Biography
Patrick Brendon is a partner in the London Finance practice.
Patrick advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a wide range of financing transactions, with a particular emphasis on cross-border acquisition and leveraged finance as well as high yield financings, debt restructurings and refinancings.
Patrick is named on Financial News’ Rising Stars of European Finance List for 2024.
Patrick trained at Weil and has previously spent six months on secondment to Weil’s New York office. Patrick has also previously spent eight months on secondment to Oaktree Capital’s London office working with their private equity and direct lending funds.
Representative experience:
- Advent International on the financing of various acquisitions as well as refinancings, add-ons, recapitalisations and bids including the take private and subsequent financings of Cobham and Rubix (IPH-Brammer); partnership with the founder of the Parfums de Marly and INITIO Parfums Privés niche fragrance brands; the acquisitions of Syspro and NexSys Solutions, Caldic, Encora and Mediq, the carve-outs of Evonik’s methacrylate’s business (Roehm) and GE’s Distributed Power business (Innio) along with multiple add-ons, refinancings and extensions, multiple bids, including Reebok and the take private bid for Sobi and IPO financings for InPost
- CVC on the financing of its acquisitions of a stake in the French Football league, its acquisitions of Panzani, Dale and Riverstone and multiple bids, including DB Schenker, Robot Coupe, Circet and Kersia
- PAI on the financing for its bid for Opella (Sanofi Consumer Health), acquisition of a majority stake in the VAMED healthcare business, acquisitions of HKA Global and joint venture investment in Nestlé's European frozen pizza business
- Howden / HG on a number of PIK financings for add-on acquisitions, and more recently on their $6.2B Refinancing
- General Atlantic on the financing for its acquisition of GRESB
- Astorg on the financing for its acquisition of Solabia and the financing in relation to the take-private of Hamilton Thorne and concurrent purchase of assets from Cook Medical
- Bain Capital on the financing for Inetum, Valeo and Kantar
- PSG portfolio company Sign In Solutions on the financing for its acquisition of SmartSpace
- Ardian on the financing for Jakala and various bid situations
- Kier Group in relation to its debt restructuring process