Zoe Q. Cooper Sutton
Counsel, Banking
Zoe Cooper Sutton advises corporate borrowers, private equity sponsors and financial institutions in relation to a wide range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including leveraged and acquisition finance, general corporate finance and restructurings.
Bio
Ms. Cooper Sutton’s recent experience includes advising:
- EG Group in its US$2.8 billion sale of the majority of its Ireland and U.K. businesses to ASDA Group Limited
- the special committee of independent directors of Adevinta ASA in connection with the US$13.2 billion bid to acquire Adevinta by a consortium led by funds advised by Permira and Blackstone, as well as General Atlantic and TCV
- Adevinta ASA in the financing of its US$9.2 billion acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group from eBay Inc.
- Global Auto Holdings Limited in its US$654 million take-private acquisition of Lookers plc
- Silver Lake Partners in numerous financings, including in connection with its acquisitions of:
- Grupo BC, a leader in banking and property outsourcing services
- Silae SAS, a cloud-based payroll and HR software specialist, as well as its subsequent leveraged recapitalisation
- Groupe Meilleurtaux, a leading French online and mobile financial services provider
- JDE Peet’s N.V. in the €6.5 billion refinancing of its existing indebtedness
- IPI Partners, LLC:
- in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Safe Host SA, a leader in the Swiss data centre market
- in several financings for the construction and fit-out of data centres with more than 108 MW aggregate capacity across Italy, Switzerland and the Nordic region
- Castik Capital in connection with the financing of its acquisitions of Element Logic and TBAuctions, as well as subsequent bolt-on acquisitions of Klaravik, Medical Auctions, Auksjonen and PS Auction by TBAuctions
- H.I.G. Capital in connection with the financings of its:
- take-private acquisition of DX (Group) plc
- acquisition of the heating and plumbing division of Travis Perkins PLC
- acquisition of SHPEP Limited, trading under the Plumbworld brand
- Intact Financial Corporation and its subsidiary Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Limited on the US$648 million acquisition of the brokered commercial lines operations of Direct Line Insurance Group plc
- Janus Henderson Group PLC regarding its revolving credit facility
- SDC Capital Partners LLC in connection with a green loan financing for the construction and fit-out of a purpose-built 56 MW data centre near Frankfurt, Germany
- Ferrero Group in the financing of its acquisition of Fox’s Biscuits Limited
- Affidea B.V. in its €580 million term loan B and revolving credit facilities, as well as its subsequent €150 million incremental facility
- Kone in connection with its €850 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility
- Outokumpu in connection with its €700 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility
- Waypoint GP Limited in its €730 million take-private acquisition of Stallergenes Greer plc
- Key Safety Systems, Inc. in the cross-border financing of its US$1.6 billion acquisition of substantially all of the assets and operations of Takata Corporation as part of Takata’s Chapter 11 case, secured by assets located in over 30 jurisdictions
- DH Private Equity Partners in connection with debt facilities of various portfolio companies
- financial institutions on the issuance of regulatory capital compliant instruments
Credentials
Education
- Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, 2015
- BA in Jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 2014
Admissions
- England & Wales
Zoe Q. Cooper Sutton
Counsel, Banking
zoe.coopersutton@skadden.com