Gautam Agarwal

Gautam’s experience since joining Kirkland & Ellis includes advising:

• KKR on its debt financing for its 100% acquisition of Ness Digital Engineering, a global full-lifecycle digital services transformation company, from The Rohatyn Group
• Carlyle on the acquisition of HCP Global, a leading Chinese packaging firm, from Baring Private Equity Asia 
• LimeTree Capital, a fiduciary private equity investment manager with a focus on under-researched real estate asset classes across Asia, on a platform consolidation of the commercial car park assets held by its two China-focused private investment funds 
• WM Cayman Holdings Limited II, an indirect subsidiary of Wynn Macau, Limited (HKSE: 1128), a leading developer, owner and operator of integrated destination resorts in Macau, on its entry into a facility agreement with a syndicate of lenders, in an aggregate amount of $1.5 billion to WM Cayman II
• Brookfield Asset Management in the margin financing backed by its units in Brookfield India Real Estate Trust 
• VisasQ Inc. (TYO: 4490), a leading knowledge platform in Japan, in its acquisition of Coleman Research Group, Inc., a US-based expert network service firm 
• Blackstone Real Estate Partners on the margin loan financing in connection with its investment in Embassy Office Parks REIT (listed in India), the first offshore margin loan of its kind in India. This deal won “Banking and Finance Deal of the Year” at IFLR1000 India Awards 2020 
• Advent International on a US$145 million margin loan in relation to shares in Crompton Greaves 
• Baring Private Equity Asia on a US$600 million facility in connection with the redemption of the US$367.9 million of notes issued by HT Global IT Solutions Limited, a Mauritius entity owned by BPEA that owns 62% of Hexaware Technologies (NSE: HEXAWARE), and funding of the take-private of Hexaware
• KKR on the leveraged financing for the acquisition of EuroKids pre-school chain in India
• Baring Private Equity Asia on the leveraged financing for the acquisition of a controlling stake in NIIT Technologies, a company listed on the NSE and BSE in India
• Advent International on the unitranche leveraged financing for the buy-out of Bharat Serums and Vaccines in India
• China Singyes Solar in restructuring of its total US$425 million senior notes due 2018 and 2019 respectively
• founders of Topcast Aviation, APAC’s leading independent aircraft parts distributor, in the sale of a majority of shares of Topcast to Permira

Gautam’s experience prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis includes advising:

• arrangers on the leveraged financing provided to Blackstone for the acquisition of a majority controlling stake in Mphasis, from Hewlett-Packard
• the arranging bank on the takeover (via a scheme of arrangement) of Singapore-listed Innovalues Ltd by Singapore-based private equity group Northstar
• a sovereign wealth fund on a recapitalisation and refinancing of SGD2.1 billion facilities in connection with an acquisition of a premium commercial property in Singapore
• the arrangers on the refinancing of leveraged acquisition financing for Permira’s acquisition of Akindo Sushiro, an operator of sushi bars in Japan
• arrangers on a US$394.3 million structured financing to a US based software and data analytics firm
• an international bank on conventional and Islamic facilities to a leading conglomerate in Malaysia involved primarily in the automotive and construction business
• a syndicate of 17 mandated lead arrangers of US$1.5 billion term loan facilities to Tata Steel Global Holdings. Also advised the arrangers on the refinancing of these facilities
• the arranging bank in connection with its senior financing to a global private equity fund for the leveraged acquisition of a leading education company in Vietnam
• international banks on a couple of external commercial borrowings (ECBs) raised by a market leading company in the transport infrastructure sector in India
• the lender on an acquisition financing to an Indian group for the acquisition of a portfolio of speciality and pain management products from a US drug maker
• lenders in relation to the project financing and then refinancing of an oil refinery project in Tamil Nadu, India
• lenders in relation to the project financing of an alumina refinery project with captive power plant in Odisha, India
• a consortium of 19 banks in relation to the restructuring of approximately US$4.29 billion working capital debt of a major Indian airline company
• Indian lenders and a German lender in relation to the project financing of INR7.86 billion toll based road project in Gujarat, India
• a government power distribution company in India in relation to the procurement of power through case 1 bidding process
• a foreign sovereign wealth fund in connection with a proposed investment in a major Indian infrastructure group
• lenders led by State Bank of India in their recast of Indian Rupee loans equivalent to approximately US$1.6 billion provided to an airline company
• lenders in relation to the project financing/ refinancing of various road projects and power projects (gas based and coal based) in India

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