Biography
Alexander Horstmann-Caines is a partner in the Banking & Finance group in the London office, as well as the European High Yield team, and is admitted as an Attorney at Law in the State of New York. He focuses on high-yield offerings and leveraged and acquisition finance transactions. He also has significant experience advising financial institutions, corporates and private equity sponsors on a wide variety of other debt and equity capital market and corporate finance transactions, bond financial restructurings and U.S. securities law matters, including, initial public offerings, liability management transactions and offerings conducted in reliance on Regulation S and Rule 144A.
Representative Experience:
- Stirling Square Capital Partners portfolio company Itelyum in connection with its offering of €450 million sustainability-linked senior secured notes
- Very Group in connection with its £575 million offering of senior secured notes
- J.P. Morgan and the other initial purchasers in connection with TeamSystem’s €1.15 billion offering of senior secured notes
- Bond investors in connection with Aston Martin’s $335 million private placement of second lien split coupon notes
- Bond investors in connection with Domestic & General’s £100 million private placement of senior secured notes
- The initial purchasers in connection with Verisure’s €200 million offering of senior secured notes
- Isabel Marant on its debut €200 million offering of senior secured notes
- Goldman Sachs and the other initial purchasers in connection with TeamSystem’s €750 million offering of senior secured notes
- Shop Direct in connection with its debut £550 million offering of senior secured notes
- Goldman Sachs, UBS and the other initial purchasers in connection with Lima Corporate’s €275 million offering of senior secured notes
- J.P. Morgan and the other initial purchasers in connection with the $265 million bridge and senior notes offering to finance Triton’s acquisition of WernerCo
- Significant holders of Ukraine’s GDP-linked warrants and Eurobonds and holders of certain bonds guaranteed by Ukraine in connection with Ukraine’s deferment of interest and maturity under its sovereign and sub-sovereign debt
- Ad hoc committee of high yield bond holders in connection with Yandex’s $1.25bn convertible bonds repurchase and equity issuance
- Ad hoc committee of high yield bond holders in connection with Ferroglobe’s $500m high yield capital restructuring
- Ad hoc committee of high yield bond holders in connection with Digicel’s $4.3bn high yield capital restructuring
- syncreon Group’s $1.1 billion financial restructuring
- Ad-hoc creditors committee in connection with Edcon’s bond restructuring
- Goldman Sachs and the other underwriters in connection with the €600 million bridge and bond financing of Hellman & Friedman’s acquisition of TeamSystem
- Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and the other arrangers in connection with the €2.7 billion bridge and bond financing of Hellman & Friedman’s acquisition of Bain Capital’s holding in Securitas Direct
- Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan in connection with the offering of senior secured notes to finance PizzaExpress’ acquisition of franchises in China
- Centerbridge Partners in connection with the offering of senior secured notes to finance its €1.2 billion acquisition of Senvion