Rui Qi

Ms. Qi’s recent experience includes advising:

• H.I.G. Capital in connection with the financings of its take-private acquisition of DX (Group) plc
• BlackRock in its acquisition of Preqin at an enterprise value of £2.55 billion
• V Sports S.C.S. in connection with its investment in Aston Villa Football Club
• 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
• Global Auto Holdings in connection with the financing of its US$654 million recommended cash acquisition of Lookers plc
• Silver Lake Partners in connection with the financing of its acquisitions of:
  • Silae SAS, a cloud-based payroll and HR software specialist, and the subsequent €725 million dividend recapitalisation and refinancing of the company’s existing indebtedness
  • Groupe Meilleurtaux, a leading French online and mobile financial services provider
• Iceland Foods in connection with its super senior revolving credit facility
• UCB in connection with:
  • its €1 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility
  • the financing of its US$1.9 billion acquisition of Nasdaq-listed Zogenix Inc.
  • its US$2.3 billion acquisition of Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• JAB Holdings in connection with various term loan and revolving credit facilities for JAB and its investment vehicles
• Speciality Chemicals International in connection with its super senior revolving credit facility
• the Ferrero family office and related investment vehicles in connection with:
  • the financing of Ferrero’s acquisition of Fox’s Biscuits Limited
  • various term and working capital facilities
• Central Group and SIGNA Group in connection with the financing of their £4 billion acquisition of the Selfridges chain of department stores
• JDE Peet’s in connection with its €6.5 billion refinancing of its existing indebtedness
• MJ Gleeson in connection with its revolving credit facility
• Sampo in connection with its debt financing to support its joint offeror £1.66 billion takeover bid for Hastings Group Holdings plc
• the lenders in a US$1.2 billion term loan facility for a Middle East-based producer of aluminium products
• Castik Capital in connection with the financing of its acquisition of majority stakes in IPAN GmbH and Delegate
• Key Safety Systems in connection with 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