Alborz Tolou

Since joining Kirkland, Alborz has been involved in the following matters:

High-Yield Offerings 

• Allied Universal Holdco LLC and Allied Universal Finance Corporation, in connection with their $540 million 144A/Reg S high-yield senior secured offering
• Aveanna Healthcare LLC in connection with its $560 million 144A/Reg S high-yield first lien notes offering
• Univar Solutions USA Inc. in connection with its $500 million 144A/Reg S high-yield senior notes offering issued in order to refinance its existing notes

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Bristol Myers Squibb in connection with the closing of its $90 billion acquisition of Celgene Corporation and its related $13.4 billion divesture of Celgene’s OTEZLA® program to Amgen

Restructuring and Liability Management Transactions

• Acosta, Inc., a multinational full-service sales, marketing and retail merchandising agency with 30,000 employees, serving 1,200 blue chip companies across the globe, in connection with the issuance of $325 million of shares of preferred stock through a rights offering and a direct investment as part of its Chapter 11 prepackaged restructuring of $3 billion of indebtedness

Prior to joining Kirkland, Alborz was involved in the following matters:

High-Yield Offerings

• Goldman Sachs International and the other initial purchasers, in connection with the €300 million Reg S/144A high-yield senior secured notes offering of Inter Media and Communication S.p.A.,a first-time issuer and the sole manager and operator of the media, broadcast and sponsorship business of its parent company, F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A., a prominent European football club
• Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, BNP Paribas and the other initial purchasers, in connection with the €350 million Reg S/144A and £225 million Reg S/144A high-yield senior notes offering of La Financière Atalian S.A.S., a French leading player in the facility management market, in order to finance its acquisition of Servest Limited, a similar business active in the UK market
• J.P. Morgan Securities plc and the other initial purchasers, in connection with the €150 million Reg S/144A high-yield senior secured notes offering of Infopro, a leading player in the European market for B2B media and business information, in order to finance its acquisition of DOCUgroup, a similar business active in the DACH market
• J.P. Morgan Securities plc and the other initial purchasers in connection with a Reg S/144A high-yield senior notes offering of a French issuer for a dividend recapitalization
• A first time issuer in connection with a Reg S/144A high-yield senior secured notes offering in order to refinance its existing credit facilities extended in the context of its restructuring

EMTN Offerings

• J.P. Morgan Securities plc and the other dealers, in connection with the $65 billion and $25 billion Euro medium term note program of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
• J.P. Morgan Securities plc and the other managers, in connection with a €1.5 billion fixed-to-floating rate notes offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co
• J.P. Morgan Securities plc and the other managers, in connection with a €2 billion fixed-to-floating rate notes offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co

Equity Offering

• The underwriters in connection with a registered equity offering of series C preferred shares by a NASDAQ-listed business

Reporting

• Ferroglobe plc in connection with the filing of its annual report on Form 20-F
• Anglogold Ashanti Limited in connection with the filing of its annual report on Form 20-F