Tag Archives: Morgan Stanley

United Community Banks Completes Merger with Reliant Bancorp

On Jan. 1, United Community Banks completed its merger with Reliant Bancorp, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, Reliant Bank, which was merged with and into United’s bank subsidiary, United Community Bank, and will now operate under the United brand.

Ares Management Acquires AMP’s PrivateMarketsCo Infrastructure Debt Platform

Ares Management and its subsidiary, Ares Holdings, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AMP’s PrivateMarketsCo Infrastructure Debt platform, an infrastructure debt investment platform with approximately $8 billion in assets under management as of Sept. 30.

Citi and SEB Provide $1.12B Sustainability-Linked Revolving Credit Facility to Electrolux

Electrolux signed an agreement for an inaugural sustainability-linked revolving credit facility of €1 billion ($1.12 billion). The coordinating bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers for the facility are Citi and SEB.

Morgan Stanley Serves as Placement Agent on $750MM Credit Facility for BridgeBio Pharma

BridgeBio Pharma, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases and cancers, executed a definitive credit facility agreement with a syndicate of lenders for up to $750 million in financing. Morgan Stanley acted as the sole placement agent to BridgeBio on this transaction.

JPMorgan Chase Provides Financing to Support Intuit’s Acquisition of Mailchimp

Intuit acquired Mailchimp for approximately $5.7 billion in cash as well as stock considerations. Intuit partially funded the cash consideration through a $4.7 billion term loan under a new credit agreement. According to an 8K, JPMorgan Chase served as administrative agent for the agreement.

Blackstone, Apollo, KKR and Antares Support Thoma Bravo’s Acquisition of Medallia

Thoma Bravo completed its acquisition of Medallia in an all-cash transaction valued at $6.4 billion. Blackstone Credit, certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Capital Management, KKR Credit, Thoma Bravo Credit and Antares Capital are providing the debt financing for the transaction.

J.P. Morgan and Others Support Clearlake’s Completed Acquisition of Cornerstone OnDemand

Clearlake Capital Group completed its acquisition of Cornerstone OnDemand. J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities, Ares, Golub Capital, Antares Capital, Barclays, Blue Owl, BMO Capital Markets, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies provided debt financing for the transaction.