Aashim Usgaonkar

About Aashim Usgaonkar

Aashim is a senior associate in our New York office focusing on capital markets and financing matters. Prior to joining Freshfields, Aashim worked at a New York based law firm where he assisted issuers and banks with public and private offerings of investment grade and high-yield bonds and equity‐linked securities and advised clients on general public company matters, succession planning, proxy contests and the development of defensive profiles.

Recent work

• TriNet on its tender offer, share repurchase and related financing transactions, including its $400 million private offering of senior notes 
• EVgo on its $125 million follow-on equity offering
• Verlinvest in connection with a comprehensive financing by Oatly Group, consisting of the issuance of $300 million convertible senior PIK notes and entry into new $130 million term loan B credit facility and amended sustainable revolving credit facility
• Comcast and NBCUniversal in connection with their $15 billion exchange offers of Comcast senior notes for 16 series of Comcast's and three series of NBCUniversal's outstanding notes*
• 3D Systems in a series of separate, privately negotiated agreements to repurchase approximately $135 million  aggregate principal amount of its zero coupon senior notes from the holders thereof at an approximately 26% discount to par
• Weber on its $250 million IPO and listing on Nasdaq*
• The underwriters in connection with State Street's $1.75 billion fixed‑to‑floating rate senior notes offering*
• The initial purchasers, joint lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with MoneyGram's $415 million notes offering and $432.5 million credit agreement*
• PG&E Corporation on its tri‑tranche equity offering, comprising a $4.02 billion registered offering of common stock, a $3.25 billion private placement of common stock and a $1.45 billion registered of equity units, and relalted $523 million private placement of forward stock purchase contracts to backstop the underwriters' greenshoe options in the registered offerings*
• Stanley Black & Decker on its acquisition of a 20 percent stake in MTD Products*
• Johnson & Johnson on its acquisition of Ci:z Holdings*
• Synthomer on its acquisition of OMNOVA*
• The underwriters in connection with Hewlett Packard's $2.25 billion registered notes offering*
• Occidental Petroleum on its $2 billion registered senior notes offering and its concurrent $2 billion cash tender offer and consent solicitation*
• Occidental Petroleum on its $3 billion registered senior notes offering and related tender offer*
• The initial purchasers in connection with Valvoline's $400 million high-yield senior notes offering*
• AmerisourceBergen on its acquisition of H.D. Smith*
• The underwriters in connection with the $115 million primary common stock offering of Stewart Information Services Corporation*
• Hasbro on its $4 billion acquisition of Entertainment One*
• World Fuel Services on the sale of its multi service payment solutions business to Corsair Capital*
• Johnson & Johnson on its binding offer from Fortive Corporation to acquire advanced sterilization products for $2.8 billion*
• The initial purchasers in connection with Valvoline's $600 million senior notes offering*
• First Solar in connection with its $596 million registered secondary common stock offering and listings on Nasdaq*
• Scientific Games on its sale of a 34.9% stake to institutional investors, including Caledonia*
• Hasbro on its $875 million registered common stock offering*
• Hasbro on its $2.38 billion registered notes offering*
• Johnson & Johnson on its $2.1 billion binding offer from Platinum Equity to acquire its LifeScan business*
• Rogers Communications on its $750 million registered MJDS floating rate senior notes offering*
• The initial purchasers and dealer managers in connection with Uniti Group's $1.11 billion high‑yield senior notes offering and concurrent $1.1 billion cash tender offer and consent solicitation*
• Corteva on its agreement with Starboard Value LP and its affiliates, pursuant to which three new independent directors proposed by Starboard joined Corteva's Board of Directors*
• Gannett Holdings on its $400 million high‑yield senior secured notes offering*
• The initial purchasers in connection with Uniti Group's $700 million high‑yield senior notes offering*
• The underwriters in connection with Core & Main's $520 million registered secondary common stock offering*
• Swvl on its SPAC combination with Queen's Gambit Growth Capital*

*Please note that representations with an asterisk were completed prior to joining Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.