James McGivern

Kirkland & Ellis represented Genesee & Wyoming Inc., a short-line railroad holding company and a portfolio company of Brookfield Asset Management and GIC Private Limited, in connection with the launch and closing of a multifacility debt offering. The financing includes a $2.725 billion term loan B credit facility, a $600 million revolving credit facility, a $700 million high-yield notes offering and is expected to include a £100 million UK credit facility. The U.S. credit facilities and high-yield notes offering closed on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The UK credit facility is expected to close in May 2024. The Kirkland team was led by debt finance partners Roald Nashi, Linda Zang, Sean McClay and James Boswell; capital markets partners Matt Pacey, Bryan Flannery and Ieuan List; and corporate partners Brittany Sakowitz and Toby Parkinson; and included debt finance partners James McGivern and Shana Hamilton and associates Charles Martin, Alexandra Holden, Christopher Hargett, Miriam Domer and Dan Dyring; and capital markets associates Maya Pierce, Samantha Siegler and Curtis French.

Apr 19

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Apollo-managed funds on their acquisition of a non-controlling stake in bp Pipelines TAP Limited, a subsidiary of bp (NYSE: BP, LSE: BP.L) that holds a 20% share in Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP), in a transaction valued at approximately $1 billion. TAP AG is the owner and operator of the final 880-kilometer leg of the Southern Gas Corridor pipeline system that transports natural gas from the bp-operating Shah Deniz gas field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea to markets in Europe such as Greece and Italy – it is a key infrastructure asset for meeting European energy demand. Read Apollo’s press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Monica Gemes, Toby Parkinson, Sara Pickersgill, Nick Appleton, Adam Larson and Stephen Noh and associates Tom Lawless, Toshi Mahapatra, Patrick Lingwall and Nicholas Rinehart; debt finance partners Mary Kogut, James Boswell, James McGivern, Shan Khan and Jeffrey O'Connor and associates Christina Godard, Chiara Song, Kaitlin Schock and Aaron Shubert; tax partners Peter Abbott, Siv Devakumar, Mark Dundon and Thomas Evans and associates Weiwei Chen and Alexandria Solomou.

Sep 23

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising KKR on an agreement under which KKR will acquire a 25% stake in Enilive, Eni’s mobility transformation company dedicated to biorefining, biomethane production, smart mobility solutions and providing services to support people on the move. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. Enilive aims to provide progressively decarbonized services and products in support of a sustainability-driven mobility transformation. Read KKR’s press release The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Toby Parkinson, Sara Pickersgill, Nick Appleton, Serra Tar, Claudia Carr, Melissa Sawyer and Shaun Boyle and debt finance lawyers Sinead O'Shea, James Boswell, Jia Meng, Luca Misseroni, James McGivern, Marco Convertini and Hannah McLaughlin.

Oct 24

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised a consortium led by Sandbrook Capital on signing an agreement to acquire NeXtWind Capital Ltd (“NeXtWind”), a German renewable energy company, from a syndicate led by Crestline Investors. As part of the transaction, the consortium will commit up to US$750 million of equity capital to NeXtWind to acquire its existing portfolio of operating wind assets and to fund future growth. Read Sandbrook Capital’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Keir MacLennan and associates Dana Abdulkarim and Talodabioluwa Olu-Odugbemi; debt finance partners James Boswell and James McGivern; and tax partners Peter Abbott and James Seddon and associate Maria Clezy. The team was supported by corporate partners Hendrik Braun, Stephen Noh and John Pitts.

Aug 9

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Solör Bioenergy Group, a leading supplier of renewable district heating in Sweden, Norway and Poland, on the refinancing of its existing facilities. The new financing structure includes an investment grade rated senior common terms platform, a midco common terms platform and a holdco facility. Read Solör Bioenergy Group’s press release The Kirkland team is led by debt finance partners James Boswell, James McGivern and Tina Xu and associates Alexandra Holden, Chiara Song, Ivanna Batanova, Oliver Taylor and Michael McNamee; capital markets partner Cedric Van den Borren; and tax associate Ted Meddick-Dyson.

Mar 1

1 min