Lorenzo Colombi-Manzi is Counsel in the Firm’s European Finance and Capital Markets group. Based in London, Lorenzo regularly advises private equity sponsors, issuers and underwriters on their high yield and investment grade bond offerings, leveraged buyout transactions, restructurings, liability management transactions, initial public offerings and other corporate finance transactions, as well as general corporate and securities law matters.
His financing experience includes a wide range of representations for sponsors such Advent, Ardian, Bain, CVC, General Atlantic and their portfolio companies.
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Work Highlights
Lorenzo’s select experience prior to Simpson Thacher includes representing:
- CVC in connection with its c€1.6 billion acquisition financing package for their successful bid to acquire Italian food company Irca Group.
- Convex Group Limited on the bridge financing in connection with the US$7bn acquisition of Convex Group by Onex Corporation and American International Group, Inc.
- Biofarma, an Ardian portfolio company, in connection with its offering of €500 million senior secured floating rate notes, its offering of $110,638,300 senior secured floating rate privately placed notes, the establishment of a new €135 million revolving credit facility and a delayed draw facility of up to €200 million in the form of additional privately placed notes.
- Howden, a General Atlantic, Hg and CDPQ portfolio company, in connection with its inaugural issuance of $1 billion senior secured notes and $500 million senior notes and the amendment and restatement of its existing credit agreement, including the establishment of a new $2.925 billion first-lien dollar term loan and a new €900 million first-lien euro term loan, along with the increase of its revolving credit facility to £630 million.
Education
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Columbia Law School, 2019 LL.M.
James Kent Scholar; with Honours
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Bocconi University School of Law, 2014
J.D., summa cum laude
Associations
- Fulbright Scholar
- Ermenegildo Zegna Founder's Scholar
Admissions
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New York 2020
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England and Wales 2020
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Italy 2017
Lorenzo Colombi-Manzi is Counsel in the Firm’s European Finance and Capital Markets group.
Based in London, Lorenzo regularly advises private equity sponsors, issuers and underwriters on their high yield and investment grade bond offerings, leveraged buyout transactions, restructurings, liability management transactions, initial public offerings and other corporate finance transactions, as well as general corporate and securities law matters.
His financing experience includes a wide range of representations for sponsors such Advent, Ardian, Bain, CVC, General Atlantic and their portfolio companies.
Lorenzo’s select experience prior to Simpson Thacher includes representing:
- CVC in connection with its c€1.6 billion acquisition financing package for their successful bid to acquire Italian food company Irca Group.
- Convex Group Limited on the bridge financing in connection with the US$7bn acquisition of Convex Group by Onex Corporation and American International Group, Inc.
- Biofarma, an Ardian portfolio company, in connection with its offering of €500 million senior secured floating rate notes, its offering of $110,638,300 senior secured floating rate privately placed notes, the establishment of a new €135 million revolving credit facility and a delayed draw facility of up to €200 million in the form of additional privately placed notes.
- Howden, a General Atlantic, Hg and CDPQ portfolio company, in connection with its inaugural issuance of $1 billion senior secured notes and $500 million senior notes and the amendment and restatement of its existing credit agreement, including the establishment of a new $2.925 billion first-lien dollar term loan and a new €900 million first-lien euro term loan, along with the increase of its revolving credit facility to £630 million.
Lorenzo received his LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar, following his J.D., summa cum laude, from Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. He is admitted to practice in England and Wales, New York and Italy.