Sherry Khalili is a debt finance partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Sherry focuses primarily on advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a wide range of domestic and cross-border acquisition financing, leveraged finance and general banking transactions.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Sherry has worked on the following matters, advising:
Grupo Antolin to complete a successful debt refinancing
Antolin in connection with its offering of €250 million senior secured notes and the amendment and extension of its €515 million senior term and revolving facilities
Prior to joining Kirkland, Sherry was involved in various financing transactions, including:
PAI Partners' financing of its acquisition of ECF Group Equity
PAI Partners in connection with the €620 million TLB financing for the acquisition of majority stake in InfraGroup
PAI Partners on the financing aspects of its joint venture investment with Nestle in Nestle’s European Pizza Group business
PAI Partners-backed M Group Services’ refinancing of its £460 million TLB
Carlyle and PAI Partners on the financing aspects of their acquisition of Theramex
PAI Partners-backed Veonet on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Spain-based Miranza Inversiones Oftalmológicas
€795 million-equivalent TLB, a €170 million second lien loan and a €150 million revolver backing the buyout of Veonet by PAI Partners and Ontario Teachers
PAI Partners-backed M Group on financing aspects of various acquisition of Babcock International Group’s Overhead Line Power business
Brookfield-backed Modulaire Group on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Mobile Mini UK
Cinven on its acquisition of Swedish insurance broker Säkra from Adelis Equity Partners
Providence Equity Partners in connection with the financing of its joint investment with Five Arrows Principal Investments in A2MAC1
Waterland in connection with the financing of its investment in Moore Kingston Smith
Permira-backed I-MED Radiology Network on the financing elements of its acquisition of Alfred Medical Imaging
Five V Capital on the financing aspect of its acquisition of Australia's leading infrastructure and property consulting business, APP Corporation
Five V Capital in connection with financing its acquisition of Zenith Investment Partners
Pemba Capital Partners’ AU$250 million debt facility to partially back the simultaneous acquisitions of Premium Funding and Principal Finance
Syndicate of lenders in respect of NSW Electricity Networks' acquisition of the TransGrid network from the NSW Government for AU$10.258 billion, with an AU$5.5 billion financing package
Prior Experience
Allen & Overy LLP, London, UK
Senior Associate, 2021–2023
Associate, 2018–2019
Clifford Chance LLP, Sydney, Australia
Senior Associate, 2019–2021
Hogan Lovells International LLP, Sydney, Australia
Associate, 2017–2018
Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney, Australia
Lawyer, 2015–2017
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2015, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
College of Law, SydneyLegal Practice Course2013
Macquarie UniversityBachelor of Laws & International Studies(Hons)2012