Simpson Thacher represented the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in the recent sale of an aggregate principal amount of $1.05 billion additional 9.250% Senior Notes due 2019 of Laureate Education, Inc. pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The firm also represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as dealer manager in connection with Laureate’s tender offers to purchase its existing 10.25%/11% Senior Toggle Notes due 2015 and 10% Senior Notes due 2015. Laureate will use the net proceeds from the note offering to fund the tender offers and for other repayments of outstanding indebtedness.
Laureate is the largest private international network of degree-granting higher education institutions with approximately 700,000 students in 24 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, the Middle East and North Africa and Asia.
The Simpson Thacher team included Joe Kaufman, David Azarkh, Katerina Kousoula and Siobhan Lam (Capital Markets); Jonathan Cantor (Tax); and Jennie Getsin (Blue Sky).
