Charles McConnell

Charles' experience includes advising:

• A private equity sponsor on the restructuring and refinancing of educational assets in Singapore and the PRC.
• The mandated lead arranger and original lender on a US$125 million term loan facility with an additional US$125 million accordion facility provided to an industrial and logistics real estate developer in Vietnam.
• Various international investment banks in a margin loan to a global private equity firm for investment in bonds issued by a Vietnamese company in the consumer sector.
• An international investment bank in respect of back leverage to a global private equity firm for investment in various bonds issued by a Vietnamese real estate group.
• An international investment bank in respect of financing to a global private equity firm for its acquisition of an interest in a Vietnamese schools business.
• A leading Philippine bank in a margin financing to a global private equity firm against shares of a clean and renewable power company in the Philippines.
• An international investment bank in a secured margin financing to the shareholder of an Indonesian copper and gold mining company.
• A private equity sponsor in relation to the recapitalisation of its education platform in South East Asia, including Vietnam.
• The arranger on the restructuring of various margin financings in respect of Singapore and Indonesian listed shares.
• The arranger on back-leverage on a minority stake acquisition of Philippines medical assets by a private equity sponsor.
• Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin ("CFM") on the restructuring and full repayment of:
  • US$95 million facility agreement to PT Royal Lestari Utama ("RLU") and its subsidiaries from TLFF I Pte. Ltd. ("TLFF") following the acquisition of 100% of shares in RLU by CFM,TLFF's US$95 million secured fixed rate notes as listed in SGX.
  • Release of security granted by RLU and its subsidiaries and the security deposit held by TLFF on behalf of RLU.
• The lenders in a term facility and a revolving credit facility amounting up to US$790 million granted to IBC Capital Limited, Goodpack IBC (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and Goodpack Pte. Ltd., a KKR portfolio company.
• A global investment banking group in the PKPU (Indonesian insolvency process) of an Indonesian textile group and related security enforcement and the restructuring of a financing with an Indonesian individual.
• A global investment bank as lender to borrower, Near Pte. Ltd., a SaaS platform that offers a source of intelligence on People, Place, and Product data.
• RRJ Capital on its recapitalization buy-out merger of Singapore-based Fullerton Healthcare Corporation Limited.
• UTICO FZC, UAE's leading private water and power utility provider, in the approximately US$3 billion restructuring of the Hyflux group, a Singapore water and power conglomerate listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
• The arranger on the sponsor backed acquisition financing of a Vietnamese integrated hotel and casino.*
• BNP Paribas on the US$95 million fixed rate secured notes due 2034 and green long term facility agreement structured as a loan repackaging in respect of the development of sustainable natural rubber plantations in heavily degraded landscapes in Jambi Samatra and East Kalimantan provinces of Indonesia.*

*Experience prior to joining White & Case.