Dual qualified in the UK and in NY, Jennifer Tait is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department. Jennifer practiced corporate and securities law in New York before moving to the London office. Her focus includes representing issuers and underwriters in capital markets transactions in the US and in Europe, in public and private offerings of debt (including high yield), equity and hybrid securities. Jennifer also has experience in liability management transactions including consent solicitations, and tender and exchange offers, corporate and securities regulatory issues, and disclosure and corporate governance matters. Jennifer also has particular experience representing (re)insurers and investment banks in connection with insurance-linked securities transactions, including catastrophe bonds and other (re)insurance structured finance products.
Jennifer is recognised by The Legal 500 UK (2025) for High Yield, Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets – mid-large cap and Insurance: Corporate and Regulatory. A client previously described Jennifer and her team as "a pleasure to work with, efficient, good at negotiating win-win situations". Jennifer is also recognised as a "Notable Practitioner" in the most recent edition of IFLR1000 for Capital Markets and M&A.
Experience
Jennifer has advised on the following significant matters:
- Fidelis Insurance Holdings in connection with a $165 million secondary offering by certain shareholders
- The ad hoc group of holders of €307.5 million senior secured notes in the financial restructuring of AFE S.A. SICAV-RAIF
- The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors on the foreign law aspects of SAS’s Chapter 11 proceedings, including the Swedish company reorganisation and issuance of post-reorg instruments to unsecured creditors
- The ad hoc group of senior secured noteholders on their backstopping of the refinancing of over £2.1 billion senior secured notes issued by the Stonegate Group, the UK’s largest pub business
- Platinum Equity and Calderys in the offering by Calderys of $300 million of 11.750% / 12.500% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2028
- Platinum Equity on an $800 million refinancing by portfolio company Solenis
- Platinum Equity on the financing of its acquisition of Sunrise Medical, a world leader in advanced assistive mobility solutions, from Nordic Capital
- Sites del Perú S.A.C., a subsidiary of Sitios Latinoamérica, S.A.B. de C.V., in its inaugural offering of S/872 million ($235 million equivalent) in Senior Notes
- Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited in connection with its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange
- Platinum Equity in its $550 Million Notes Offering in Calderys, a French refractories company
- Platinum Equity and its portfolio company Solenis, in Solenis’ $4.6 billion acquisition financing of Diversey Holdings, Ltd., a leading provider of hygiene, infection prevention and cleaning solutions
- The New Zealand Earthquake Commission in connection with its NZD$225 million catastrophe bond market debut, in a first for the region
- SCOR in its $75 million catastrophe bond offering, via Irish-incorporated Atlas Capital DAC
- Platinum Equity and its portfolio company Solenis in the financing of Solenis’ $4.6 billion acquisition of Diversey Holdings, Ltd.
- Solenis, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, in the financing of its acquisition of Clearon Corp.
- Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited on the launch of a new Managing General Underwriter and separation of its business
- Platinum Equity in the financing of its $5.25 billion acquisition of Solenis
- Sixth Street Partners in its $500 million preferred equity investment in Bermuda-domiciled (re)insurer, Convex Group
- Take-Two Interactive Software in the proposed takeover of London-listed Codemasters for approximately $994 million in cash and Take-Two stock
- A global luxury fashion house in its inaugural bond offering of €600 million sustainability-linked green bonds, listed on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
- Willis Securities, Inc. in Windmill II Re DAC’s €100 million catastrophe bond offering sponsored by Achmea Reinsurance Company N.V.
- Fidelis, in its several catastrophe bond offerings of, in aggregate, $400 million via Herbie Re Ltd.
- Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust plc (formerly European Investment Trust plc) in US securities aspects of UK tender offer
- Platinum Equity in a high-yield offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2028, in connection with the acquisition of Cision Ltd. (NYSE: CISN)
- Advised on Comprehensive Financial Restructuring of the Lecta Group including the exchange of Lecta’s existing €375 million 6.50% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2023 and its €225 million Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2022 for new Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and Subordinated Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2028
- Platinum Equity in the high yield and holding company financing associated with its acquisition of Wesco Aircraft and the subsequent merger with Pattonair
- Aspen in its $250 million US registered public offering of preference shares to qualify as regulatory capital
- CMA in its change of control debt tender offer for $300 million of CEVA’s 5.25% Senior Notes
- The underwriters in PartnerRe's US registered public offering of $500 million of Senior Notes
- FIS in its approximately $8.2 billion multi-tranche senior notes offerings and its approximately $2.9 million multi-tranche senior notes offering and concurrent tender offers
- Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Novelion Therapeutics, in its recapitalization, whereby Amryt Pharma agreed to acquire 100% of Aegerion’s reorganized stock
- CMA CGM in its successful friendly tender offer to acquire CEVA Logistics
- Allstate Insurance Company as deal counsel in connection with its $300 million catastrophe bond issued by Sanders Re II
- FIS in its $42 billion merger with Worldpay, Inc., a global leader in eCommerce and payments
- The underwriters in Marsh & McLennan’s $5 billion multi-tranche senior notes offering, €1.1 billion senior notes offering and $600 million senior notes reopening offering
- MS Amlin, in several institutional private placements of preference shares by Viribus
- Lancashire Capital in multiple institutional private placements of preference shares by Kinesis
- Platinum Equity in a high-yield offering of $280 million 9.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2022, as part of the acquisition financing of UK-based company, Pattonair Holdings Limited
- NYSE-listed Tronox Limited in connection with the high yield bond portion of its $3.150 billion debt refinancing transactions, comprising an offering of $450 million 5.75% Senior Notes due 2025
- Sirius International Group in its Regulation S offering of SEK2,750,000,000 (approximately $340 million) aggregate principal amount of floating rate callable subordinated notes due 2047
- APL Limited, a provider of container shipping and global transportation services, in its consent solicitation to effect certain amendments to its 8% Senior Debentures due 2024
- Platinum Equity and Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in €50 million high yield offering of its 9.50% Senior Secured Notes
- Willis Towers Watson Securities, as arranger and placement agent in several private debt offerings of up to $700 million in aggregate by Resilience
- Aviva plc in the issuance and subsequent redemption of its $400 million 8.25% US Capital Securities NYSE delisting and SEC deregistration of its American Depositary Shares
- Lancashire Holdings in its inaugural LSE-listed debt issue of $130 million 5.70% Senior Notes due 2022 and in its £131 million equity placing of ordinary shares to partially finance its acquisition of Cathedral Capital
- Aspen Insurance Holdings in several preference share private placements by Silverton Re
- CMA CGM S.A. in $725 million high yield offerings of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021 and concurrent tender offer and redemption
Credentials
Education
Fordham University, LL.M., 2008 GCD Griffith College Dublin, Ireland, LLB, 2005 NUI University College Cork, Ireland, B.A., 2001