Andrew Bechtel

Based in the Firm’s London office, Andrew Bechtel is a Partner in the Banking and Credit Practice and a key member of the Firm’s Alternative Capital and Private Credit group. His practice focuses on advising leading private equity sponsors, corporates and lenders in connection with high value cross-border leveraged and acquisition financings (including take private transactions and multi instrument bank/bond structures) in addition to advising leading sponsors and credit funds with respect to structured credit solutions and subordinated debt/equity investments across a wide range of sectors and products, including direct credit, real estate finance, loan on loan financings, preferred equity investments, holdco financings, convertible instruments and emergency liquidity lines.  

At Simpson Thacher Andrew has represented a variety of leading private equity sponsors and alternative capital providers on a host of market leading financing transactions including acting for:

• Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus LLC, in the acquisition financing of T-Mobile Netherlands Holding B.V. from Deutsche Telekom AG and Tele2 AB
• Blackstone in its financing related to its announced tender offer and subsequent related transactions to take Infocom Corporation private
• Blackstone in its agreement to acquire Civica, a global leader in public sector software solutions, from the Partners Group
• Blackstone portfolio company Desotec NV in its financing of the acquisition of Evoqua Water Technologies together with various other financings
• Blackstone portfolio company BME in connection with various corporate financings 
• Cerdia in its senior secured notes offering and related super senior revolving credit facilities
• Clariant AG in its agreement to acquire Lucas Meyer Cosmetics from International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
• CVC in its acquisition and the related acquisition financing of M-Group Services
• EQT and PSP in financing elements of the acquisition of Radius Global Infrastructure
• Five Arrows Managers LLP in the financing of its acquisition of Rimes Technologies from EQT
• Haveli Investments in its recapitalization investment in M-Files Corporation
• H.I.G. Capital, LLC in its acquisition financing of Cesar di Barbarossa Enio e F.lli S.r.l., Gruppo SDA S.r.l.
• H.I.G. Capital and its portfolio company Interpath Group on various corporate financings 
• KKR in its Dutch take private acquisition financing of the Accell group
• KKR on all aspects of its subsequent investment in the Accell Group, involving debt of €1.3bn
• KKR in its acquisition financing of the April group
• KKR in connection with the acquisition financing of its unsuccessful bid for Assura Plc
• Melrose plc in various corporate financings
• Rosebank PLC in its acquisition and acquisition financing of Electrical Components International
• Silver Lake and its portfolio company Zoopla in connection with numerous financings
• Silver Lake in connection with its $400 Million Investment in Viavi Solutions Inc.
• TDR and I Squared Capital connection with their Spanish take private of Applus Services
  

Prior to joining Simpson Thacher Andrew’s experience includes acting for:

• Private equity sponsors including Advent International, Apax, Bain Capital, Blackstone, Capvest, Carlyle, Cranemere International, General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs, HIG, KKR, Montagu, Sun Capital, TDR, Terra Firma and Warburg Pincus in a series of market leading acquisition financings throughout the U.K., the U.S. and Europe and across an array of sectors and products
• Leading corporates including Eircom, Flint Group, Molson Corrs, Salt Group, Unifrutti and Teekay across a variety of corporate financings
• Leading financial institutions including Bank of America, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and UBS in a number of leading acquisition financings, corporate financings and real estate financings
• Investment funds and private capital providers including Bain Capital Credit, Beachpoint Capital, Blackstone Credit, Canyon, GIC, Goldman Sachs PIA, Hayfin, H/2 Capital, Oakhill, Oaktree and Pemberton in relation to targeted debt and equity solutions across the capital structure and restructurings/distressed financings

Andrew received his Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of Queensland, College of Law in 2011. He received a Juris Doctor with First Class Honours from Bond University in 2010 and a Bachelors of Commerce (Finance) from the University of Queensland in 2007.  Andrew is qualified in England and Wales having first being admitted as a solicitor in Queensland, Australia (not currently practising).