Gil J. Strauss

Gil Strauss is a Partner in the Firm’s Capital Markets Practice where he focuses on U.S. securities law. Gil has extensive experience working for private equity sponsors, publicly held and privately held companies and underwriters on their high yield bond offerings, leveraged buyouts transactions, restructurings, initial public offerings and other corporate finance transactions, as well as general corporate and securities law matters. He also has extensive experience in infrastructure financing transactions, including project finance bonds.

Gil’s recent transactions include representing:

• Aston Martin in multiple financing transactions, as well as its IPO
• KKR and its portfolio companies (including Upfield, John Laing Group, Viridor and ContourGlobal) in multiple acquisition, infrastructure and other financings
• Blackstone and its portfolio companies (including Cirsa, Schenck, BME, Averys and Armacell) in multiple acquisition financings and other high yield bond issuances
• BlackRock in its acquisition financing of its interest in Aramco’s gas pipeline and subsequent financings
• MasOrange in multiple financing transactions, including the LBO financing of its acquisition by a consortium of investors
• Flutter in its inaugural high yield bond offering
• Apax in its acquisition financing for the Lutech Group
• Multiple financings for energy companies in Israeli gas fields, including the Leviathan, Tamar, Karish and Tanin gas fields

Gil has consistently been recognised in his field, including by Chambers UK, IFLR1000 UK and Legal 500, who categorise Gil as a Hall of Fame lawyer for High Yield. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law and his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles.