From November 2021 to June 2022, Hershil was seconded to Apollo’s European private credit team, where he was responsible for negotiating and executing transactions across a range of private debt financing products. From September 2019 to February 2020, Hershil spent six months on secondment to the banking and finance team in the firm’s Amsterdam office.
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Hershil specialises in leveraged finance and has acted for lenders and arrangers on a variety of complex cross-border debt finance transactions, primarily acquisition and event-driven financings.
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The bookrunners on the refinancing of Planet, a payment services provider owned by Advent International.
The lenders on the unitranche financing for Advent International’s acquisition of a majority stake in Zimmermann, a luxury fashion brand.
The senior lenders on the unitranche financing for the acquisition by Asda, a leading grocer owned by TDR Capital, of the UK and Ireland business of EG Group, a petrol filling stations operator.
The bookrunners on the refinancing of TMF Group, a provider of legal, financial and employee administration services owned by CVC.
The senior lenders on the unitranche refinancing of Swissport, an aviation services provider majority owned by Strategic Value Partners.