Benjamin Lewis

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

• FNZ Group on the refinancing of its existing unitranche financing with new syndicated facilities due 2031
• Starwood Capital Group on its investment in ESR Group
• Atlas Luxco to announce $8 billion financing of public tender offers to take Millicom private
• KKR on the financing for its voluntary public takeover offer for Encavis
• Starwood Capital Group on its strategic investment in Echelon Data Centres
• Brookfield on its impending take private of alstria AG
• The Lycra Company and its subsidiaries in connection with a liability management transaction resulting in a comprehensive debt refinancing, including a refinancing of its existing senior secured notes, revolving credit facility and associated transactions
• AXA IM Alts on the sale of Data4 to Brookfield Infrastructure

Prior to joining Kirkland, Ben worked on the following representative matters:

• Acting for the lender committee of DTEK Energy in the successful restructuring of Ukraine’s largest energy company
• Acting for senior secureds of Virgin Active on market leading restructuring plan which saw a cross class cram down of four dissenting classes of landlord, equity injection and accordion funding

Hogan Lovells International LLP

• Associate, 2020–2022
• Trainee Solicitor, 2018–2020