Annie Zhao

Associate Debt Finance

New York +1 212 390 4103

Annie Zhao

Practices

Overview

Annie Zhao is a corporate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and is a member of the Firm's Debt Finance Practice Group. She focuses her practice on advising corporate borrowers, private equity sponsors and other private and public companies on a variety of debt financing transactions, including cross-border and domestic acquisition financings, first and second lien credit facilities, middle market and large cap financings and restructuring transactions.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Annie was a corporate associate in the New York office of Paul Hastings LLP where her practice focused on representing banks, alternative lenders, investors and other financial institutions as arrangers, lenders and underwriters across a broad spectrum of corporate finance transactions, including secured and unsecured lending arrangements; leveraged, investment-grade and acquisition financings; cross-border and multi-currency financings; funds finance; debt restructurings; and recapitalizations. During her time at Paul Hastings LLP, she also completed a secondment with Veritas Capital.

IBS Software, a portfolio company of Apax Partners in its financing of its acquisition of Above Property

GreyLion in its financing of its acquisition of Birdseye Security Solutions

Vetnique Labs, a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors, in its financing of its acquisition of Lintbells

Welsch, Carson, and Anderson & Stowe in its financing of its acquisition of EquiLend

Point 41 Capital Partners in its financing of its acquisition of Interstate AC Services and Open Source Controls LLC

Charter Next Generation Inc., a portfolio company of KKR, in its financing of its $4.6 billion refinancing of its credit facilities

Harbor Freight Tools in its refinancing of $2.85 billion of its credit facilities

Pure Fishing, a portfolio company of Sycamore Partners in its financing of its credit facilities

Bain Capital Private Equity in its financing of its acquisition of Harrington Industrial Plastics

L Catterton in its financing of its $355 million investment in iFIT Health & Fitness

Zelis Healthcare LLC in its $1.98 billion refinancing of its credit facilities

Greenbriar Equity Group in its financing of its acquisition of VIVE Collision

Orchid Orthopedics, a portfolio company of Nordic Capital, in its $800 million refinancing of its credit facilities

Associate, Paul Hastings LLP

Secondee, Veritas Capital Fund Management LLC

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2021New York

Languages

  • English
  • Mandarin

Education

  • Osgoode Hall Law SchoolJ.D.2019
    Associate Editor, Osgoode Hall Law Journal
  • University of Western OntarioB.A., Psychology & Philosophy2016