IFLR Recognizes Kirkland with Loan Deal of the Year at Americas Awards 2024

International Financial Law Review (IFLR) honored Kirkland & Ellis with “Loan Deal of the Year” as part of its 2024 Americas Awards. The Firm was recognized for advising Finastra, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company, in connection with the refinancing of its existing credit facilities. The transaction resulted in the largest ever private credit deal in the United States, including a $4.82 billion senior secured unitranche term loan facility and a $500 million senior secured multicurrency revolving credit facility and involved more than twenty lenders and borrowers in multiple jurisdictions.

Finastra is one of the world’s largest financial services software companies with more than 9,000 customers, including 90 of the top 100 banks globally, across more than 130 countries. Vista is a U.S.-based investment firm with more than $96 billion in assets under management. The firm focuses on investing in software, data and technology-enabled organizations.

The annual IFLR awards recognize the most innovative cross-border legal deals of the year.