Sinead O’Shea is a debt finance partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She has deep experience with a broad range of senior and subordinated financing structures, with an emphasis on infrastructure finance, leveraged acquisition finance, public to private transactions, capex roll-out facilities and syndicated corporate facilities. Sinead represents financial sponsors and their portfolio companies on complex cross-border financings across a wide range of infrastructure asset classes, including digital infrastructure, energy and energy transition.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Sinead has worked on the following matters, advising:
Global Technical Realty on the acquisition financing of a London data center at more than £1 billion.
KKR on the financing for its voluntary public takeover offer for Encavis.
Sienna Bidco Limited on the financing for the acquisition of Smart Metering Systems.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Sinead worked on the following matters, advising:
KKR Infrastructure in connection with the financing for:
its announced acquisition of the network business of Telecom Italia;
its takeover of ContourGlobal plc;
its takeover of Albioma SA;
its capex facilities for Open Dutch Fiber;
its acquisition of Viridor Limited from Pennon plc;
its acquisition of and capex facilities for Hyperoptic Limited;
its JV investment in Telxius alongside Telefonica;
its investment in the fibre businesses of Altice France, Reintel and Telenor;
its acquisition (as part of a consortium of investors) of Vantage Towers.
BlackRock in connection with the financing for an equity investor consortium acquisition of a 49% stake in Aramco Gas Pipelines Company.
Blackstone in connection with:
financing the voluntary tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding ordinary shares of Atlantia S.p.A.;
the financing for its acquisition of Desotec and its add-on acquisition of Evoqua’s carbon reactivation services business.
GTR in connection with capex facilities for the development of its UK data centre platform.
Equitix in connection with the refinancing of acquisition facilities related to the takeover of John Laing plc.
Viridor in connection with term and revolving facilities and a US private placement to refinance indebtedness related to its Energy from Waste business.
Silver Lake Partners in connection with:
the financing for its takeover of Software AG;
the financing for its takeover of Zoopla plc.
KKR Infrastructure and Equitix in connection with the financing for the acquisition of the John Laing group (and subsequent refinancings of those acquisition facilities).
KKR Infrastructure and BlackRock in connection with the financing for their acquisition of a 40% stake in ADNOC Oil Pipelines.
Logicor in connection with its revolving credit facilities.
Energia Group in connection with its revolving credit facilities.
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Recognition
“Women Leaders,” IFLR1000, 2021–2022
“Thought Leadership,” Legal Week Women, Influence & Power in Law U.K. Awards, 2021
“Best in Banking & Finance,” Euromoney Europe Women in Business Law Awards, 2019
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2003, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
2002, New York
Education
The Honorable Society of King’s InnsBarrister-at-Law degree1998