Richard’s representative experience includes advising:

• CVC on syndicated leveraged acquisition financings and refinancings including for etraveli, the global online travel agency service platform, and TMF, the provider of specialist business services
• Hellman & Friedman on the financing of its acquisition of Autoscout24, the leading pan-European online automotive marketplace, and on the financing of AutoScout24’s acquisition of TRADER Corporation, which operates Canada's leading online automotive marketplaces English-language AutoTrader.ca and French-language AutoHebdo.net
• Sanofi on the financing aspects of the acquisition by Clayton Dubilier & Rice of a 50% controlling stake in Opella, Sanofi’s consumer healthcare business
• CVC on a number of private credit financing transactions including of Medivet, the veterinary care provider, twoday, the digital IT consulting and software solutions company, Rayner, the global ophthalmology business, System C, the healthcare IT solutions provider, and QA group, the UK provider of IT education and skills
• Permira on private credit financings including the acquisition of GGW European commercial lines P&C insurance broker and public-to-private acquisition of Ergomed global provider of services to the biotech and pharmaceutical industries
• Charterhouse and SERB, the speciality pharmaceutical group, on the acquisition financing in respect of their acquisition of BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals and subsequent refinancing and add-on transaction financings
• CVC and TOPdesk, the IT service desk platform, on their ARR financing in connection with CVC’s investment
• Permira on syndicated leveraged financings including of P&I, the HR software provider, and Althea, the provider of technology management services to the European healthcare industry
• CVC in respect of their acquisition of a 50 per cent. stake in DFE Pharma, the global excipients manufacturer for the pharmaceutical industry, and of a minority stake in Sonae MC, the leading Portuguese food retailer
• AEA Investors on the financing of their acquisition of the Polygon Group, the largest provider of property damage restoration services in Europe
• CVC and Synsam (the leading optical retailer in the Nordic region) on the group’s post-IPO facilities following the listing of Synsam on Nasdaq Nordic
• Waterland on the financing of their acquisition of The Cookware Company, a global manufacturer and distributor of ceramic cookware products