Byron L. Nicol

Since joining Kirkland, Byron's representative matters have included advising:

• Gryphon Investors-backed Vetnique on the financing relating to a dividend recapitlisation transaction.
• Lone Star Funds on the financing for its acquisition of RadiciGroup’s high-performance polymers and specialty chemicals business units.
• Kingswood Capital Management on the financing for its acquisition of Coveris’ paper unit.
• Triton-backed Pharmanovia on a debt buy-back offering in connection with its TLB.
• Klöckner Pentaplast on financings relating to various special situation and restructuring transactions, including debtor-in-possession financing in connection with its voluntary prepackaged Chapter 11 proceedings and an exit-financing.
• Brightstar on the financing for its acquisition of a stake in Arden University.
• Lone Star-backed Manuchar in connection with the amendment and extension of its existing bonds and super senior revolving credit facility.
• SVP-backed Klöckner Pentaplast on the successful uptier exchange of senior unsecured notes.
• Blackstone-backed Priority on the refinancing of its existing TLB.
• GLP Capital Partners on aspects of its existing hybrid financing arrangements in connection with GLP’s $3.7 billion sale of GCP International to Ares Management Corporation.
• Genstar Capital on the financing aspects of its majority investment in Likewize.
• Gryphon Investors-backed Vetnique Labs on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Lintbells.
• Triton Partners-backed Ramudden Global on the amendment and extension of its circa €1.2 billion senior secured facilities.
• Triton Partners-backed Ramudden Global on the financing aspects of its acquisition of RSG International.
• Triton Partners-backed Pharmanovia on the amendment and extension of its circa €1.18 billion senior secured facilities.
• Trive Capital Partners on its recommended cash offer for Ten Entertainment Group.
• Cerberus Capital Management as a financial creditor of Vedanta Resources in relation to its $1.25 billion new money financing for recapitalisation and liquidity management purposes.
• Ad hoc group of financial creditors of Celsa Group on debt financing aspects of the first use of the Spanish Restructuring Plan procedure.
• Genesis Care on the debt financing aspects of its financial restructuring by way of parallel UK consent solicitation and parallel Chapter 11 restructuring process.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Byron’s representative matters included advising:

• Funding sources in connection with Apax's acquisition of a Scandinavian software group.
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the refinancing of its term and revolving facilities.
• Super senior lenders in connection with Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's acquisition of a majority stake in Sanoptis.
• Super senior lenders on one of Europe’s largest unitranche financing.
• Funding sources in connection with Carlyle’s acquisition of AutoForm Engineering GmbH.
• Morgan Stanley as underwriter of bridge-to-bond acquisition financing for Permira's acquisition of two target groups operating in Europe, the US and the UK.
• Park Square Capital as lender in providing second lien financing to support the acquisition of AEA Partner’s acquisition of a Scandinavian provider of property and fire damage restoration services.
• HPS and Blackstone Capital as lenders in providing unitranche financing to support the acquisition of a European based international gaming company.
• A finance subsidiary of Punch Pubs Group Limited, in connection with its debut offering of £600 million senior secured notes and related £70 million super senior revolving credit facilities.
• Canary Wharf Group in its £906.3 million debut bond offering pursuant to their green bond framework and related super senior revolving credit facility.
• Goldman Sachs MBD in providing unitranche facilities for a refinancing of existing debt of Bridgepoint portfolio companies based in the US and the UK.
• Direct lenders in providing unitranche financing to support the acquisition of a UK incorporated petfood manufacturer by CapVest Partners.
• Goldman Sachs International as lead arranger in providing TLB financing to support the acquisition, by way of scheme of arrangement, of McCarthy & Stone plc by Lone Star.
• Mandated lead arrangers on the underwritten financing package supporting the bid by a consortium, including Bain Capital, for Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj in a deal valuing the Finnish firm at approximately €2.1 billion. Ahlstron-Munksjö was listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki and Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchanges.
• An ad hoc group of bondholders in relation to the debt restructuring of the Italian company Office Maccaferri and its subsidiaries in approximately fourteen jurisdictions.
• Barclays Bank plc, Goldman Sachs International and Nomura International plc as joint financial advisers to Stonegate Pub Company in connection with its circa £1.3 billion recommended cash offer for EI Group plc.
• Merrill Lynch International as financial advisers to TDR Capital LLP in connection with its £1.9 billion recommended cash offer for BCA Marketplace plc.

Senior Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP, London, 2022–2023

Associate, Milbank LLP, London, 2020–2022

Associate, Ashurst LLP, London, 2017–2020

Werksmans Attorneys, Johannesburg

• Associate, 2015–2016
• Candidate Attorney, 2013–2015