Kristen is a partner in the banking and finance division in London. He advises on a wide range of financing transactions and specialises in acquisition and leveraged finance, acting for borrowers, lenders and financial advisers.
Credentials
- Goldman Sachs, the Royal Bank of Scotland plc and UBS AG as mandated lead arrangers in respect of the acquisition facilities made available to the PSA Group in connection with the £4.2 billion bid to acquire P&O
- 3i on the €180 million senior and mezzanine facilities to acquire Memora
- Tata Steel Limited and Tata Sons Limited in connection with the £6.2 billion bid to acquire Corus Group
- Macquarie Bank Limited in connection with the acquisition of the Wales and West Gas Distribution Network from Transco for circa €1.6 billion
- BNP Paribas and Société Générale in connection with the acquisition of part of the VNU media business for circa £300 million
- Helaba on the £500 million facilities made available to a company to acquire a rolling stock business
- Credit Suisse on an emerging markets acquisition financing of a beverage business in the Ukraine
- Tata Tea (GB) Limited in connection with its leveraged refinancing and provision of additional acquisition facilities
Signet Group in connection with its $390 million revolving credit facilities and $380 million private placement of senior notes
- Wincanton in connection with its £270 million term and revolving credit facilities and US private placement note issue
- Websense Inc. on the English aspects of its circa $500 million financing to acquire Surfcontrol
- Warner Chilcott on the English aspects of its circa $2.5 billion financing to acquire Proctor & Gamble's pharmaceutical business
- UBS AG (in its capacity as financial adviser) in relation to the £350m acquisition by the Babcock & Brown Group of P D Ports Plc, the £100 million acquisition by the Wienerberger Group of Baggeridge Brick plc and the circa £1 billion acquisition by First Reserve of Abbot Group
- Credit Suisse (in its capacity as financial adviser) in relation to the £300 million acquisition by the Apollo Group of BPP Holdings Plc and the circa £1 billion acquisition by Aon of Benfield