Pinar Celebi Senior Associate

Senior Associate
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Pinar is a senior associate in the banking and finance group.

Pinar has broad experience advising on mid-market and top-tier domestic, European and global cross-border finance transactions, with particular experience in leveraged acquisition finance, including senior secured term loans, unitranche, super senior, first lien/second lien and other multi-layered debt structures.

She advises leading private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers, private credit funds and investment banks in both the private credit and syndicated loan markets, on private acquisition financings, direct lending, investor call bridge facilities, refinancings, distressed finance and other event-driven financing transactions.

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Various private equity sponsors/credit fund lenders

Advising various private equity sponsors/credit fund lenders on acquisition finance and corporate lending transactions.

Ares

Advising Ares in relation to their fund finance requirements, particularly in relation to leverage and subscription line facilities.

Falcon Coffee

Advising Falcon Coffee in relation to their borrowing base facilities.

Gemcorp Capital Management

Advising Gemcorp Capital Management as lender on a project financing.

Bank of America and Macquarie Capital

Acted for the underwriters Bank of America and Macquarie Capital and other lenders in relation to certain funds senior secured term and revolving financing commitments supporting CVC Capital’s acquisition of Gaming One.

GHO Capital Partners

Advising GHO Capital Partners on its term loan B financing for its acquisition of Envision Pharma Group, including a tap to support the bolt-on acquisition of Two Labs; the unitranche financing package for its acquisition of X-Chem; and the unitranche financing package for its acquisition of Validant and subsequent term loan B tap financings to support certain bolt-on acquisitions.

Arsenal Capital

Advised Arsenal Capital on a dividend recapitalisation financing in connection with a public to private acquisition by its portfolio company Value Demonstration Holdings LLC of Cello Health plc.

Avista Capital Partners

Advised Avista Capital Partners on the unitranche financing arrangements for its joint acquisition with VHC Investco of Vision Healthcare.

Goldman Sachs

Advised Goldman Sachs in connection with a funded €200 million senior bridge facility agreement for Nordic Capital’s portfolio company, Lindorff.

3i Group plc

Advised 3i Group plc in connection with the bank club refinancing, and dividend recapitalisation relating to its investment in Audley Travel.

Highly leveraged clients

Advised highly leveraged clients in relation to amendments and waivers under their financing documents.

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