CGG S.A.’s High‑Yield Senior Secured Notes Offering
April 15, 2021
Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $500 million and €585 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior secured notes offering of CGG S.A., a global geoscience technology leader. The notes were listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on April 1, 2021. Cravath also represented the dealer managers in a related tender offer to purchase any and all of CGG Holding (U.S.) Inc.’s outstanding $300 million and €280 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior secured notes. The settlement of the tender offer occurred on April 1, 2021.
The Cravath team included partner George A. Stephanakis, European counsel Virginie Marier and associates Osvaldo Galeano, Nadia T. Odai‑Afotey and Shannon R. Westerlind on capital markets matters, partner Stephen M. Kessing and associates DongHwa Kim and Diane Mokoro on U.S. collateral matters, and partner Christopher K. Fargo and associate Kyle R. Jorstad on tax matters. Niccolo Calvi also worked on capital markets matters.
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