Paul Hastings Advised Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Securities, The Standard Bank of South Africa, Standard Chartered, Absa, Jefferies and FirstRand on Helios Towers’ $850 Million High-Yield Bond Offering and Tender Offer

Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP advised Merrill Lynch International, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Absa Bank Limited, Jefferies International Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited in connection with the successful offering of $850 million aggregate principal amount of 7.500% senior notes due 2029 by Helios Towers, Ltd. Paul Hastings also advised the lead banks in connection with the related tender offer to repurchase any and all of the issuer’s outstanding U.S.$650,022,000 7.000% senior notes due 2025.

HTA Group, Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Helios Towers plc, a leading independent telecommunications tower infrastructure company with operations in countries including Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Ghana, South Africa, Senegal and Oman, whose shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Partner Ed Holmes led the Paul Hastings team, which included associates Fabio Pazzini and Rebecca Bunyan.

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