Andrew R. Kelly

Andrew Kelly is a partner in the London office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel (UK) LLP, where he focuses his practice on representing investment banks, commercial banks, private lenders, and public and privately held companies in a variety of capital raising transactions, including issuances of secured and unsecured high yield debt securities, syndicated loan transactions, direct lending transactions, and equity offerings.

Andrew serves as a member of Cahill’s Business Development Committee.

He is recognized as a Leading Partner for High Yield by The Legal 500 UK. Andrew has also been ranked in Chambers UK, in which clients praised him as a “very proactive,” “solutions-oriented,” and “well-respected counsellor,” who has shown “leadership and innovation in tackling complex structuring and legal matters.”

Andrew has over 15 years of experience advising clients in connection with acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, equity offerings, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, bridge lending and loan commitments, out-of-court debt restructurings, and other secured and unsecured lending transactions. A number of these matters include award-winning and landmark transactions that were firsts within their respective markets.

Andrew has represented either arrangers and other lenders or companies as borrowers in transactions involving Carlyle, CD&R, Cinven, CVC, EQT, IHS Towers, Macquarie Asset Management, OCI Global, Platinum Equity, Telefonica, THG, and Volvo Cars. He has practiced throughout Europe, the United States, and Asia and has experience in a variety of industries such as chemicals, financial services, gaming, healthcare, infrastructure, real estate, retail, technology, and telecommunications.

Previously, Andrew was a partner at a leading international law firm.

Selected Matters

• Representation of the initial purchasers in connection with the offering of high yield notes to finance CD&R’s acquisition of BUT as well as a subsequent refinancing of the business
• Representation of the underwriters in connection with the financing of high yield notes by RAC, a portfolio company of CVC, GIC, and Silver Lake, as part of a whole-business securitization
• Representation of the lenders in connection with the committed financing for Platinum Equity’s acquisition of Pattonair
• Representation of KIRKBI and the Consortium consisting of KIRKBI, Blackstone, and CPPIB in connection with the take-private transaction of Merlin Entertainments plc
• Representation of Telefonica in connection with the financing arrangements for the merger between O2 and Liberty Global’s Virgin Media
• Representation of Macquarie Asset Management in connection with the acquisition financing of Empark
• Representation of EQT and portfolio company CBR Fashion Group in connection with CBR Fashion Group’s term debt refinancing
• Representation of Carlyle in connection with the financing of its acquisition of a stake in AsiaSat
• Representation of CVC, the Universities Superannuation Scheme, and portfolio company Moto in connection with various high yield financings by Moto
• Representation of Cinven and portfolio company SYNLAB in connection with multiple high yield and leverage loan transactions by SYNLAB
• Representation of the initial purchasers in connection with multiple high yield bond financings by IHS Towers
• Representation of OCI Global in connection with multiple financing transactions including high yield debt securities, bridge and loan financings, and municipal bond offerings
• Representation of THG in connection with its Term Loan B financing and initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange
• Representation of Emma Delta in connection with the high yield margin bond financing of its acquisition of a minority stake in OPAP
• Representation of Volvo Cars in connection with its initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm
• Representation of Evry in connection with its initial public offering on the Oslo Stock Exchange

 * These matters were handled prior to joining Cahill