Taniel Akay

TANIEL AKAY advises both issuers and underwriters on international corporate finance transactions, liability management transactions, and U.S. securities regulation. With a particular focus on high-yield debt capital markets transactions, he has substantial experience with complex cross-border financing arrangements and leveraged buyouts. Taniel has represented a wide variety of public and private issuer clients across industries, including manufacturing, retail, energy, and healthcare, as well as numerous lenders and underwriters on financing transactions.

Prior to joining Sidley, Taniel was an associate at a leading U.S. law firm in London.

Taniel is fluent in Armenian.

Recent examples of Taniel’s work include advising:

• Permira Advisers in the financing of its acquisition of Golden Goose, and Golden Goose’s follow-on €480 million senior secured notes offering.
• A consortium led by EQT Partners (EQT) in connection with its acquisition of Cerba and Cerba’s subsequent acquisition of Lifebrain.
• The syndicate of lenders and initial purchasers in the c. £2.7 billion acquisition financing for Apollo’s acquisition of Evri and related notes financing.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in the c. U.S.$1.1 billion (equivalent) senior secured notes financing for a major entertainment company.
• Deutsche Bank as sole dealer-manager for Softbank Group’s tender offer for c. U.S.$1 billion of notes across c. $8 billion (equivalent) amount of high-yield notes outstanding.
• EQT and LimaCorporate in Lima’s €310 million senior secured notes financing and follow-on sale of Lima by EQT to Enovis Corporation.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in a U.S.$450 million senior secured notes financing for a major energy company.
• Hellman & Friedman and Verisure in Verisure’s issuance of €1.1 billion (equivalent) of senior unsecured notes and concurrent consent solicitation transaction relating to certain existing notes and loans.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in the €720 million notes financing supporting the acquisition of Euskaltel by MasMovil Group, a European telecommunications company.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in multiple notes offerings totaling approximately U.S.$1.3 billion by a leading global entertainment company.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in the €600 million senior secured notes offering by a leading energy group.
• The syndicate of initial purchasers in the €605 million senior secured notes financing supporting the acquisition by sponsors Bain Capital and Neuberger Berman of Engineering Group.
• Victoria PLC in a series of senior secured note issuances totaling €1.25 billion.

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.