Mathilde De Wiljes

About Mathilde De Wiljes

Avocate à la Cour, Mathilde de Wiljes is a senior associate in the Finance group and advises primarily investment funds and corporate clients on banking and acquisition financing, structured finance and restructuring transactions.

Recent work

• Advising the commercial banks on the restructuring of the EUR 6bn debt of Casino;
• Advising Climater, a specialist of climatic engineering and fluids based in France, on the financing of its international acquistions of Services du Bâtiment G.R., Inc. and Ventilation G.R., Inc., based in Laval, Quebec;
• Advising an arranger on the French aspects of a cross-border securitisation financing of inventory for a lending diamond company;
• Advising Kois, pioneer in the impact investment industry, in the structuration of social impacts contracts backed by the French State in the context of pro bono initiatives;
• Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP, Stark International Lux S.à r.l. and SERB SAS (together, SERB), portfolio companies of Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP, in arranging a $800 million unitranche financing for the acquisition of BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals, the US division of Boston Scientific specialising in the development, manufacture and marketing of life-saving antidotes;
• Advising Ad Hoc Committee of lenders on the financial restructuring of the AccorInvest group, with c. €1bn new money injected through a combination of new equity and a French state guaranteed loan;
• Advising Scalian, a portfolio company of Cobepa, on the refinancing of its debt;
• Advising One Equity Partners LLC on the financing of its acquisition of Clayens NP SAS, the France based provider of plastic raw materials from Siparex Ventures;
• Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP and its portfolio company Vermeg Group on the refinancing of its debt;
• Advising Sagemcom on the refinancing of its debt;
• Advising Copeba on the financing of its acquisition of Groupe Climater;
• Advising Freesia Holding Participation B.V. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of DIF Capital Partners) as part of the ESG financing of the acquisition of a stake in Trapil "Société des Transports Pétroliers par Pipeline";
• Advising Eurotunnel in connection with the refinancing of a loan for a principal amount of EUR 425,000,000 at an initially fixed then variable rate.