A partner in the Finance Group and Co-Head of European Sponsor Finance and Alternative Credit, Stefan Arnold-Soulby represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in all types of complex financings, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, infrastructure financings and restructurings. Arnold-Soulby has significant experience advising on cross-border and multijurisdictional buyouts, with a particular focus on public to private transactions. He is also an advisor in the hybrid capital space and regularly advises clients on strategic solutions throughout the capital structure with a focus on complex structured and hybrid equity investments. Arnold-Soulby’s key private capital clients include Warburg Pincus, Investindustrial, Searchlight Capital Partners, the EP Group, Pollen Street and Radius Global Infrastructure, among many others.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2026 | Finance, Private Equity |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Finance, Private Equity |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Finance, Private Equity |
Arnold-Soulby’s notable experience has included:
Private Equity & Portfolio Companies
- Investindustrial in the financing aspects of numerous transactions, including:
- on the financing aspects of its all-cash acquisition of TreeHouse Foods, a leading North American snacking and beverage manufacturer, valued at $2.9 billion
- in relation to its portfolio company Nexture S.p.A., the issuance of €500 million of senior secured floating rate notes due 2032 and the upsize of its existing revolving credit facility
- its acquisition of Lifebrain, a leader in the routine and specialty laboratory testing business
- its acquisition of Natra, S.A., a Spain-based producer and distributor of chocolate products
- on the €225 million refinancing of its portfolio company Eataly, an Italy-based gourmet market, consisting of a €50 million term loan, a $110 million term loan and an €85 million revolving credit facility
- Carlyle in the financing aspects of numerous transactions, including:
- the voluntary public takeover offer for Schaltbau Holding AG, a Germany-based mechanical and electrical engineering company specializing in transportation products
- Bain Capital in their joint public takeover offer for OSRAM Licht AG, a Germany-based electrical company
- Searchlight Capital Partners in the financing aspects of numerous transactions, including:
- and its portfolio company Survitec, a global safety solutions leader, on the sale of Survitec’s aerospace and defense business
- in its €73 million hybrid debt and equity investment, including the acquisition of certain minority governance rights and warrants granting it the right to subscribe for up to 7.5% of the shares in the capital of Canidae Topco B.V., the indirect parent company of the wefox Group’s Dutch and Austrian online insurance platform businesses
- Lone Star Funds in the financing aspects of numerous transactions, including:
- its approximately €1 billion acquisition of Imerys Roofing, one of the leading roofing suppliers in the French construction market, from Imerys
- and their portfolio company Stark Group in its acquisition of Saint Gobain Building Distribution Deutschland, a German-based building and construction retailee
- SK Capital in the financing aspects of numerous transactions, including:
- the formation of a consortium with Heubach Group and the subsequent acquisition of Clariant’s pigments business
- its acquisition of Ipackchem, a France-based packaging manufacturer
- Altera Infrastructure, an energy infrastructure company, in its pre-arranged chapter 11 cases filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
- AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a global specialty property casualty insurer, in its strategic partnership with Blackstone Credit & Insurance to create a new, independent company named ANV Group Holdings
Real Estate Finance / Infrastructure
- Global Logistics Properties in the financing aspects of numerous transactions, including:
- its acquisition of IDI Gazeley, a European logistics company, from Brookfield Asset Management for approximately $2.8 billion
- their bid for Logicor, a shipping management software company (ultimately sold to GIC for €12.25 billion)
- Radius Global Infrastructure (a portfolio company of EQT and PSP) on the financing aspects of numerous transactions, including:
- on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a portfolio of 145 Italian property assets
- in the financing aspects of its acquisition, via an affiliate, of 358 Italian digital antennae system (DAS) assets
- in the financing aspects of numerous transactions at both a holdco and a portfolio level