London, Munich, September 4, 2013 ... Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, in its role as Sole Coordinator and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Commerzbank AG, UniCredit Bank AG and HSBC Bank plc as Arrangers on the refinancing of Minimax, a Germany-based fire safety company.

Minimax is a manufacturer of fire suppression products, offering systems integration, product components, services and fire extinguishers. The refinancing involved senior secured facilities including a €315 million term loan facility, US$442 million term loan 'B' facility, €141.5 million guarantee facility and a $40 million multicurrency revolving credit facility. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas acted as Facility Agent and Commerzbank AG, Luxembourg Branch, as Security Trustee.

The White & Case cross-border team was led by partners R. Jake Mincemoyer (London) and Leïla Röder (Munich). They were assisted by local partner Matthias Bochum (Hamburg) and associates Ben Wilkinson, Lara Muazu, Anamaria Crai, Elvira Palitu, Xiaoyan Sun, Anya Polyakova (London), Veit Sahlfeld and Matthias Grigoleit (Hamburg) and Matt Walker (New York).