Aram Valesyan is a debt finance associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Aram has worked on the following matters, advising:
Constellation Cold Logistics on the acquisition financing for Nordic cold-storage business Agri-Norcold
Arcus on the sale of Constellation Cold Logistics to EQT
Prior to joining Kirkland, Aram worked on the following matters, advising:
EQT Infrastructure in relation to, among other matters:
The financing of its acquisition of Trescal, a global leader in calibration laboratories
Portfolio company Lumos in its $1.1 billion sustainability-linked infrastructure debt financing, the first project finance-style fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure financing in the U.S. for an existing and integrated FTTH platform, and the first U.S. FTTH sustainability-linked financing
Eroski on its refinancing of senior debt, including the issuance of €500 million senior secured bonds
Eurofiber, a leading Dutch fiber network operator backed by Antin Infrastructure Partners and PGGM, on its €1.5 billion sustainability-linked refinancing
The funders to Cityfibre, the UK’s largest independent carrier-neutral Full Fibre platform, in relation to its up to £4.9 billion refinancing
A major global private equity sponsor in relation to the financing of its acquisition of a leading global provider of transport services
A European telecoms business in relation to its refinancing
Prior Experience
Clifford Chance LLP, London, 2021–2024
MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Auckland, 2019–2021
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2019, Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand
