Gordon Houseman

REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS

Borrower-Side Sponsor Transactions:

• Advising a private equity firm on its proposed acquisition of an insurance company.*
• Advising a Canadian pension fund and a global packaging company on the acquisition of a multinational metals business.*

Lender-Side Sponsor Transactions:

• Advising a global private equity firm on its acquisition of a Dutch holding company in the food sector.*
• Advising a private equity firm on the acquisition of a global life sciences company.*
• Advising a European private equity firm on the acquisition of an optics and vision business.*

Issuer-Side High Yield Experience:

• Advising on a multi-tranche notes offering for a global packaging company.*
• Advising on a multi-tranche notes offering for a materials technology company.*
• Advising on a multi-tranche notes offering for a global travel services company.*
• Advising on the inaugural notes offering for a luxury automotive company.*
• Advising on the inaugural notes offering for a major European energy company.*

Initial Purchasers-Side High Yield Experience:

• Advising on the inaugural senior secured notes offering for a multinational consumer goods company.*
• Advising on the senior secured notes offering for an offshore services company.*
• Advising on multiple notes offerings for a major global telecom operator.*
• Advising on the senior secured notes offering for a private equity-backed European materials company.*
• Advising on a senior secured notes offering for a global catering services company.*

* Denotes experience gained at previous firm