Law Firms Advising Castello Bidco Somacis on Additional Bond Issuance

Paul Weiss, Latham & Watkins, Ropes & Gray, Pirola Pennuto Zei & associati, PedersoliGattai and Milbank advised Castello Bidco, parent of the Somacis group, and its controlling shareholder Bain Capital; PedersoliGattai together with Milbank represented the purchasers in the transaction. The transaction comprised the issuance by Castello Bidco of an additional senior secured bond for €100 million, variable rate, maturing in 2031. The issuance augments a recent €110 million placement completed a few weeks earlier by the same issuer and is tied to the bond originally issued for €550 million in November 2024. Paul Weiss represented the issuer and Bain Capital with a team composed by: partners Neel Sachdev, Matthew Merkle, Kanesh Balasubramaniam and Nicolò Ascione, and associates Marco Bagnato, Shaun Ou and Ester Zucchelli. Latham & Watkins represented the issuer for Italian law matters with a team composed by: partner Marcello Bragliani (finance) with counsel Erika Brini Raimondi and associates Francesca Parisini and Lorenzo Suzzi; partner Antonio Coletti with associates Marco Bonasso and Lorenzo Rovelli (capital markets); and partner Cesare Milani with associate Edoardo Cassinelli (regulatory). Ropes & Gray represented the issuer on Italian corporate law with a team composed by: partners Cataldo Piccarreta and Luca Maranetto and team members Riccardo Masaro and Marianna Pessi. Pirola Pennuto Zei & associati represented the issuer on tax matters with a team composed by: partner Nathalie Brazzelli and associate partner Filippo Davide Jurina. PedersoliGattai and Milbank represented the purchasers on Italian law matters with a team composed by: partner Gaetano Carrello, senior counsel Silvia Pasqualini and associates Matteo Zoccolan and Virginia Crugnola. Tax matters for the purchasers were handled by partner Cristiano Garbarini with counsel Valentina Buzzi.

Law Firms Advising Castello Bidco Somacis on Additional Bond Issuance

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