Pierre Brule
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Pierre Brulé

Partner

Email

pierre.brule@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 203 088 1109

Offices

London

Paris

V-CARD
Pierre is widely recognized for his deep expertise in high yield bonds, acquisition financing, restructurings and liability management transactions.
Pierre advises issuers, underwriters, and investors on international capital markets transactions and cross-border leveraged financings.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Advised the finance parties in connection with Mehiläinen’s (majority owned by CVC and Hellman & Friedman) offering of €350 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured floating rate notes due 2032 with a coupon of three-month EURIBOR (subject to a zero floor), plus 3.375% and €740 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.125% senior secured fixed rate notes due 2032, repricing of its existing €1.86 billion term facilities and upsizing of its existing revolving credit facility by €150 million. 
  • Advised the banks on Essendi’s (AccorInvest Group S.A.) full refinancing, comprising an offering of three tranches of new senior secured notes alongside a €550 million senior term loan and €400 million revolving credit facility under a new senior facilities agreement. 
  • Advised an ad hoc group of holders on its €625 million 4.000% senior unsecured notes due 2024, €350 million 5.125% senior unsecured notes due 2025 and £225 million 6.625% senior unsecured notes due 2025 issued by La Financière Atalian, a French facilities management company, in relation to a refinancing transaction implemented by way of an exchange offer. 
  • Advised the initial purchasers, led by a group of financial institutions as joint global coordinators, in connection with Elior Group S.A.’s offering of €500 million senior secured notes due 2030 and concurrent cash tender offer to holders of its existing senior notes due 2026. 
 

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted to the New York State Bar, 2017

Academic

LL.M in Corporate Law, Columbia Law School, 2017

M.Sc in Law and Politics of Regulation, London School of Economics, 2015

Master 2 in Law and Finance, Paris-Dauphine University, 2014

Master 1 in Corporate Law, University of Hong Kong, 2013

Languages

English, French
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.