Varun Baliga
Overview
Varun Baliga is a corporate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, practicing in the Capital Markets Group. Varun represents public and private company and private equity sponsor clients on securities and capital markets transactions, including equity offerings, high yield debt offerings, tender and exchange offers, acquisition financing and liability management transactions. Varun also advises clients on SEC disclosure and compliance, governance and general corporate matters.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Varun was an associate in the capital markets practice of a leading Indian law firm and served as a law clerk to Justice Rohinton Nariman in the Supreme Court of India.
Varun earned his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, as a Fulbright Scholar. He is qualified in New York and India.
Experience
Representative Matters
Debt Transactions
- Vista Equity Partners, alongside an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, in its $16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix Systems, including offerings of approximately $4 billion of secured notes and $2.5 billion of preferred equity
- Vista Equity Partners and its portfolio company Cloud Software Group in its offering of $3 billion of senior secured notes
- Triton Partners and its portfolio company WernerCo in its offering of $660 million of secured notes, including an exchange offering for existing unsecured notes and new senior secured notes
- Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR) in connection with:
- a $700 million high-yield senior notes offering by Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC and Avis Budget Finance, Inc.
- a $500 million high-yield senior notes offering by Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC and Avis Budget Finance, Inc.
- a €600 million high-yield senior notes offering by Avis Budget Finance plc
- a €400 million high-yield senior notes offering by Avis Budget Finance plc
- Restaurant Brands International, a multinational fast-food holding company comprised of Burger King, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Tim Hortons, in connection with:
- a $1.2 billion offering of senior secured notes
- a $500 million offering of senior secured notes
- the redemption of approximately $290 million of senior notes held by Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Restaurant Brands International
Equity Transactions
- Birkenstock and L Catterton in Birkenstock's $1.5 billion initial public offering
- 3G Capital in the forward sale of shares of Restaurant Brands International, a multinational fast-food holding company comprised of Burger King, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Tim Hortons
- Citigroup, as sole global coordinator, on the £115 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange of Hiro Metaverse Acquisitions I S.A., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Hiro Capital
Restructuring and Liability Management Exercises
- Modivcare, Inc. in connection with a comprehensive liability management transaction, including a $75 million first-lien incremental term loan, the issuance of $30 million of new second lien notes, the exchange of approximately $270 million of existing unsecured notes for new second lien notes and a corresponding covenant strip consent procedure
- Radiology Partners, Inc. and certain of its affiliates in connection with a series of liability management transactions, including (i) the replacement of its existing revolver due 2024 with a new revolver due 2028 (including a portion converted to a “first out” revolver), (ii) an uptier exchange by the lenders under its existing first lien term loans due 2025 for new first lien term loans due 2029 and a partial prepayment, (iii) an uptier exchange by the holders of its secured notes due 2025 for new first lien secured notes due 2029 and a partial prepayment, (iv) an uptier exchange by the holders of its unsecured notes due 2028 for new second lien secured notes due 2030, and (v) a new equity capital raise
- The Lycra Company and its subsidiaries in connection with a comprehensive debt refinancing, including a refinancing of its existing senior secured notes and associated transactions
SEC Compliance, Disclosure and Corporate Governance
- Birkenstock Holding plc
- Torrid Holdings, Inc.
Clerk & Government Experience
Law ClerkJustice Rohinton NarimanSupreme Court of India2019
Prior Experience
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
- Maharashtra & Goa, India
Education
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.M.2021
Executive Editor, Harvard Business Law Review
Fulbright Scholar
- NALSAR University of LawB.A.; LL.B.
with Honors
2016Editor-in-Chief, NALSAR Student Law Review