Sidley advised Atento S.A., on arrangements to facilitate a group of institutional investors’ acquisition of shares of the company currently held indirectly by Bain Capital in exchange for notes currently held by these investors. The group of institutional investors included HPS Investment Partners, LLC, GIC and an investment fund affiliated with Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.
With more than 150,000 employees across 13 countries, Atento is the leading provider of customer relationship management and process outsourcing services in Latin America and one of the top five providers worldwide.
The Sidley team was led by Bryan Robson (Global Finance, London), Alan G. Grinceri (Capital Markets, London) and Sofie Nordgren (Corporate, London) with support from James Wood (M&A, London), Katie Klaben (Securities Enforcement and Regulatory, Washington, D.C.), Colin Vo Kavanaugh (Global Finance, London), Yeawon Kim (Private Equity, London) and Lena X. Qiu (Tax, New York).
