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Melissa Hutson is particularly well known for her work with private equity funds investing in the energy sector.
Melissa Hutson
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Melissa Hutson
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Melissa is a finance partner in Kirkland’s New York office and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Melissa’s practice focuses on syndicated debt facilities, bank/bridge commitments and other structured financings for leveraged acquisitions by private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and public and private companies. She also advises clients on a broad range of other secured and unsecured lending and financing transactions, including first and second lien financings, mezzanine financings, subordinated loans and asset-based loans.
She has substantial experience in acquisition financings, refinancings, liability management transactions, recapitalizations and debt restructuring.
Representative clients include American Securities, Bain, Blackstone, Butterfly Equity, Gamut, New Mountain, Olympus, and Providence among others.
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University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2001; University of Virginia, B.A., with high honors, 1998.
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She has a cool head in difficult situations and does a great job of getting people on the same page.
What really sets her apart is the ability to think both strategically and tactically in highly complex situations.
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She's a one-stop shop and that makes her one of a kind. If I have to go into a really complicated situation, I feel lucky to have her in our corner because I know we're going to get the best advice.
She has a cool head in difficult situations and does a great job of getting people on the same page.
What really sets her apart is the ability to think both strategically and tactically in highly complex situations.
She's a one-stop shop and that makes her one of a kind. If I have to go into a really complicated situation, I feel lucky to have her in our corner because I know we're going to get the best advice.
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