Since joining Kirkland & Ellis, Rachel represented:
- Power Heritage Group Limited as the offeror in its proposed privatization of Jiangnan Group Limited (HKSE: 1366) by way of a scheme of arrangement
- KKR on its debt financing for its 100% acquisition of Ness Digital Engineering, a global full-lifecycle digital services transformation company, from The Rohatyn Group
- Bain Capital on its approximate US$485 million acquisition of a 24.98% stake in IIFL Wealth Management (NSE: IIFLWAM), a company listed on the National Stock Exchange of India, from General Atlantic and Fairfax Financial. IIFL Wealth Management is one of the largest and fastest growing wealth and asset management firms in India
- The Blackstone Group on its acquisition of all of the issued share capital of Interplex Holdings Pte. Ltd., which was indirectly owned by funds managed by Baring Private Equity Asia, in a transaction valued at approximately US$1.6 billion
- Warburg Pincus Asia LLC, General Atlantic Singapore Fund Pte. Ltd., Ocean Link Partners Limited, and Mr. Jinbo Yao, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of 58.com, in the take-private of 58.com Inc. (NYSE: WUBA), China’s largest online classifieds marketplace, at a valuation of approximately US$8.7 billion with debt financing of US$3.5 billion. This transaction was named Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisitions by The Asia Legal Awards 2021 and “Finance Deal of the Year” by China Law & Practice Awards 2021
- WM Cayman Holdings Limited II, an indirect subsidiary of Wynn Macau, Limited (HKSE: 1128), a leading developer, owner and operator of integrated destination resorts in Macau, on its entry into a facility agreement with a syndicate of lenders, in an aggregate amount of $1.5 billion to WM Cayman II
- 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
