Mercer International completes tender offer and consent solicitation for US$338M of notes

Mercer International Inc. (“Mercer”) completed a cash tender offer and consent solicitation (the “Tender Offer”) for US$338,000,000 (C$423,000,000) of its outstanding 9.500 per cent senior notes due 2017. 

Sangra Moller LLP acted as primary counsel to Mercer in connection with the Tender Offer with a team led by Harj Sangra, including Rod Talaifar, Eileen Uy, Fraser Harley and Aadam Tejpar. David Wright Tremaine LLP acted as US local counsel to Mercer with a team including Andrew Bond and Pamela Charles.

The Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent for the Tender Offer was Credit Suisse. Latham & Watkins LLP acted as counsel for the Managers under the Tender Offer, led by Mark Stegemoeller and his team, including Adam Wright, Marie Ly, and Jeffrey Brenner, from Latham’s Los Angeles office.