Biography
Ashley Ken is an associate in the London Finance practice, specialising in cross-border acquisition and leveraged finance for private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, banks and direct lenders.
Ashley is experienced in debt products across the credit spectrum, including syndicated loans, unitranche facilities and holdco PIK. Ashley has previously spent time on secondment to Tokyo, Japan.
Representative experience includes advising on:
Private Equity Sponsors:
- CVC on multiple financings including bids for DB Schenker and Single Use Support.
- PAI on multiple financings including its bid for the consumer health business of Sanofi.
- Bain Capital on its financing for the acquisition of I.D.C. by Valeo Foods and various upsizes and repricings.
- Ardian on its minority back leverage investment in Diot-Siaci by way of a holdco PIK.
- Permira on various debt financing matters including Safti.
- A&M Capital Europe on various financings including Ayesa, Carton Pack and Isla Délice.
- Inflexion on the financing of its acquisition of GRC and various bolt-on acquisitions.
Banks and Direct Lenders:
- The arrangers and direct lenders on various KKR financings including KKR’s acquisition of IVI-RMA, Contabo, APRIL Group, Biosynth and Generalife.
- HPS and Permira Credit, as senior lenders, in a consensual handover and restructuring of the Away Resorts Group.
- The arrangers in connection with 888’s acquisition of the international (non-US) business of William Hill.
- The arrangers in connection with the $39 billion acquisition by AstraZeneca of Alexion Pharmaceutical, the largest acquisition financing and largest acquisition of a U.S. company of 2020.