Biography
Reena Gogna is a partner in the London Finance practice. She represents a wide range of financial institutions in connection with general banking and finance matters, including leverage finance, senior debt and high yield financings, debt restructurings and refinancings.
Reena is consistently ranked in the directories, including as a Leading Individual for Acquisition Finance in Legal 500 UK and a Leading Lawyer for Finance in Chambers UK. She is also named in the IFLR Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame 2023, in IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2021, 2022 and 2023 and recognised as one of the Top Women in Business Law 2020, 2021 and 2022 by Expert Guides.
Representative experience includes advising:
- On the €1.35 billion senior secured term loan and revolving facilities for Mehiläinen Oy
- The term lenders and super senior RCF lenders on PIB’s repricing and refinancing
- The lenders in relation to CVC’s acquisition of Jagex
- J.P. Morgan, BofA and other initial purchasers in connection with the offering by IMA S.p.A., a global leader in the design and assembly of complex automated machinery, of €450,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2029
- Ardian’s loan and bridge acquisition financing of Biofarma Group
- The lenders in connection with Waterland’s acquisition of Cookware Co.
- The lenders in connection with Apax’s acquisition of Alcumus
- The lenders in connection with CVC’s acquisition of Rayner
- Morgan Stanley as lead bank in connection with CVC’s refinancing of Tipico
- The lenders in connection with Apax’s acquisition of PIB
- The lenders in connection with CVC’s acquisition of Away Resorts
- Tikehau in connection with PIK financing to support Ardian’s acquisition of Dedalus
- Very Group in connection with its senior secured notes and RCF refinancing
- Stirling Square in connection with its loan and bridge acquisition financing of Italian portfolio company Itelyum and offering of SSNs
- The lenders in connection with Hellman & Friedman’s acquisition financing and refinancing of TeamSystem, including fund to fund acquisition financing consisting of SSNs, SUNs and SSRCF
- Credit Suisse and other leading investment banks, as initial purchasers, in connection with the SSNs and SUNs financing of CVC’s acquisition of Domestic & General
- The lenders in connection with Hellman & Friedman’s acquisition financing and refinancing of Securitas Direct, including subsequent loan refinancing and issuance of SSNs and SUNs by Hellman & Friedman portfolio company Verisure
- Morgan Stanley, Danske, DNB, and another major financial institution as mandated lead arrangers, in connection with the senior secured credit facilities to Sector Alarm
- Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, as mandated lead arrangers, on the 1L/2L financing of Bain Capital’s acquisition of DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals
- The lenders in connection with Onex’s acquisition of Kids Foundation
- Goldman Sachs as lead lender in connection with Bridgepoint’s refinancing of Calypso
- CVC’s acquisition of Zabka
- Westinghouse’s Chapter 11 restructuring
- Doncasters Chapter 11 restructuring