Edward J.Nalbantian

Of Counsel

Londres + 44.20.7039.5145 Paris + 33.1.56.59.39.23

Ed Nalbantian a plus de 25 ans d’expérience dans le domaine du droit bancaire et des marchés de capitaux et plus particulièrement dans les opérations transfrontalières impliquant les marchés londoniens et américains. Il conseille tantôt des emprunteurs, tantôt des banques et d’autres prêteurs, en Europe et aux Etats-Unis, dans le cadre de financements structurés incluant des prêts syndiqués garantis et non garantis, des financements d’acquisition d’infrastructure et des restructurations de dettes d’entreprises syndiquées.

Parmi les dossiers récents, il a dirigé une équipe de Jones Day pour la représentation de JP Morgan et du syndicat bancaire dans le cadre d’un financement de 3,5 milliards d’euros pour l’achat de SANEF, société d’autoroutes à péages française, par la société Abertis ainsi que la représentation de Dresdner Bank dans le cadre d’un financement d’acquisition d’infrastructure de 1,7 milliard de livres sterling et de la restructuration qui s’en est suivie pour la société irlandaise Viridian plc, fournisseur en ressources énergétiques.

Ed Nalbantian dispose également d’une expérience importante en matière d’instruments financiers transfrontaliers et de produits dérivés ainsi que d’autres financements structurés s’y rapportant sur les marchés de capitaux américains et européens. Ed Nalbantian compte parmi ses clients dans ces domaines Citigroup, Société Générale et Véolia Environnement. En septembre 2008, Ed Nalbantian était membre de l’équipe pluridisciplinaire de Jones Day conseillant l’une des principales banques américaines dans le cadre de leurs opérations de marchés, notamment les produits dérivés et pensions livrées, pendant la crise financière.

Ed Nalbantian co-dirige la pratique Banque et Finance de Jones Day au niveau mondial.

Fort de son expérience au sein du bureau de Paris de 1998 à 2004, Ed Nalbantian participe régulièrement à des conférences et publie des articles, en français et en anglais, sur le thème des financements structurés. Il a également été chargé de cours à l'Université de Paris-Malakoff pendant plusieurs années.

Expérience

  • TransDigm completes $1.5 billion Senior Secured Notes offering and incurs $1.5 billion of new term loans under its term credit facilityJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”).
  • Banco Sabadell, Rabobank, and ING complete €261.97 million financing for five photovoltaic plants in Palencia, SpainJones Day provided legal advice to Banco Sabadell, Rabobank, and ING in connection with the financing for the construction, start-up, and operation of five photovoltaic plants in the Palencia region of Spain under construction named "Pisoraca 2", "Pisoraca 3", "Grijota III", "Grijota IV", and "Grijota V", totaling a nominal power of 244.7 MWp.
  • TransDigm reprices $3.6 billion of existing tranche J and I term loansJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated and certain of its subsidiaries in connection with the Amendment No. 16, Loan Modification Agreement and Refinancing Facility Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, TransDigm (x) repriced almost $1 billion of its existing term loans J maturing February 28, 2031 and (y) amended and extended $2.6 billion of its existing term loans I by converting such loans into term loans J.
  • TransDigm completes additional $550 million Senior Secured Notes offering and reprices $6.2 billion of existing tranche H and I term loansJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer, and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of an additional $550 million aggregate principal amount of 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”).
  • Omnicom Group completes €600 million public offering of Senior NotesJones Day represented Omnicom Group Inc., a leading global marketing and corporate communications company, in connection with the public offering by Omnicom Finance Holdings plc, its wholly-owned U.K. finance subsidiary, of €600 million of 3.700% Senior Notes due 2032.
  • TransDigm completes $4.4 billion Senior Secured Notes offering and extension and increase of its revolving credit facility to $910 millionJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $2.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 and $2.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2032 (collectively, the “Notes”).
  • TransDigm completes $1 billion Senior Secured Notes offering and $1 billion incremental term loanJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”).
  • TransDigm completes $1.45 billion Senior Secured Notes offeringJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $1.45 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”).
  • TransDigm completes $1.1 billion Senior Secured Notes offeringJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer, and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of an additional $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”).
  • TransDigm completes $1 billion Senior Secured Notes offeringJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer, and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”).
  • Permira Credit refinances Sportscape GroupJones Day advised Permira Credit, as unitranche lender, in connection with the refinancing of the newly created European online sporting goods retailer, Sportscape Group.
  • Omnicom Group completes £325 million public offering of Senior NotesJones Day represented Omnicom Group Inc., a leading global marketing and corporate communications company, in connection with the public offering by Omnicom Capital Holdings plc, its wholly-owned subsidiary, of £325 million aggregate principal amount of 2.250% Senior Notes due 2033.
  • Dealer managers and underwriters complete $4.8 billion tender offer and concurrent offerings of $3.0 billion and €1.0 billion of Senior NotesJones Day represented the dealer managers and underwriters in a series of liability management transactions by PepsiCo, Inc., a world leader in convenient snacks, foods and beverages.
  • TransDigm completes $750 million Senior Subordinated Notes offeringJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated, a leading global designer, producer, and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2029.
  • TransDigm Inc. completes $1.2 billion Senior Subordinated Notes offeringJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated, a leading global designer, producer, and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2029.
  • Banco Santander refinances existing financing relating to Cerro Grande wind project located in Sierra de los Rios, Cerro LargoJones Day represented Banco Santander, S.A. in the refinancing of the existing financing subject to German law provided by two Spanish banks in connection with the Cerro Grande wind project located in Sierra de los Rios, Cerro Largo, in Uruguay.
  • Lucid Trustee Services Limited acts as agent and security agent in £450 million restructuring of Survitec GroupJones Day represented Lucid Trustee Services Limited, as agent and security agent, in connection with the £450 million debt and equity restructuring of the Survitec Group, a specialist in the manufacturing of survival and safety solutions in the marine, defense, aviation, and offshore industries in various jurisdictions.
  • Diebold Nixdorf completes offering of $700 million of Senior Secured NotesJones Day represented Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, a global leader in driving connected commerce for the banking and retail industries, in connection with the issuance of its $700 million aggregate principal amount of 9.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering.
  • Diebold Nixdorf completes offering of €350 million of Senior Secured NotesJones Day represented Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, a global leader in driving connected commerce for the banking and retail industries, in connection with the issuance by its wholly-owned Dutch subsidiary, Diebold Nixdorf Dutch Holding B.V., of €350 million aggregate principal amount of 9.000% due 2025 in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering.
  • TransDigm Group completes $400 million Senior Secured Notes offeringJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated, a leading global designer, producer, and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of an additional $400 million aggregate principal amount of 6.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2026.
  • Autres publications

    • May 10, 2004
      French Funds & OTC Derivatives – A Practical Guide, coauthor, Derivatives Week Magazine
    • October 2003
      Book Review of Droit des Dérivés de Crédit by Alain Gauvin, Banque Magazine
    • March 2002
      Whiskey and LIBOR - Financing Pernod Ricard's Seagram Acquisition, International Financial Law Review
    • April 1999
      France – Derivatives 1999 – A European Guide, co-author, Special Supplement for International Financial Law Review, Euromoney Publications
    • December 1998
      Securitisation – Public-Private Partnerships, Balance Sheet Magazine, London
    • September 23, 1996
      Produits Dérivés : un Risque Juridique à Maîtriser, Option Finance Magazine
    • September 1996
      France Modernizes Collateralization and Netting, co-author, International Financial Law Review, Euromoney Publications
    • April 1996
      Des Critères de Responsabilité en Evolution, co-author, Banque Magazine
    • March 1995
      The Prudential Framework in Repurchase Transactions, coauthor, International Financial Law Review, Euromoney Publications
    • February 1994
      France Sorts Out Netting Uncertainty, International Financial Law Review, Euromoney Publications
    • 1994
      Targeting the Capital Markets, coauthor, Capital for Shipping Annual by Lloyds Shipping Economist
    • September 1993
      Netting and Derivatives – a Practical Guide, International Financial Law Review
    • April 1991
      Restructuring Junk Bonds: Bondholders Beware, International Financial Law Review, Euromoney Publications
    • April 1991
      Restructuring Junk Bonds: Bondholders Beware, International Financial Law Review, Euromoney Publications
    • December 1987
      Eurobonds, coauthor, Supplement to Butterworth Journal of International Banking & Financial Law
    • 1981
      Legislative Analysis, Federal Proposals Regulating State Taxation of Multistate and Multicultural Corporations, American Enterprise Institute
    • 1981
      Note, The Constitutional Dilemma of State Tax Exemptions: Sears Roebuck and Co. v. County of Los Angeles, 13 Law and Policy Int’l Bus. 811

    • February 14, 2013
      European Banking – On the Road to Union and Harmonization?