Biography
Kai has extensive experience advising on European and U.S. debt financings, including transactions involving senior secured credit facilities (including unitranche financings), high yield bonds, second liens and other acquisition and holdco instruments, liability management and fund financings.
Kai has worked on secondment at Hg Capital for a year where she worked on a variety of transactions across different funds, jurisdictions and sectors, advising on leveraged finance, fund finance, M&A and other legal matters.
Kai is recognised in IFLR1000’s 2024 Women in Business Law EMEA Awards as a rising star for finance.
Languages spoken: English, Chinese Mandarin and German
Representative experience (also from previous firm) includes advising:
- Ares on the refinancing of TalkTalk Telecom Group
- Ardian on the financing for the acquisition of Masco Group
- Ardian on its strategic investment in the Diot-Siaci Group
- Ardian portfolio company Biofarma in connection with its successful issuance of senior secured notes and the establishment of a super senior revolving credit facility and a delayed draw facility in the form of additional privately placed notes
- Advent on the financing for the carve out of the optics and laser business from Coherent group
- Advent International on the financing for its $8.1 billion take private offer for Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB
- Advent International and Eurazeo on their financing for the acquisition of Hoist and the subsequent combined refinancing of the Hoist group and the Planet group
- Advent International on its refinancing for Williams Lea Tag
- Advent International on its refinancing for Donte
- Bain Capital on the recapitalization transaction of the Consolis Group
- Bain Capital on its syndicated financing for the acquisition of Inetum
- Bain Capital on its financing for the acquisition of Deltatre
- CVC on a bespoke financing in respect of its strategic partnership with Dale Underwriting Partners
- CVC on the unitranche financing for its acquisition of Sogelink
- Permira on its financing for the acquisition of Safti
- Lone Star on its financing in respect of a dividend recapitalisation for Altadia
- A&M Capital on its financing for the acquisitions of Ayesa and Ibermatica
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on the refinancing of the OGF Group
- Montagu on the restructuring of Aqualung
- PSG on the sale of Nalanda to Once For All
- Sun Capital Partners on its sale of Adler & Allan
- TPG Growth on the financing of Onfido
- Hg Capital on a variety of leveraged financing and fund financing transactions, including its fund financing for Hg Saturn fund, its financings for the acquisitions of Iris Software AG, Medifox, Transporeon and ControlPay, a margin loan financing in connection with Hg’s investment in Gentrack, a fund level preferred equity investment and other bids and financing and corporate matters*
- Bridgepoint on its financing for the acquisition of Pharmazell*
- Bridgepoint on its financing for the acquisition of Vermaat Groep B.V.*
- PAI on its financing for the acquisition of Elitech*
- Charterhouse on its financing for the take private acquisition of Tarsus Group*
- Hines Real Estate fund on its subscription line financing*
* Matters handled prior to joining Weil.