Norton Rose Fulbright launched its practice in London in 2024 with the hire of former Mayer Brown International LLP partner Bernd Bohr, who frequently handles European high yield bond and leveraged lending transactions, principally involving German corporate issuers.
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- ‘Empathic and action with customer-centric mindset which is being translated into tailored legal frameworks and aligned with / above market standards.’
- ‘Strong customer specific industry understanding and attitude paired with excellent high yield bond expertise.’
- ‘We particularly value our long-standing relationship with Bernd Bohr, the head of the high yield practice at Norton Rose Fulbright. He is not only loyal and dedicated, but also always on top of any market trends, well-connected, personally available (including between transactions) and prepared to go the extra mile to make sure he fully understands our business and commercial objectives so he can work with us to make sure we get the best outcomes possible with our financings. For us, it is also particularly helpful that Bernd Bohr is triple qualified in New York, England and Germany and also highly experience with a broad range of lending transactions, in addition to high yield bondofferings. This means that he can act as a single point of contact on all our financing transactions.’
- ‘Bernd Bohr and his team have been assisting Progroup for more than 10 years on all of our six high yield bond offerings (including our debut HY bond offering and our most recent HY bond offering in 2024) as well as in connection with the entry into about a dozen credit agreements and a cash tender offer. These transactions include “market firsts”, such as the first ever offering of German law governed PIK toggle notes as well as innovative provisions in our covenant package to allow Progroup to execute on its long-term growth strategy. Norton Rose Fulbright is also somewhat unique, compared to other high yield firms (in particular most US firms), both due to its very large geographic footprint (including all key European jurisdictions in which Progroup is active) as well as due to the “full service” nature of its offering in most jurisdictions.’
- ‘Bernd Bohr, senior leader know in the European financing market as one of standout legal advisers. He has the legal excellence and attention to detail which optimise outcomes, be it for Corporates, Banks or investors.’
- ‘The senior leader Bernd Bohr with the eagerness of his young but experienced and highly intelligent force. They have the bandwith to deliver under high pressure with excellence.’
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Advised Progroup AG in connection with its offering of €300,000,000 5.125% senior secured notes due 2029 and €450,000,000 5.375% senior secured notes due 2031, among other things, to refinance its €600,000,000 3.000% senior secured notes due 2026 and to prefund a portion of certain ongoing growth investments.## INSERTED START: 08-05-2025 01:11:53
Advised Wepa Hygieneprodukte GmbH in connection with its offering of €250,000,000 5.625% senior secured notes due 2031, among other things, to refinance its €200,000,000 senior secured floating rate notes due 2026 and to finance a portion of the purchase price of an acquisition.## INSERTED START: 08-05-2025 01:11:53
Advised the initial purchasers in connection with an offering by Adient Global Holdings Ltd of U.S.$795,000,000 7.500% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2033.Lawyers
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