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Nicole Bourge

Senior Associate

Nicole is in the London Debt Finance Group and has particular experience in leveraged and acquisition finance, acting principally for lenders including institutional banks and private credit funds on sponsor-backed acquisition finance.
 

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • The MLAs supporting Partners Group’s acquisition of Velvet Care, one of the leading European manufacturers of hygiene paper products.
  • The lenders on the financing supporting the acquisition by ASDA (a portfolio company of TDR Capital and the Issa brothers) of EG Group’s UK and Ireland business.
  • The arrangers and underwriters on the USD1,095m and EUR750m senior secured term loan facilities and a EUR350m revolving credit facility in support of the acquisition by Bain Capital and Cinven of Lonza Speciality Ingredients, a leading global provider of integrated healthcare solutions.
  • The arrangers on the financing supporting the EUR2.3 billion acquisition of Ingenico, Worldline’s payment terminals business by Apollo.

Pro bono

  • Acting for a social impact fund on items related to the implementation of a development impact bond.
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Qualifications

Admissions

England & Wales, 2019

Law Society of Ireland, 2019


Academic

BBL, Business and Law, University College Dublin, 2015
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A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.