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Kirkland & Ellis

Banking & Finance

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Kirkland & Ellis

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Banking & Finance - Texas

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Kirkland & Ellis provides counsel to private equity firms on leveraged transactions. It is experienced in handling issues such as mezzanine financings and subordinated financings. The team is also active in debt restructuring matters for both lenders and borrowers in the energy space, from upstream oil and gas exploration and production to oilfield services.

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Work Highlights

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  • Kirkland & Ellis represented Apollo in connection with a £4.5 billion fixed-rate callable note investment into EDF, supporting EDF's power infrastructure projects in the UK.

Strengths

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  • Kirkland always seem to have the right expert to pull into every situation.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Andy Veit
    Andy Veit

    Andy Veit

    Andy Veit is a debt finance partner who regularly acts for private equity funds and their portfolio companies.
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  • Lucas Spivey
    Lucas Spivey

    Lucas Spivey

    Lucas Spivey is notable for his capability in debt restructurings in the energy sector.

    • Lucas is very experienced and is a trusted adviser.

      Banking & Finance respondentUSA
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  • Mary Kogut
    Mary Kogut

    Mary Kogut

    Mary Kogut typically acts for companies in the energy space as borrowers in lending transactions.

    • Mary has an exceptional reputation and does a lot of complicated deals.

      Banking & Finance respondentUSA
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  • Rachael L Lichman
    Rachael L Lichman

    Rachael L Lichman

    Rachael Lichman is highlighted for her work with borrowers. She regularly handles cross-border mandates.

    • Rachel is very smart. She is practical and likes to get deals done.

      Banking & Finance respondentUSA
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  • Will Bos
    Will Bos

    Will Bos

    Will Bos is relied on by private equity sponsors to handle all manner of financing transactions.
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  • Peter W. Raish
    Peter W. Raish

    Peter W. Raish

    Peter Raish has considerable experience handling syndicated lending transactions on behalf of banks.

    • Peter is very commercial and pragmatic in his approach. He is very responsive and a tireless worker.

      Banking & Finance respondentUSA
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