Bridget Polkinghorne

• Bridgepoint on the debt refinancing of existing facilities provided to portfolio company SportPursuit, a leading global sportswear retailer.
• Astorg Partners on the debt financing of its acquisition of Redslim, a leading Swiss intelligence and data management company.
• Sullivan Street in relation to the financing of its acquisition of Tracerco, a leading industrial technology firm providing detection, diagnostic and measurement solutions, from Johnson Matthey.
• A unitranche lender in taking ownership of a borrower group, including a restructure of the senior debt and debt for equity swap.
• Vitruvian Partners and its portfolio company, OAG on the extension of its existing financing and upsize in relation to its acquisition of Infare, the Danish based provider of data to the airline industry on competitor airfare pricing and activity, using a unitranche facility structure provided by two alternative lenders.
• BlackRock on the debt and equity financing arrangements with Razor Group and its subsidiaries. This included Razor Group's planned acquisition of Valoreo and its subsidiaries, a prominent e-commerce group in Latin America and a $70 million Series C financing round led by L Catterton.*
• Advised the lenders in connection with the financing in support of the acquisition by Groupe Bruxelles Lambert of a majority stake in Sanoptis. *
• Ares Management on the unitranche financing in support of the acquisition by Goldman Sachs Asset Management of a stake in The Clear Group, a Chartered Insurance Broker that arranges business insurance and home insurance for various sectors. *
• Bridgepoint and the Moneycorp Group on the refinancing of their existing club facilities to a unitranche facility. *
• Ares on the unitranche facilities provided to BC Partners for the acquisition of a majority stake in Synthon International Holding B.V., with super senior lenders coming in post-closing. *  
• Pemberton on financing Livingbridge Private Equity’s acquisition of Chill Insurance & Ivernia Insurance and Bank of Ireland came in post-closing as super senior/first out term lender. *
• Five Arrows on the financing provided to Bowmark Capital to fund its acquisition of Totalmobile. *
• Tikehau Investment Management on the financing of IK Investment Partners’ acquisition of Forthglade. * 

* experience gained prior to joining Mayer Brown