Casper Howells
Associate Debt Finance
Overview
Casper Howells is a corporate associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, with a focus on structured finance & structured private credit. He has experience representing issuers, borrowers, lenders and initial purchasers in a broad range of asset securitization, structured finance, secured lending and receivables sale transactions.
Experience
Representative Matters
Travel + Leisure Co. in offerings of asset-backed securities secured by timeshare receivables.
Qdoba Restaurant Corporation on the closing of its inaugural $305 million whole business securitization through Qdoba Funding LLC.
Maverick Natural Resources in connection with a master trust issuance of $640 million of asset-backed securities secured by Maverick’s Western Anadarko Basin producing oil and gas wells.
NextGear Capital, Inc. in connection with issuances from a floorplan master trust of term series notes in 144A transactions, and variable funding notes to ABCP conduits and banks.
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2023Illinois
- 2021California
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles, School of LawJ.D.2021
- Florida Gulf Coast UniversityB.S., Legal Studies2017
News &
Insights
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Diversified Energy Company on Asset-Backed Securitization
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Centerbridge Partners on Acquisition of $400 Million Consumer Loan Portfolio from Upstart
- Press Release Kirkland Counsels Maverick Natural Resources on Closure of $640 Million Asset-backed Securitization