Catherine Casazza

Since joining Kirkland, Catherine has worked on the following matters:

• Sani/Ikos Financial Holdings 1 S.à r.l. in connection with its offering of €300 million in high yield bonds. 
• TI Fluid Systems plc in connection with an offering of €600 million of high yield bonds by its subsidiary TI Automotive Finance plc. 
• TB SA Acquisition Corp., a SPAC focused on opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa, in connection with its $200,000,000 IPO on NASDAQ.
• Intelligent Packaging Limited in connection with the offering of $100 million of high yield bonds.
• Specialty Building Products in connection with an offering of $75 million in high yield bonds as part of the financing for the acquisition of the group by The Jordan Company. 
• Intelligent Packaging Holdco Issuer Limited Partnership, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, in connection with an offering of $125 million of high yield bonds.
• Specialty Business Products, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, in connection with an offering of $50 million of additional high yield bonds under its existing indenture. 
• Specialty Business Products, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, in connection with an offering of $600 million of high yield bonds. 
• Bain Capital and NB Renaissance Partners in connection with the financing for their acquisition of Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.
• Merlin Entertainments Group, which is owned by Blackstone, KIRKBI and CPP Investments, in connection with the offering of €500 million of high yield bonds.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Catherine worked on the following matters:

• Represented underwriters in connection with $1.0 billion senior notes offerings by Encompass Health Corporation.
• Represented administrative agent, lead arranger and other titled banks in connection with an amended and restated $4.5 billion revolving credit facility and new $1.5 billion of delayed draw term loan facilities for Mondelēz International, Inc.
• Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with $2.35 billion credit facilities for Xerox Business Services, LLC and Affiliated Computer Services International B.V., in connection with the spin-off of Conduent Incorporated from Xerox Corporation.
• Represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup”), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“BofA Merrill Lynch”), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“JPMS”) and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“Wells Fargo”) in connection with a series of transactions for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (“R.R. Donnelley”):
  • Third-party tender offer to purchase certain of the outstanding debt securities of R.R. Donnelley of up to an aggregate purchase price of $125 million and their subsequent debt-for-equity exchange for shares of common stock of Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (“DFIN”).
  • As underwriters in connection with the offerings by (i) Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, JPMS and Wells Fargo, as selling stockholders, of 6,143,208 shares of common stock of DFIN and (ii) DFIN of 921,481 shares of its common stock.
  • Tender offer by R.R. Donnelley for certain of its outstanding debt securities of up to an aggregate purchase price of $200 million.
  • As joint book-running managers in connection with the offering by R.R. Donnelley, as selling stockholder, of 6,242,802 shares of common stock of LSC Communications, Inc.
• Represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., JPMS, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, KKR Capital Markets LLC and Jefferies LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with a Rule 144A offering of add-on $150 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due 2025 by NFP Corp. to its outstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due 2025.

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