Rohan Sahai

Since joining Kirkland, Rohan has worked on the following matters, advising:

• Ardagh Group on its:
  
  • Holistic $6 billion debt and equity recapitalization transaction
  • $1.1 billion unrestricted subsidiary financing from Apollo Capital
• STADA, a Bain and Cinven portfolio company, in connection with its offering of €650 million senior secured notes and €600 million senior secured floating rate notes
• 3G Capital on the $8 billion financing for its acquisition of Skechers
• Ad hoc group of noteholders on Country Garden’s US$17.7 billion restructuring
• Ad hoc group of noteholders on CIFI’s US$8.1 billion restructuring
• Ad hoc group of noteholders on Kaisa’s successful $16 billion restructuring
• Ad hoc group of noteholders of Yuzhou on the completion of a $6.7 billion offshore restructuring
• An ad hoc group of holders of the offshore notes issued by China Evergrande Group in connection with the restructuring of the offshore indebtedness in excess of US$39.9 billion
• Merlin Entertainments, a portfolio company of Blackstone, KIRKBI and CPP Investments, in connection with its offering of $410 million senior secured notes.
• Wagamama, an indirect portfolio company of Apollo Management International LLP, in connection with its £330 million senior secured notes offering.
• TPG Rise Climate and GIC in connection with the offering of €750 million senior secured notes as part of their €6.7 billion leveraged buyout of Techem.
• Stonegate, a portfolio company of TDR Capital, on its $3 billion refinancing.
• Hurtigruten on its holistic recapitalization transaction, including reinstatement of its existing senior unsecured green bonds.
• GIC and Sani/Ikos on its €350 million senior secured notes offering.
• Belysse on the refinancing of its senior secured notes due 2024 using proceeds of a new €120 million credit facility and issuance of contingent value rights (CVRs) to Blantyre Capital.
• Food Delivery Brands, a Spanish multi-brand pizza delivery group, on its €500 million restructuring.
• Merlin Entertainments, a portfolio company of Blackstone, KIRKBI and CPP Investments, in its €700 million offering of high yield bonds.
• STADA Arzneimittel AG, a portfolio company of Bain Capital and Cinven, in its successful offer to exchange €1.4 billion in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 3.5% senior secured notes.
• Technicolor on the spinoff and listing of its creative visual arts services division.
• LSF9 Balta Issuer S.à r.l, a portfolio company of Lone Star Funds, on a tender offer, exchange offer and consent solicitation relating to its €234 million senior secured notes and a concurrent private placement of senior secured notes, in connection with the disposal of its rugs, residential polypropylene and non-woven businesses.
• CTEC II in its offering of €465,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5¼% senior notes due 2030 to finance its acquisition of the global medical technologies platform CeramTec.
• Citigroup, as sole global coordinator, on the £115 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange of Hiro Metaverse Acquisitions I S.A., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Hiro Capital. 
• LSF9 Balta Issuer S.à r.l. in connection with an exchange offer to exchange €234.9 million of its outstanding senior secured notes for newly issued senior secured notes and/or cash consideration as well as a related consent solicitation and scheme solicitation. 
• The initial purchasers in connection with Picard Groupe’s offering of €750 million 3.875% Sustainability-Linked senior secured notes due 2026, Lion/Polaris Lux 4’s offering of €650 million Sustainability-Linked Floating Rate senior secured notes due 2026 and Picard Bondco’s offering of €310 million 5.375% Sustainability-Linked senior notes due 2027.
• Spa Holdings 3 Oy in connection with an offering of €350 million in euro-denominated high yield bonds and $305 million in dollar-denominated high yield bonds issued in connection with the acquisition of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oy by Bain Capital.
• The initial purchasers in connection with Pinewood Studios’ offering of £200 million 3.25% senior secured notes due 2025.
• The consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung on the financing aspects of the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG, including €6.7 billion of high yield bonds.
• Merlin Entertainments Group, which is owned by Blackstone, KIRKBI and CPP Investments, in connection with the offering of €500 million of high yield bonds.
• Bain Capital, Cinven and Nidda Healthcare Holding GmbH in connection with the offering of €350 million of high yield bonds.
• Ad hoc group of noteholders of Hertz Corporation in connection with a successful consent solicitation and waiver process that avoided the need for Hertz’s European subsidiaries to file insolvency proceedings.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Rohan worked on the following matters, advising:

• Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Limited on its $250 million initial public offering, the first by an asset management company in India.
• Goldman Sachs, the broker, on the $3.2 billion sale by Daiichi Sankyo of shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries through a combination of block and bulk trades on the stock exchanges.
• Citigroup and other placement agents on the $220 million qualified institutions’ placement by Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, a leading Indian financial services conglomerate.
• The underwriters on the $1.5 billion (equivalent) initial public offering of The New India Assurance Company, one of the first general insurance IPOs in India.
• RBL Bank Limited, one of India’s leading private sector banks, on its $250 million initial public offering.
• The underwriters on the $70 million initial public offering off Quick Heal Technologies, a leading Indian security software solutions provider.
• The underwriters on the $760 million (equivalent) initial public offering of Bharti Infratel Limited, a leading Indian telecom infrastructure company.