On December 23, 2013, Swissport International ("Swissport") completed the acquisition of the Servisair Group from the Derichebourg Group. Swissport secured partial financing for the acquisition by issuing and successfully pricing a US$390 million offering of Senior Secured Notes due 2018. Fasken Martineau advised Swissport on the Canadian aspects of the financing with a team led by John Elias (banking & finance) that included Félix Gutierrez and Jay Choi (banking & finance), Alex Nikolic and Christian Jacques (securities) and Ron Nobrega (tax).