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Kalish Mullen advises private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and corporate borrowers on complex, cross-border financing transactions. Dual-qualified in England & Wales and France, his practice spans the full spectrum of leveraged and infrastructure finance, including acquisition financings (unitranche, term loan B and senior/holdco structures), margin loans and other structured liquidity solutions, corporate financings, debt recapitalizations and fund-level financings.
Kalish has been described as “a true mastermind” leading “a highly technical team that achieves a level of excellence rarely equaled in the market” (Legal 500). Chambers also notes that he is “an excellent lawyer who is always available and able to handle the most complex situations”, and that he “surrounds himself with a great team to support him”.
Kalish Mullen leads the finance practice in Paris.
Referenzmandate
- Advised a leading media and entertainment group and a major online gaming operator on a €3 billion financing to combine with another operator in the online gaming and betting sector*
- Advised an investment firm on the €5 billion financing for its voluntary tender offer for shares of a French listed industrial company*
- Advised a private equity backed media production and distribution company on a €500 million term loan facility and €225 million revolving facility*
- Advised a private equity backed leading insurance brokerage firm on a €1.4 billion syndicated refinancing*
- Advised a private equity sponsor on the financing of its acquisition of a payments technology business and its combination with another payments testing activity*
- Advised an automotive parts distribution business on:
- its €1.2 billion refinancing; and
- €180 million super senior revolving credit facility entered into in connection with the acquisition by a listed strategic buyer*
- Advised a private equity sponsor on a €307 million recapitalization of an aerospace supplier*
- Advised a global leader in connectivity technologies on the implementation of an €85 million bridge facility*
- Advised a private equity sponsor on its majority investment in a software company*
- Advised a leading media and entertainment group on the amendment, extension and upsizing of senior secured debt*
- Advised a private equity backed consumer services group on its refinancing*
- Advised a private equity sponsor on the financing of the acquisition of a European digital asset management firm*
- Advised a private equity sponsor on the financing of the acquisition of a majority stake in a consumer healthcare platform*
- Advised a private equity sponsor on the financing of the acquisition of a technology and telecom distribution platform*
- Advised an infrastructure fund on the €425 million financing of its acquisition of a childcare and education platform*
- Advised a private equity sponsor on the financing of its acquisition of a life sciences equipment company from another investment firm*
- Advised a telecom operator on the implementation of a €1.2 billion staple financing in connection with the disposal of a 50% stake in its fibre infrastructure subsidiary*
- Advised a private equity backed clinic group on:
- the €350 million financing of its acquisition of a healthcare platform from a private equity sponsor;
- the extension of its senior indebtedness, the incorporation of a portability feature and the raising of a €100 million additional facility; and
- the amendment and extension of its senior secured indebtedness*
- Advised a private equity sponsor and its portfolio company on:
- the amendment and extension of senior facilities;
- the financing of bolt-on acquisitions in the healthcare sector; and
- the raising of an incremental facility*
- Advised a building materials group on:
- the €90 million financing of its acquisition of a European competitor from an industrial group; and
- the €374 million refinancing of senior indebtedness through first lien and second lien facilities*
- Advised a global animal health company on:
- a €600 million payment-in-kind financing in the context of a new investment round;
- the refinancing of senior indebtedness with a €2 billion term loan B and a €150 million revolving credit facility; and
- a €600 million incremental facility*
- Advised an equipment rental group on:
- the refinancing of senior indebtedness through high-yield bond issuance and a super senior revolving credit facility; and
- the raising of a €150 million incremental facility*
- Advised an investment vehicle on the financing of its acquisition of a minority stake in a pipeline transportation infrastructure company*
- Advised a chemicals company on the repricing of senior indebtedness, the raising of an incremental facility and the repayment of second lien debt*
- Advised a private equity sponsor on the financing of its acquisition of an extended warranty and services platform*
- Advised a private equity sponsor in relation to its disposal of a landscaping services group to another investor*
- Advised an investment vehicle on the refinancing of senior indebtedness through a €622 million facility*
- Advised a private equity sponsor on the €310 million first lien and €65 million second lien financing of its acquisition of a specialty chemicals business*
- Advised a global pharmaceutical company on the financing of its €3.9 billion public offer and acquisition of a listed biotech company*
- Advised investment holding companies on the financing of their €1.5 billion acquisition of an equipment rental group*
- Advised a private equity sponsor and a healthcare group on the €730 million financing of the acquisition of a hospital group*
- Advised a private equity sponsor on the unitranche financing of its acquisition of a construction materials business*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Auszeichnungen
Chambers France, Banking & Finance, Up & Coming, 2025
Legal 500 Europe, Banking & Finance, Next Generation Partner, 2024 – 2025
Qualifikation
Education
BPP Law School, London, Legal Practice Course, 2011
King’s College London, LL.B., English and French law, 2010
Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master 1 en droit, English and French Law, 2010
Admissions
England & Wales
Paris
Languages
English
French