White & Case Advised on US$625 Million Facilities Agreement for the Acquisition of Scotsman Industries by Ali Group

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas S.A. and other financial institutions, in connection with the Italian, German and Finnish law aspects of a US$625 million term and revolving facilities agreement for the acquisition of Scotsman Industries, Inc. by Ali Group North America Corporation. The facilities were guaranteed by Italian parent company Ali S.p.A. and granted to its subsidiary Ali Group North America Corporation, as borrower.

Lead counsel was McGuire Woods LLP in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The White & Case team was led by partners Nicholas Lasagna (Milan), Iacopo Canino (Milan), Tanja Tornkvist (Helsinki), Leïla M. Röder (Munich) and counsel Merja E. Lehtimäki (Helsinki), and included Milan, Helsinki, Hamburg and Munich-based associates Silvia Pasqualini, Laura Valitalo, Daniel Müller and Marina Medina Herreros.

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