Kinstellar Bucharest advises United Petfood Group on securing an approximately EUR 526 million syndicated term and revolving facilities
July 2021 – Kinstellar’s Bucharest office, together with Linklaters, have successfully advised United Petfood Group on securing approximately EUR 526 million in syndicated term and revolving facilities. BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan, Rabobank and ING Bank acted as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners with ING Bank acting also as agent.
United Petfood is a leading producer of pet food, with operations across France, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Romania, the Netherlands and Italy. The loan will be used for certain acquisition purposes, as well as on the refinancing of its existing debt.
The team, which involved Zsuzsa Csiki (Partner), Magdalena Răducanu (Special Counsel), Răzvan Constantinescu (Senior Associate) and Adelina Seserman (Associate), provided legal assistance to the Romanian subsidiaries of United Petfood.
The mandate above is one of the numerous significant transactions that our banking, finance and capital markets team worked on in the first half of 2021, thus strengthening our reputation and expertise in the area. This is underscored by the team’s recognition as Band 2 / Tier 2 in Banking and Finance and Capital Markets Debt practice areas for 2021 by the reputable legal directories Legal 500 and IFLR1000. Clients laud our team for "providing practical advice", being "very responsive" and "a pleasure to work with".
For more details, please contact Magdalena Răducanu, Special Counsel, at .