Global law firm Freshfields advises a group of RCF lenders in relation to the EUR 24 billion refinancing transaction implemented at the level of Altice France and Altice France Holding.

Altice France has announced an agreement with a majority of RCF lenders and that, together with certain of its subsidiaries, it has requested the opening of accelerated safeguard proceedings (procédure de sauvegarde accélérée) from the Commercial Court of Paris (Tribunal des activités économiques de Paris).

Freshfields’ role in this transaction, mobilising lawyers from our Paris, London and New York offices, highlights our leading expertise in advising groups of creditors in complex cross-border transactions of this kind.