Rachel joined Kirkland & Ellis as an associate in the debt finance team in the Hong Kong office. Rachel has previous experience assisting in both domestic and international banking and finance transactions. Rachel is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Experience
Representative Matters
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
