Olympique Lyonnais €260 million refinancing

11/7/2017

Merger, Refinancing

Value:

€ 260 million

Dollar value:

$ 297 million

Status:

Announced

Date:

11/7/2017

Overview:

Olympique Lyonnais (OL) has undergone a €260 million refinancing.
The proceeds were used to repay existing debt.
OL, at the same time as the refinancing, carried out a merger, combining the football club and the company holding the Grand Stadium of Olympique Lyonnais.
Ernst & Young advised OL on the merger aspects.

Katrin Kostadinova - Data analyst

Jurisdiction:

France

Deal types:

Merger
Refinancing

Practice areas:

Banking
M&A

Governing law:

France

Industry sector:

Sport

Firms:

Clifford Chance

Party: Creditors (Creditor)

Lawyer: Cedric Burford

Sullivan & Cromwell

Party: Pathé SAS (Merger party)

White & Case

Party: Olympique Lyonnais (Borrower)

Lawyer: Grégoire Karila

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