Danté Adams

Associate

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Danté Adams is a finance lawyer with a main focus on leveraged loan and capital markets transactions. His work emphasizes UK and cross-border acquisition finance, where he represents senior lenders, junior lenders, and borrower groups. Danté has experience in a variety of debt capital structures, including European super senior revolving credit facilities, high yield bond financings, and first and second lien loan financings.

In addition, Danté has extensive experience advising leading alternative capital and private credit funds, private equity firms, and corporate borrowers across a wide array of capital structures and debt products. He has provided counsel to top-tier investment banks and well-known financial institutions on numerous complex cross-border acquisition financing transactions.

Danté's portfolio also includes involvement in international project finance transactions, predominantly in the energy sector. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2023, he was part of the team that advised on the hedging and equity financing for the largest concentrated solar power project in South Africa.

Before relocating to London, Danté was actively involved in pro bono work in his South African community. He advised entrepreneurs and local business owners through the Business Law Help Desk, a collaboration between the University of Johannesburg's Centre for Entrepreneurship (UJCE) and ProBono.Org.

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  • Bluegem Capital Partners refinances investment in and partially exits from Mamas & PapasJones Day advised Bluegem Capital Partners, and certain co-investors, on the refinancing of, and partial realisation of its investment in, Mamas & Papas, the UK nursery and maternity brand.
  • Citibank amends existing credit facility for global energy infrastructure companyJones Day represented Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with a $625 million secured multicurrency letter of credit and revolving credit facility, compromising a new $125 million term loan and $100 million increase to the revolving commitments under the facility for a global energy infrastructure company.
  • MPE Partners portfolio company acquires SircateneJones Day advised MPE Partners in the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Webster-Renold of Sircatene S.p.A., a main chain manufacturer in Europe.
  • ENI acquires OIL!'s fuel service stations in Europe from PraxJones Day is advising ENI S.p.A. in the acquisition by its subsidiary Enilive Deutschland GmbH of 100% of OIL! Tankstellen GmbH ("OIL!") from Prax Limited. OIL! operates in the mobility retail business around 320 petrol and service stations in Germany, Denmark, Austria, and Switzerland.
  • Valmet acquires Severn GroupJones Day advised Valmet Oyj in the $480 million acquisition of Severn Group, a well-established industrial valve company, from Bluewater, a UK-based private equity firm.
  • FN Browning acquires Accuracy InternationalJones Day is advising FN Browning Group in the acquisition of Accuracy International, a global specialist in precision bolt-action rifle systems.
  • Aurelius finances acquisition of Sensus InternationalJones Day advised private equity investor Aurelius on the financing of its acquisition of Sensus International, the international water and heat metering business of US-based Xylem Inc.
  • BioMarin acquires Amicus Therapeutics for $4.8 billionJones Day advised BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) in its $4.8 billion acquisition of Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD).
  • J.F. Lehman acquires Forged Solutions GroupJones Day advised J.F. Lehman & Company in connection with the acquisition and financing of Forged Solutions Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries from affiliates of Arlington Capital Partners.
  • Omnicom Group completes offerings of $1.7 billion and €600 million of Senior NotesJones Day represented Omnicom Group Inc., a leading provider of data-inspired, creative marketing and sales solutions, in connection with its public offerings of $1.7 billion of U.S. dollar-denominated Senior Notes and of €600 million of Euro-denominated Senior Notes.
  • ABM obtains $255 million incremental term facilityJones Day advised ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE: ABM), a leading provider of facility solutions, in connection with an amendment to its existing credit facility with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, which provided for a new incremental term facility in an aggregate principal amount of $255 million, the proceeds of which were used to partially fund the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding share capital of Iveagh New Opportunities Limited, a company incorporated in Ireland, and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries.
  • CBRE Investment Management closes CBRE Real Estate Partners 2 at $1.6 billionJones Day represented CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM) in connection with the final close of CBRE Real Estate Partners 2 SCSp (REP2) and related subscription credit facility.
  • Beauparc reprices, amends, and extends its €850 million debt facilitiesJones Day advised Beauparc and its sponsor Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6 on the upsize, repricing, and extension of its €850 million debt facilities.
  • Direct lender provides incremental term loan commitments to fund large sponsor-backed company's acquisition of Cypriot entity operating in commercial cruise and shipping industriesJones Day advised a direct lender, as administrative agent, collateral agent, sole lead arranger, and lender, in connection with an amendment to the credit facility of a large sponsor-backed borrower, which included an increase in term loan commitments.
  • MPE Partners acquires London-listed Renold plcJones Day advised MPE Partners in the £186.7 million acquisition and financing of London-listed Renold plc, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of premium, high specification industrial chain and torque transmission products.
  • OakNorth provides £75 million financing to Third SpaceJones Day advised OakNorth Bank Plc in connection with its £75 million leveraged facilities provided to Third Space, a London-based luxury health club group owned by KSL Capital, to fund its future club expansion.
  • OakNorth finances acquisition of Flat IronJones Day advised OakNorth Bank plc in connection with its senior secured financing for the acquisition of Flat Iron by McWin Capital Partners and Trispan.
  • Naxicap Partners obtains financing for acquisition of majority stake in APF Autoparts GroupJones Day acted as legal counsel to Naxicap Partners in connection with the financing of the acquisition of a majority stake in APF Autoparts Group.
  • Inflexion sells Aspen Pumps Group to largest ever European Continuation FundJones Day advised Inflexion Private Equity on its sale of Aspen Pumps Group to Inflexion Continuation Fund I, a new continuation fund established by Inflexion to acquire Aspen and three other Inflexion-managed assets.
  • CareTrust REIT takes Care REIT plc privateJones Day is advising CareTrust REIT, Inc. in the $817 million recommended all cash takeover offer for and acquisition of London listed Care REIT plc by CR United Bidco Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CareTrust.