Gautam Agarwal

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

• 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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