Paul Thompson

Mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures

• Formation of Leo Cable LP, a venture between a subsidiary of Liberty Global and investment funds affiliated with Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P.
• $585.0 million enterprise value acquisition of a Puerto Rico cable operator, counsel to buyer
• $422.0 million share-for-share acquisition of the remaining minority stake in Chilean cable television and mobile telephone companies, counsel to majority shareholder buyer
• Limited auction of TV programming channels, counsel to seller
• Cash-for-shares acquisition of a minority stake in a US holding company of a Czech Republic engineering and manufacturing concern, counsel to buyer
• Acquisition of sales and marketing rights by a US-based pharmaceutical company, counsel to buyer

Lending transactions

• Amendment and extension of $1.1 billion revolving credit facility for CH2M HILL Companies Ltd, counsel to obligors
• $85.0 million term loan, $40.0 million royalty stream financing, $20.0 million revolver, and $10.0 million construction financing, counsel to borrowers
• €130.0 million construction financing and term loan facility for a German borrower, counsel to borrower
• 50.1 billion and 104.9 billion Chilean peso syndicated senior secured credit facilities for a Chilean company borrower, counsel to borrower

Debt capital markets transactions

• £300.0 million and $500.0 million senior notes due 2024 of Virgin Media Finance plc, co-counsel to issuer
• £430.0 million and $425.0 million senior secured notes due 2025, and £175.0 million and £225.0 million senior secured notes due 2029 of Virgin Media Secured Finance plc, co-counsel to issuer
• $225.0 million convertible senior subordinated notes offering due 2018 of B2 Gold Corp., US counsel to issuer