Kirstie Hutchinson Partner

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Kirstie acts for private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers and issuers, credit fund and bank lenders, special situations investors and speciality finance providers on a range of financing transactions.

Kirstie advises in particular on leveraged and acquisition financings, refinancings and dividend recapitalisations, corporate lending, borrowing base facilities and restructurings.  

Kirstie has extensive experience of domestic, European and global cross-border financing and her international experience includes secondments with a leading German law firm in Frankfurt.  She is a member of the British-German Jurists’ Association.

Kirstie is a partner champion of our LGBT & friends staff network, a forum for networking and peer support between LGBT staff and allies.

Kirstie is recognised by Legal 500 UK 2019 as a "Leading Individual" in Bank Lending: Investment Grade Debt and Syndicated Lending and as a "Next Generation Partner" in Acquisition Finance and by Chambers UK 2020 as an "Up and Coming" partner in Banking & Finance.

Expertise

Recent work

Smith & Williamson

Advising Smith & Williamson on the restructuring of Tilney merger and Warburg Pincus investment.

XPO Logistics

Advising NYSE listed transportation and supply chain company XPO Logistics on the acquisition of certain UK contract logistics operations from Swiss logistics business Kuehne + Nagel International AG.

Epiris

Advising Epiris on its recommended public offer via a scheme of arrangement for IFG Group Plc.

Epiris

Advising Epiris on financing for its acquisition of Time Inc. UK.

Smith & Williamson

Advising Smith & Williamson on its combination via a scheme of arrangement with the Tilney Group to create the UK’s leading integrated wealth management and professional services group.

JD Wetherspoon plc

Advising JD Wetherspoon plc, the pub owner and operator, on its £875m credit facility and its issuance of £98m senior secured private placement notes.

Hyve Group plc

Advising Hyve Group plc (formerly ITE Group plc), the international events and exhibitions business, on its £250m facilities in connection with acquisition of Shoptalk and Groceryshop, two US-based market-leading events.

Spectris plc

Advising Spectris plc, the global instrumentation and controls group, on its US$800m credit facilities.

Salary Finance

Advising Salary Finance, a market-leading fintech group, on its joint venture with Clydesdale Bank plc to support its salary-deducted ethical consumer lending business.

Silverfleet Capital Partners LLP

Advising Silverfleet Capital Partners LLP on acquisition financing and refinancing facilities for Lifetime Training, Sigma Group and other portfolio companies.

Caledonia Investments

Advising Caledonia Investments on acquisition financing and refinancing facilities for Liberation Pubs Group, Seven Investment Management and Park Holidays, and on the sale of Park Holidays.

Charme Capital Partners

Advising Charme Capital Partners on acquisition financing facilities for portfolio companies.

Next Wave Capital

Advising Next Wave Capital on acquisition financing and refinancing facilities for portfolio companies.

Exponent Private Equity

Advising Exponent Private Equity on acquisition financing facilities for Big Bus Group.

Oak Hill Capital Partners

Advising Oak Hill Capital Partners on acquisition financing facilities for Pulsant Group.

Graphite Capital

Advising Graphite Capital on acquisition financing facilities for the Hawksmoor restaurant group.

Alchemy Partners

Advising Alchemy Partners on the refinancing and subsequent merger of Parkdean Holidays and its subsequent sale, and on the refinancing of Inventive Leisure and the subsequent IPO of Revolution Bars Group plc on the main market of the LSE.

TA Associates

Advising TA Associates on the refinancing of Cath Kidston Limited.

Sponsor-less corporate borrowers

Advising various sponsor-less corporate borrowers on strategic leveraged and acquisition financing and refinancing facilities.

UK, European and US-based specialty lenders and borrowers

Advising various UK, European and US-based specialty lenders and borrowers on borrowing base and asset backed variable funding note facilities.

Medicover Group

Advising Medicover Group in relation to multicurrency revolving facilities in conjunction with its flotation on NASDAQ Stockholm.

Paroc Group

Advising Paroc Group and the selling shareholders in relation to the issuance of €430m senior secured high yield notes and related super senior facility and the subsequent sale of the group.

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What people are saying

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"Kirstie Hutchinson 'cuts straight to the issues with a clear understanding of the factors that matter most to us. She has a directness that I appreciate and that supports efficient and effective negotiations'."

Chambers UK 2020

"Kirstie Hutchinson is a fantastic partner in a financing negotiation."

The UK Legal 500 2019

"Kirstie Hutchinson 'is able to harness the latest market developments to get the best outcome for a client' and is highly conversant with unitranche, super-senior, subordinated, high yield and bridge financing techniques."

The UK Legal 500 2019

"Clients say: 'She is exceptionally able technically and very commercial. She is very experienced and knows the market inside out whilst also being practical and hands-on.'"

Chambers UK 2019

"Kirstie Hutchinson is ‘very good on black letter law and also excellent at taking into account commercial considerations’"

The UK Legal 500 2017

"Kirstie Hutchinson is described as 'smart and responsive' in Legal 500"

The UK Legal 500 2016

In depth

Coronavirus: implications under finance documents of the spread of Covid-19

Kirstie Hutchinson, Jamie Macpherson 06 Mar 2020
With concerns around the potential economic impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus developing a momentum similar to the spread of cases, some key implications for debt finance...
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