Brian T. Bodensteiner

Brian T. Bodensteiner is Counsel in the Firm’s Banking and Credit Practice based in London. Brian’s practice focuses on advising financial institutions of all types on complex financings, including advising major investment banks, direct lenders and private capital providers on syndicated credit facilities, unitranche facilities and holdco PIK financings, as well as other debt financing solutions spanning across the capital structure and across all market cycles. Brian also has extensive experience advising investment banks and private equity sponsors on high-yield and equity capital financings.

Notable experience includes advising:

Banking & Credit Experience

• The lenders on the unitranche financing for the acquisition of Karavel Groupe
• The arrangers on the Scenic Group’s syndicated multicurrency Term Loan B credit facility and revolving facility
• The lenders on the unitranche financing for Eurazeo’s investment in 3P
• The lenders on the unitranche and Holdco PIK financing for Eurazeo’s investment in Ekoscan Integrity
• The arrangers on Questel Unite’s syndicated Term Loan B facility and revolving facility
• The lenders on the unitranche financing for IK Partners’ acquisition of Dains Accountants
• The arrangers on the upsize of Kersia’s syndicated Term Loan B and revolving facility
• The arrangers on the repricing and upsize of Renta Group’s syndicated Term Loan B
• Cobepa on the unitranche financing for its acquisition of Ascentiel Groupe
• Verdane on the unitranche financing provided by Adams Street for the Elovade Group
• The lenders on the unitranche financing for Waterland’s acquisition of the Lebara Group
• Funds managed by CVC Credit and Tikehau Capital on the unitranche financing for IK Partners’ acquisition of BOMA
• Barings, Macquarie and Bank of Ireland on the unitranche financing for IK Partners’ investment in Sansidor
• Funds managed by Bain Capital Credit on the unitranche financing for Eurazeo’s investment in Rydoo
• The lenders on the unitranche financing for H.I.G Capital’s acquisition of Axis Europe

Notable experience prior to joining Simpon Thacher includes advising:

High Yield Debt Experience

• The initial purchasers in the €850 million 144A/Regulation S high-yield senior secured notes offering of Loarre Investments S.à r.l., a portfolio company of CVC, in connection with its strategic partnership with Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesions (LaLiga) and its ca. €2 billion media rights deal with LaLiga
• Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A., in connection with its €525 million Regulation S high yield senior notes offering
• The initial purchasers in connection with the €800 million Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of senior secured notes by Quatrim S.A.S., a member of Groupe Casino
• INEOS Quattro Finance 2 Plc and INEOS Quattro Finance 1 Plc, subsidiaries of INEOS Limited, in connections with their €1.3 billion and $500 million Rule 144A/Regulation S high yield senior secured and senior notes

Equity Capital Markets Experience

• MTN Group Limited, as one of the shareholders in connection with the $378 million initial public offering of ordinary shares of IHS Holding Limited on the New York Stock Exchange
• Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A., on U.S. law matters in connection with its redomiciliation to the Netherlands and related change of corporate form
• Cherry AG, in connection with U.S. law aspects of its €416 million initial public offering of ordinary bearer shares
• Knaus Tabbert AG, in connection with U.S. law aspects of its €232 million initial public offering of ordinary bearer shares
• Knorr-Bremse AG, in connection with U.S. law aspects of its €3.87 billion initial public offering of ordinary bearer shares
• Fugro N.V., in connection with U.S. law aspects of its €197.1 million rights offering and €53.3 million private placement to cornerstone investors
• Various issuers in connection with their capital increases without subscription rights, including IWG plc, William Hill plc, ASOS plc and The Restaurant Group plc

Brian earned his M.Sc. from the University of Oxford in 2017, with distinction. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2016, and his B.A., summa cum laude, from Northwestern University in 2010. He is admitted to practice in New York.