A partner in the Capital Markets Group, Samita T. Ali-Khan provides strategic counsel on complex debt and equity transactions, compliance matters, M&A and restructurings for domestic and international clients.
Samita represents private equity firms, investment banks, and public and private companies across the full spectrum of capital markets transactions, including leveraged buyouts, high-yield and investment grade debt offerings, convertible securities, IPOs, at-the-market offerings and other equity transactions.
She also advises public companies on SEC reporting obligations and corporate governance, including emerging ESG and DEI legal frameworks. Her additional expertise encompasses syndicated loan financings, cross-border restructurings of distressed businesses, liability management transactions and standalone M&A deals.
Prior to Paul, Weiss, Samita’s experience has included advising:
Investment Grade and High-Yield Bond Offerings
- The consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung in one of their affiliates’ €4.7 billion (equivalent) bond offering towards financing the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG
- Iliad Holding S.A.S. in its €3.7 billion (equivalent) bond offering towards financing the public tender offer for Iliad Group
- The initial purchasers in connection with the $2 billion bond offering by Credit Suisse Group Funding (Guernsey) Limited
- Algeco Scotsman Global Finance plc and Algeco Scotsman Global Finance 2 plc in their $1.7 billion (equivalent) bond offering
- EG Global Finance plc in its €1.6 billion (equivalent) bond offering
- Banijay Group S.A.S. in its €365 million bond offering and subsequently advised Banijay Entertainment S.A.S. and Banijay Group S.A.S. in their €1.3 billion (equivalent) bond offering towards financing the acquisition of Endemol Shine
- Smurfit Kappa in four distinct capital raises, comprising its €1.0 billion inaugural green bond offering, €750 million bond offering, €400 million bond offering and €600 million bond offering
- Blackstone in one of its affiliates’ £640 million (equivalent) bond offering towards financing the recommended cash offer for Merlin Entertainments, valuing Merlin at £4.77 billion, and subsequently advised Merlin Entertainments Group in its €500 million bond offering
- Lone Star Funds in one of its affiliates’ €515 million bond offering towards financing the acquisition of the Stark Group
- Iglo Foods BondCo Plc in its €500 million bond offering
- Sensata Technologies B.V. in two distinct $500 million bond offerings
- Maxeda DIY Holding B.V. in its €475 million bond offering and in its subsequent €420 million bond offering
- Parts Europe S.A. in its €380 million bond offering
- Norican A/S in its €340 million bond offering towards financing the acquisition by The Norican Group of Light Metal Casting Solutions GmbH
- Ascend Wellness Holdings in its $235 million bond offering and in its subsequent $15 million bond offering
- Intelligent Packaging Holdco Issuer Limited Partnership in its $125 million bond offering and Intelligent Packaging Limited in its $100 million bond offering
Equity and Rights Offerings
- Butterfly Network in its $86.9 million public offering of its Class A common stock
- The underwriters in connection with the CHF 6 billion rights offering by Credit Suisse of registered shares
- A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners and ATB Capital Markets as placement agents for Canopy Growth’s private placement sale of $50 million in common shares and warrants, and subsequent private placement sale of approximately $35 million in common shares and warrants
- Comera Life Sciences in an equity line of credit relating to the sale of up to $30 million of its common stock
- EQT on its partial exit from leading Finnish private healthcare company Terveystalo Oy via IPO on the Nasdaq Helsinki
Other Debt and Hybrid Financings
- Lantheus Holdings in a Rule 144A offering of $575 million convertible senior notes
- Credit Suisse in arranging a $250 million first‐lien term loan facility towards financing the acquisition by TexOak Petroflow Holdings of Equal Energy
- ATB Capital Markets as sole placement agent for Canopy Growth Corporation’s registered direct offering of up to $150 million senior unsecured convertible debentures
- ATB Securities as sole bookrunner and agent for The Cannabist Company Holdings’s private brokered offering of $25.75 million senior secured convertible notes
- Comera Life Sciences Holdings in a private placement sale of $1.5 million senior secured convertible notes and accompanying warrants
- Yield10 Bioscience in the sale of a $1.0 million senior unsecured convertible note
Restructuring & Liability Management
- Agrokor d.d. in a restructuring of its debt volume of approximately €6 billion
- Noble Group Limited in its $3.5 billion global restructuring, in a number of tender offers and consent solicitations and the $1.3 billion financial restructuring of its trading business
- China Logistics Property Holdings in its consent solicitation relating to approximately HK$1 billion of notes, and subsequently in its tender offer relating to $150 million of notes
- China Minsheng Investment Group and its subsidiaries in their consent solicitation relating to $500 million of notes
- LSF9 Balta Issuer .à r.l. in its exchange offer for €234.9 million in aggregate principal amount of notes
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Starwood Capital on the intention to launch a Public Takeover Offer for CA Immobilien Anlagen AG
- Goldman Sachs, Park Square and NGA Human Resources on the sale of NGA’s UK mid-market and small and medium business divisions
- ibibo Group in its business combination with MakeMyTrip Limited, forming one of India’s largest online travel companies
