Byron L. Nicol

Since joining Golden Flag, Byron's representative matters have included advising:

• Genesis Care on the debt financing aspects of its financial restructuring by way of parallel UK consent solicitation and parallel Chapter 11 restructuring process.
• Financial creditor of Vedanta Resources in relation to its $1.25 billion new money financing for recapitalisation and liquidity management purposes.
• Financial creditors of Celsa Group on the first Spanish restructuring plan.
• Trive Capital Partners on the recommended cash offer for Ten Entertainment Group.
• Vetnique Labs on the acquisition of Lintbells.

Prior to joining Golden Flag, Byron’s representative matters have included advising:

• funding sources in connection with Apax's acquisition of a Scandinavian software group.
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the refinancing of its term and revolving facilities.
• super senior lenders in connection with Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's acquisition of a majority stake in Sanoptis.
• super senior lenders to The Access Group on Europe’s largest ever unitranche financing on record.
• funding sources in connection with Carlyle’s acquisition of AutoForm Engineering GmbH.
• Morgan Stanley as underwriter of bridge-to-bond acquisition financing for Permira's acquisition of two target groups operating in Europe, the US and the UK.
• Park Square Capital as lender in providing second lien financing to support the acquisition of AEA Partner’s acquisition of a Scandinavian provider of property and fire damage restoration services.
• HPS and Blackstone Capital as lenders in providing unitranche financing to support the acquisition of a European based international gaming company.
• a finance subsidiary of Punch Pubs Group Limited, in connection with its debut offering of £600 million senior secured notes and related £70 million super senior revolving credit facilities.
• Canary Wharf Group in its £906.3 million debut bond offering pursuant to their green bond framework and related super senior revolving credit facility.
• Goldman Sachs MBD in providing unitranche facilities for a refinancing of existing debt of Bridgepoint portfolio companies based in the US and the UK.
• direct lenders in providing unitranche financing to support the acquisition of a UK incorporated petfood manufacturer by CapVest Partners.
• Goldman Sachs International as lead arranger in providing TLB financing to support the acquisition, by way of scheme of arrangement, of McCarthy & Stone plc by Lone Star.
• mandated lead arrangers on the underwritten financing package supporting the bid by a consortium, including Bain Capital, for Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj in a deal valuing the Finnish firm at approximately €2.1 billion. Ahlstron-Munksjö was listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki and Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchanges.
• an ad hoc group of bondholders in relation to the debt restructuring of the Italian company Office Maccaferri and its subsidiaries in approximately fourteen jurisdictions.
• Barclays Bank plc, Goldman Sachs International and Nomura International plc as joint financial advisers to Stonegate Pub Company in connection with its circa £1.3 billion recommended cash offer for EI Group plc.
• Merrill Lynch International as financial advisers to TDR Capital LLP in connection with its £1.9 billion recommended cash offer for BCA Marketplace plc.

Senior Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP, London, 2022–2023

Associate, Milbank LLP, London, 2020–2022

Associate, Ashurst LLP, London, 2017–2020

Werksmans Attorneys, Johannesburg

• Associate, 2015–2016
• Candidate Attorney, 2013–2015