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A&O Shearman advises Vista Credit Partners and other secured lenders in the cross-border debt restructuring of Afiniti Ltd.

Published Date
Dec 9 2024
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A&O Shearman advised Vista Credit Partners and other secured lenders in connection with the cross-border debt restructuring of Afiniti Limited, a Bermuda exempted corporation that served as the holding company of a group of thirty-two companies in the business of applied predictive artificial intelligence, a technology utilized worldwide in healthcare, telecommunications, travel, hospitality, insurance and banking services.

Vista Credit Partners, a subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners, is a strategic credit and financing firm focused on the enterprise software, data and technology markets.

“The successful restructuring of Afiniti on behalf of Vista Credit Partners involved lawyers from 16 offices and 11 countries, a demonstration of the strength of the global A&O Shearman platform,” said Restructuring partner Mark Shapiro. “We congratulate Vista Credit for securing a positive outcome for all stakeholders and appreciate their confidence in allowing our firm to help them secure this productive transaction.”

The multi-jurisdictional A&O Shearman team was led by U.S. Restructuring partner Mark Shapiro (restructuring), alongside Robin Spigel (restructuring), Michael Dorf (M&A), Frank Oliver (debt finance) and Derek Kershaw (tax). The broader team also included, among others, Jacob Mezei (restructuring); Noah Blum (restructuring); Michael Ligeti (restructuring); Karen McMaster (restructuring); Abdus Najmi (restructuring); Doreen Lilienfeld (compensation, employment, pensions & governance); Jessica Delbaum (antitrust); Jennifer Morton (financial services regulatory); Shameer Shah (debt finance); Matthew Readings (antitrust); Harald Halbhuber (U.S. capital markets & global ECM); Jonathan Cheng (antitrust); JB Betker (M&A); Christina Simpson (debt finance); Grace Lee (litigation & investigations); John Chua (debt finance); Sylvain Petit (antitrust); Jessica Bowring (antitrust); Nicolas Tselikas Bouzeau (antitrust); Nathalie Warke (antitrust); Alexandra Kasper (compensation, employment, pensions & governance); Lauren Kostman (litigation & investigations); Garrett Engel (M&A); Dillon Tan (M&A); Harveen Dhailwal (debt finance); Sean Davenport (debt finance); Zach Frankel (M&A); Roque Rodriguez (M&A); and Austin Jones (tax).

The A&O Shearman teams also worked closely with Appleby (Bermuda) Limited, local Bermuda counsel, and Richards Layton & Finger, local Delaware counsel.

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