Paul W. Dunbar

Paul’s representative experience includes advising: 

• Certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management on the successful launch of a 50:50 joint venture with illimity Bank S.p.A., aimed at investing up to €500 million euro in NPL and UTP loans secured by real estate assets in Italy.
• Apollo on its agreement to acquire Miller Homes, one of the UK’s leading homebuilders. 
• Fortress Investment Group on the acquisition of Punch Pubs & Co.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor on the acquisition of the bank Propertize from The Netherlands.
• Two U.S. private equity sponsors on the acquisition of Iona Energy and related financing, co-investment, and management incentive arrangements.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor on its €3.17 billion carve-out acquisition of a global construction chemicals business from a German public company.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor and its portfolio company on the bolt-on acquisition of a leading clay roof tile business in Portugal.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor on the auction sale of one of its portfolio companies in the manufacturing sector to a strategic buyer.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor and its portfolio company on several bolt-on acquisitions, including of one of the largest manufacturers of professional manual espresso machines in Spain, a distribution business in the U.S., and a leading manufacturer of coffee machines in North America.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor and its portfolio company on the acquisition of the Macon Group from private equity funds managed by Enterprise Investors.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor on the loan-to-own acquisition of the leading German auto-repair distributor ATU.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor on the acquisition and financing of a real estate business from a Spanish bank, consisting of a real estate servicing business and a portfolio of real estate assets located primarily in Spain, with a net book value of approximately €7 billion, and related joint venture arrangements.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor on the sale of a golf and country club operator in the UK to Epiris LLP.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor in respect of the acquisition of the Woolgate Exchange and related co-invest and asset management arrangements with Ivanhoe Cambridge.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor and an international investment bank on the acquisition of a portfolio of equity and debt assets from a UK bank, and the related establishment of an asset management platform.
• Apollo European Principal Finance Fund III, a fund managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in connection with the entry into a definitive agreement with an Italian pension fund to acquire the portfolio of real estate assets owned by Ente Nazionale di Previdenza ed Assistenza dei Medici e degli Odontoiatri (ENPAM) for €842 million, and the subsequent sale of a sub-portfolio of those assets to COIMA SGR.
• An alternative asset management firm on the acquisition of a portfolio of loans secured on shipping vessels and a portfolio of aviation loans.
• A U.S. private equity sponsor in connection with the acquisition and financing of the Project Verde portfolio of non-performing commercial real estate loans located in Spain with a face value of €4.4 billion.
• A major investment bank and an investment manager on the acquisition of the Project Forge CRE NPL portfolio and related financing.
• A major investment bank and an investment manager on the financing of the Project Pathfinder CRE loan portfolio in CEE.

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