Phil Rigley is a debt finance associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
Phil’s experience includes advising sponsors, corporate borrowers, banks and other financial institutions across a broad range of cross-border financing transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged acquisition financings.
Phil spent six months on secondment in the London office of a leading private equity firm.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Phil has worked on the following, advising:
Warburg Pincus on the acquisition of a majority stake in Uvex Winter Holding
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
Lone Star Funds on its dual acquisition and future combination of RadiciGroup’s high performance polymers and specialty chemicals business areas, and DOMO Engineered Materials
GI Partners in connection with European financing aspects in connection with the acquisition of Netwatch
ASP Unifrax Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates on the debtor-in-possession financing relating to their Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas
Park Square Capital on the acquisition of the commercial rights to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC)
26North Partners and Middleby Corporation in connection with European financing aspects of the credit facilities to finance the acquisition of or investments in or by The Residential Kitchen business of Middleby Corporation
Prior to joining Kirkland, Phil worked on the following, advising:
Halyk Bank on its $300 million syndicated term loan
Goldman Sachs Alternatives in connection with the financing of the majority acquisition of Crystal, a French wealth management leader
Nordic Capital in connection with its:
acquisition of Ascot Lloyd, one of the UK’s largest independent financial advice firms
acquisition of Care Fertility, a leading fertility clinic group
acquisition of a European environmental services provider
Boluda Towage, the Spanish towage and maritime services company on the amend-and-extend and upsize of its €1.1 billion term loan B and revolving facilities
UGI Corporation, the global natural gas distribution company, in connection with its €800 million syndicated revolving credit and term loan facilities, in order to refinance its existing capital structure
Ares Management Corporation on its acquisition of SLR Global, a UK-based global sustainability consultancy and advisory business, from Charterhouse and management shareholders
Once For All, a GTCR portfolio company, on its acquisition of Nalanda Global, a supply chain risk and management software platform based in Spain, from PSG Equity
GTCR on the financing of its acquisition of Fortius Limited d/b/a Once For All, a France-based provider of supply chain management solutions for the construction industry
Permira on the financing for their acquisition of Neuraxpharm Group, a European specialty pharmaceutical company
German care home operator in relation to its amend-and-extend agreement
Arcmont, CVC Credit, Goldman Sachs and Macquarie in relation to the approximately €700 million private bond in connection with the co-investment of Ardian and NB Renaissance in Neopharmed Gentili S.p.A., a leading pharmaceutical company operating in the Italian market
Odyssey Investment Partners as to English law matters in connection with the financing for its acquisition of ProPharma Group
Callaway Golf as to English law matters in connection with its existing US financing arrangements
