Press Release

Kirkland Advises The Access Group on Europe’s Largest Ever Unitranche Financing on Record

Kirkland & Ellis is advising The Access Group on its refinancing and the financing aspects of the substantial further investment by its shareholders, Hg and TA Associates. The refinancing includes a committed acquisition facility for over £1 billion for future strategic acquisitions and is the largest private debt financing transaction ever undertaken in Europe. 

Read The Access Group’s press release

The Kirkland team was led by debt finance partners Neel Sachdev and Kanesh Balasubramaniam, associates Matt Wilson, Bowen Huang and Marina Fatsis; tax partners Tim Lowe, Art Ward and Christine Lehman and associates Anthony Antioch, Rikesh Gandhi and Simona Brooks; financial services regulatory partner Thomas Woodhead and associate Gemma Edey.