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Offering of Senior Secured Notes and Senior Notes by Elli Finance and Elli Investments

June 28, 2012

Cravath represented Elli Finance (UK) Plc and Elli Investments Limited, special purpose vehicles of Terra Firma, a leading private equity firm, in connection with their £525 million 144A/Reg. S senior secured and senior notes offering. The proceeds of the offering will be used to finance Terra Firma’s acquisition of FSHC (Jersey) Holdings Limited, a holding company of Four Seasons Health Care, the United Kingdom’s largest independent elderly and specialist care provider. The transaction closed on June 28, 2012.

The Cravath team included partners Philip J. Boeckman and Alyssa K. Caples and associates Alexander Muller, Coralie Chaufour, Nicholas A. Dorsey and Michela D’Avino on corporate matters and partner Michael L. Schler on tax matters.

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Philip J. Boeckman
Title
Corporate
Title
Partner
Email
pboeckman@cravath.com
Phone
+44-20-7453-1020
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    Education

    • J.D., 1991, University of Missouri Columbia School of Law
      Order of the Coif, magna cum laude
    • B.A., 1988, Westminster College
      cum laude

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    • New York
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    Alyssa K. Caples
    Title
    Corporate
    Title
    Partner
    Email
    acaples@cravath.com
    Phone
    +44-20-7453-1090
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      Education

      • J.D., 2000, Harvard Law School
        cum laude
      • B.A., 1997, Columbia University
        Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude

      Admitted In

      • New York
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      Name
      Michael L. Schler
      Title
      Tax
      Title
      Retired Partner
      Email
      mschler@cravath.com
      Phone
      +1-212-474-1999
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        Education

        • LL.M., 1979, New York University
        • J.D., 1973, Yale Law School
        • B.A., 1970, Harvard University
          magna cum laude

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