Reuters: Highly Leveraged U.S. Deals Still in Demand

Reuters reported that regulatory scrutiny hasn’t slowed banks and alternative lenders from underwriting highly leveraged U.S. loans, with one third of buyout loans in Q1/17 having leverage of more than 7.0 times.

April 11, 2017 Ares Capital | Golub Capital | Jefferies | leveraged loans | Nomura | Reuters LPC Sam Nickerson

Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Jefferies Others Support Clearlake Acquisition

Clearlake Capital will acquire LANDESK from Thoma Bravo. Fully committed financing for the transaction was provided by Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Barclays, Jefferies, Golub Capital, Macquarie and Nomura.

January 3, 2017 Barclays | Clearlake Capital | Golub Capital | HEAT Software | Jefferies | LANDESK | Macquarie Capital | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding | Nomura ABF Journal

Barclays, Others Arrange $1.95B Platform Specialty Products Amendment

Platform Specialty Products completed the repricing, extension and amendment of existing term loans under its credit agreement. Barclays, Credit Suisse, Citibank and Nomura acted as joint lead arrangers.

October 17, 2016 Barclays | Citibank | Credit Suisse | Nomura | Platform Specialty Products Sam Nickerson

Reuters: Barclays, Others Arrange $2.525B J&J Credit Facility

Reuters reported that Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, will launch a $2.525 billion senior secured credit facility to finance its acquisition by Carylyle Group.

April 25, 2014 Barclays | Carlyle Group | Credit Suisse | Goldman Sachs | Johnson & Johnson | Nomura | Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics | UBS ABF Journal