Tom Roberts

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ABOUT TOM ROBERTS

Tom is a Leveraged Finance Partner in the London office of Goodwin Procter LLP. Tom focuses his practice primarily on advising private equity sponsors on cross-border event-driven leveraged financings, including leveraged buy-outs, acquisitions of minority investments, bolt-on acquisitions, dividend recaps and refinancings. Tom also has experience in margin lending on listed and unlisted shares and real estate finance.Representative matters include:Accel-KKR-on the merger of the Reapit and the PayProp groups and several add-on acquisitions-on its investment in Loftware, one of the largest global software companies specializing in enterprise labelling and artwork management solutions-and its portfolio company Navtor on the financing aspects of its acquisition of VoyagerAdvent International-on its US$600 million leveraged acquisition of a majority stake in V.Group-on its bid to acquire a Chinese health-food and bakery chainAffinity Equity Partners-on its US$520 million leveraged acquisition of Trimco International Holdings Limited from Partners Group-on its US$200 million investment in a global hospitality service provider-on its bid to acquire a Chinese food manufacturerBlackstone-on the financing aspects of the recapitalization of a global events business-on its acquisition of the Anantara Maldives Resort-on its acquisition of the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island ResortBrookfield Private Capital-on the recapitalization of Schoeller Allibert, a European market leader of returnable industrial plastic packaging solutionsMontagu-on the financing aspects of its definitive agreement to purchase the medical device components business from Johnson Matthey PlcPermira-on its US$800 million leveraged acquisition of Tricor, the corporate services provider, which included senior and mezzanine acquisition financing from a syndicate of international and local banks-on the leveraged acquisition of its 50% interest in the aquatic feed business of GrobestThe Jordan Company-on its acquisition of Global Transport Solutions, an international logistics service providerTPG-on its acquisition of a majority stake in A-Gas from KKR-on its bid to acquire a European energy services provider-on its bid to acquire a European software business-on its bid to acquire an Asia healthcare providerWarburg Pincus on various pre-IPO and post-IPO margin loan financings secured over stakes in businesses across Asia