Benjamin Lewis
Associate Debt Finance
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Overview
Benjamin Lewis is a debt finance associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
Ben has banking and debt finance experience including leveraged acquisitions, syndicated lending, cross-border financing, special situations, real estate finance and general banking.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Ben has worked on the following representative matters, advising:
- FNZ Group on the refinancing of its existing unitranche financing with new syndicated facilities due 2031
- Starwood Capital Group on its investment in ESR Group
- Atlas Luxco to announce $8 billion financing of public tender offers to take Millicom private
- KKR on the financing for its voluntary public takeover offer for Encavis
- Starwood Capital Group on its strategic investment in Echelon Data Centres
- Brookfield on its impending take private of alstria AG
- The Lycra Company and its subsidiaries in connection with a liability management transaction resulting in a comprehensive debt refinancing, including a refinancing of its existing senior secured notes, revolving credit facility and associated transactions
- AXA IM Alts on the sale of Data4 to Brookfield Infrastructure
Prior to joining Kirkland, Ben worked on the following representative matters:
- Acting for the lender committee of DTEK Energy in the successful restructuring of Ukraine’s largest energy company
- Acting for senior secureds of Virgin Active on market leading restructuring plan which saw a cross class cram down of four dissenting classes of landlord, equity injection and accordion funding
Prior Experience
Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Associate, 2020–2022
- Trainee Solicitor, 2018–2020
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2020, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
- BPP Law School, HolbornLegal Practice Course2018
- BPP Law School, WaterlooGraduate Diploma in Law2017
- University of ExeterB.A., French & Spanish2015with Distinction in Spoken Spanish
News &
Insights
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Advent on Exclusive Negotiations to Acquire Kereis
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Bain Capital on Acquisition of Apleona
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Maesa on Sale of European and Middle Eastern Operations
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Consortium on Proposal to Take ESR Private
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Atlas Luxco on $8 Billion Financing of its Public Tender Offers to Take Millicom Private