Since joining Kirkland & Ellis, Rachel represented:
- 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
- Loyal Valley Capital, as a member of an investor consortium, in the privatisation of O-Net Technologies (Group) Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement
- Chindata Group Holdings Limited, a carrier-neutral hyperscale data center solution provider in Asia and a Bain portfolio company, in its US$621 million Nasdaq IPO under the symbol “CD”. Kirkland also represented Chindata in its concurrent private placements for an aggregate amount of US$135 million
Prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis, Rachel represented:
- The Carlyle Group on the HK$1.2 billion term loan facility in connection with Carlyle and CITIC's privatisation of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited, a provider of telecommunications services
- BNP Paribas on a US$85 million term loan facility Alvogen Emerging Markets Holdings Limited, a pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing, and selling generic, brand, OTC, and biosimilar products
- A syndicate of banks on the €2.2 billion term loan facilities in connection with Mascot JVCO (Cayman) Limited's acquisition of Amer Sports Corporation, a sporting goods company.
- Lodgis Hospitality Holdings Pte., a hotel investment platform formed through a joint venture between Warburg Pincus and Vinacapital Ltd., on a US$81 million term loan facility in connection with Warburg Pincus' acquisition of Ho Tram Project Company, a developer of the Ho Tram Strip, a group of integrated resorts and residential development
- Barings Asset Management Limited on a US$63 million term loan facilities in connection with its acquisition of Genea Limited, an owner of fertility clinics that provides reproductive technology products and services by Mason Group
- Tianqi Lithium Industries on the term loan facilities connected with its acquisition of a 24% stake in Sociedad Quimica y Minera, a producer of plant nutrition products and specialty fertilisers, and the world’s second-largest lithium producer. This was the largest syndicated outbound M&A financing into Latin America in 2018.
- A syndicate of banks led by Bank of America, N.A. on a US$6.5 billion club loan to a leading Chinese technology company
