.A., a French IT services company.
• Acting for the lenders in relation to the financing of the acquisition by Francisco Partners of CDK International.
• Acting for the arrangers and underwriters in relation to the financing for Lone Star’s acquisition of XSYS, a carve-out of Flint Group.
• Acting for the mandated lead arrangers in relation to the EUR775 million financing of the acquisition by TA Associates and Partners Group of Unit4, a global leader in enterprise cloud software.
• Advising the mandated lead arrangers on the underwritten financing package supporting the bid by a consortium, including Bain Capital, for Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj, a global company that provides sustainable and innovative fiber solutions, in a deal valuing the Finnish firm at approximately €2.1 billion.
• Advising a group of financial institutions in connection with Advent International’s acquisition of Transaction Services Group (a payment processing and business management software group).
• Advising the mandated lead arrangers on the financing for PAI's bid of approximately €1.5 billion for Elior’s Areas.
• Advising a group of major financial institutions on the financing of Triton and ADIA’s acquisition of IFCO Systems, a specialist in packaging solutions for fresh foods headquartered in Germany.
• Advising initial purchasers and lenders on the financing of The Carlyle Group and Investindustrial’s acquisitions of Flos, B&B and Louis Poulsen.
• Advising the mandated lead arrangers and original lenders on the financing of KKR’s acquisition of the Q-Park group, a leading European car parking owner/operator*.
• Advising the mandated lead arrangers and original lenders in connection with a AUD 850m unitranche and revolving debt financing, backing the leveraged buyout of iNova Pharmaceuticals by the Carlyle Group and Pacific Equity Partners*.
• Advising the mandated lead arrangers on the €525m dividend recapitalisation/refinancing of the Ameos group, a European healthcare business and a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group*.
• Advising the mandated lead arrangers in connection with the approximately £200m first lien financing for Astorg’s acquisition of Audiotonix Limited, the global leader in the design, engineering and production of professional audio mixing consoles*.
• Advising the mandated lead arrangers and original lenders in connection with a £150m term loan financing for the acquisition by KKR of Calvin Capital Limited, a leading provider of gas and electricity meters to energy suppliers in the UK*.
• Advising the mandated lead arrangers on a €640m senior term and revolving facilities agreement entered into in connection with the acquisition by KKR of the Webhelp group*.
• Advising the mandated lead arrangers in connection with a £570m senior facilities agreement entered into in connection with the merger of two UK holiday park operators, Parkdean Holidays and Park Resorts, into one consolidated group controlled by Electra Partners LLP and Alchemy Partners LLP*.
• Advising the mandated lead arrangers in connection with the financing of CVC's acquisition of DSM’s activities in Polymer Intermediates (Caprolactam and Acrylonitrile) and Composite Resins through the formation of a joint venture in which CVC holds 65% and DSM will retain 35%*.

All deals marked * were completed at prior firms.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Recognised by Legal 500 as a Rising Star in Acquisition Finance.

In 2019-2020, she completed a 9-month secondment to Goldman Sachs’ Leveraged Finance Capital Markets team in London.

In addition, in 2016, Laura completed a 6 month secondment to Credit Suisse’s Leverage Finance and Sponsors Group in London.