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About
Kirstie acts for private equity sponsors and portfolio companies, corporate borrowers and issuers, credit fund and bank lenders, special situations investors and speciality finance providers on a range of multi-jurisdictional financing transactions.
Kirstie advises clients on leveraged, hybrid and investment grade financings, acquisition financings, dividend recapitalisations and capital restructurings. She has extensive domestic, European and global cross-border experience.
Clients appreciate Kirstie’s technical expertise, proactivity and strong commercial approach, working collaboratively to find solutions in complex scenarios. Kirstie has served on the Banking Law Committee of the International Bar Association and is a member of the British-German Jurists Association.
She is ranked by Chambers and Partners in Band 1 for "Leveraged Finance: Mid-Market" and “Corporate Finance: Mid-Market” and by The UK Legal 500 as a "Leading Partner" for both "Acquisition Finance" and "Bank Lending: Investment Grade Debt and Syndicated Loans"; and was named in The Lawyer magazine’s "Hot 100 2021" as “one of the City’s go-to banking and finance lawyers for private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers and credit funds”.
Alongside her work, Kirstie is a Partner Champion of the firm’s Pride network and a member of SEEN, the firm’s socio-economic equity network. She is also an active contributor to market journals for leveraged and acquisition finance.
Experience
- Advising Alchemy on its refinancing and IPO of Revolution Bars Group.
- Advising Arcus on financing for the acquisition of Workdry International.
- Advising Argus in relation to its TLB financing.
- Advising August Equity on financings for the acquisitions of Anderson Anderson & Brown, Families First Nurseries and the Superbia Group.
- Advising Caledonia Private Capital on financings for the acquisitions of Park Holidays, Liberation Pub Group and Seven Investment Management.
- Advising Cera Care on its debt and equity funding round led by BDT & MSD Partners and Schroders Capital.
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners on financing for Two Circles group.
- Advising Charlesbank on financings in relation to its investments in certain cybersecurity businesses.
- Advising Charme Capital Partners on financings for the acquisitions of Witherslack, Bright Futures and Prism Healthcare.
- Advising Cimpress plc on its bank financing arrangements and public and private notes issuances.
- Advising Epiris on financings for the acquisitions of TI Media UK, Stuart Turner, GSF Car Parts and Amber Taverns and the take-private of IFG Group plc, Nucleus Group plc and subsequent refinancings of James Hay and Saunderson House.
- Advising Exponent on financings for the acquisitions of Big Bus, Go City, H&MV Engineering and Isio.
- Advising FirstCash on its proposed all-cash acquisition of H&T Group plc.
- Advising Flo Health on its financing arrangements.
- Advising Graphite Capital on financings for the acquisitions of Hawksmoor Group and NRS Healthcare.
- Advising Hyve Group Plc on its financing arrangements including in relation to its take-private.
- Advising J D Wetherspoon on its financing arrangements.
- Advising Mayfair Equity Partners on financing for the acquisition of Access Partnership and in respect of the financing aspects relating to their investment in i-media.
- Advising Joshua Alliance and his bid vehicle Falcon 24 Topco Limited on the take-private of N Brown Group plc.
- Advising OMERS on financing in relation to the acquisition of Bionic Group.
- Advising Peel Hunt in relation to financing arrangements.
- Advising Preqin on its sale to global investment manager BlackRock.
- Advising Preservation on financings in relation to the acquisitions of Parmenion Capital and Saltus Partners, and financings for BMS Group.
- Advising Siris Capital in relation to financing for the acquisition of Travelport and for the take-private of Equiniti Group plc.
- Advising XPS Pensions Group plc on its financing arrangements.