Luke’s representations prior to joining Davis Polk include:

• Advised the unitranche lenders on the £600 million financing provided for CD&R’s acquisition of UK and French business services business OCS
• Advised six banks, including the lead arrangers, in connection with the refinancing of Advent portfolio company Rubix Group’s €1.9 billion of debt facilities
• Advised the unitranche lenders on the $410 million financing for Bridgepoint’s acquisition of business intelligence company PEI Group
• Advised the sole lender on the financing for Thoma Bravo’s public-to-private acquisition of international cloud provider EQS
• Advised 11 banks, including the lead arrangers, on the $3.5 billion loan and bond financing for Bain Capital’s acquisition of research, data and insight business Kantar from WPP plc
• Advised the arrangers in connection with the financing for Advent International’s £1.2 billion public-to-private acquisition of UK electronic and technology business Laird plc
• Advised the arrangers in connection with €900 million of senior facilities to finance the acquisition of IPH Group by Advent International
• Advised the second-lien investors with respect to the privately placed second-lien facility to finance Hellman & Friedman’s €5.3 billion public-to-private acquisition of Nets A/S
• Advised the arrangers with respect to the financing for Advent International and Bain Capital’s €700 million acquisition of German payment services business Concardis
• Advised the investors with respect to a €600 million private high-yield financing for the acquisition of Setefi by Italian financial institution ICBPI, a portfolio company of Advent International and Bain Capital
• Acted for the sole arranger and coordinator of the $4 billion recapitalisation of Formula One