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Jacob Durkin
 

Jacob Durkin

Partner
 
CityPoint | One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9HU EN
 
Fax: +44-(0)20-7275-6502

Jacob Durkin focuses his practice on domestic and cross-border private credit, syndicated and special situations transactions, including leveraged, acquisition, fund-level and asset-backed financings. He advises direct lenders, private credit funds, investment banks, sponsors and other financial institutions across a broad range of sectors and products, including unitranche, first and second lien, holdco PIK, public-to-private, ARR, preferred equity, mezzanine, convertible and other hybrid instruments.

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Work Highlights
  • KKR Credit funds on multiple unitranche, junior capital and other direct lending transactions for various financial sponsor
  • ICG on a debt and equity co-investment in a sponsor-owned medical devices business
  • Lenders on a financing in connection with the investment by IK Partners in Sansidor
  • Certain funds advised by KKR Credit as second lien lenders to the Wittur group in relation to its financial restructuring
  • Credit fund investors including Apollo, Park Square Capital and KKR Credit on private placed notes investments to a Cinven portfolio company
  • Both sponsors and private investment funds on multiple fund-level and asset backed financings
  • JPMorgan on the financing for EIG’s c.$4.8 billion acquisition of a 25% stake in Repsol’s upstream oil and gas assets
  • Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book-Running Managers in LATAM Airlines Group’s $2.75 billion Debtor-in-Possession to Exit financing
Education
  • College of Law - London, 2004 LL.B.
  • University of Leeds, 2002 B.A. Hons.
Admissions
  • England and Wales 2007

Based in the Firm’s London office, Jacob Durkin is a Partner in the Banking and Credit Practice and a member of the Firm’s Alternative Capital and Private Credit group. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border private credit, syndicated and special situations transactions, including leveraged, acquisition, fund-level and asset-backed financings. He advises direct lenders, private credit funds, investment banks, sponsors and other financial institutions across a broad range of sectors and products, including unitranche, first and second lien, holdco PIK, public-to-private, ARR, preferred equity, mezzanine, convertible and other hybrid instruments.

Jacob’s recent work highlights include representing:

  • KKR Credit funds on multiple unitranche, junior capital and other direct lending transactions for various financial sponsor
  • ICG on a debt and equity co-investment in a sponsor-owned medical devices business
  • Lenders on a financing in connection with the investment by IK Partners in Sansidor
  • Certain funds advised by KKR Credit as second lien lenders to the Wittur group in relation to its financial restructuring
  • Credit fund investors including Apollo, Park Square Capital and KKR Credit on private placed notes investments to a Cinven portfolio company
  • Both sponsors and private investment funds on multiple fund-level and asset backed financings
  • JPMorgan on the financing for EIG’s c.$4.8 billion acquisition of a 25% stake in Repsol’s upstream oil and gas assets
  • Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book-Running Managers in LATAM Airlines Group’s $2.75 billion Debtor-in-Possession to Exit financing

In 2021, Jacob spent a year on secondment with the Credit and Markets team in KKR’s London office.

Jacob received his LL.B from the College of Law – London, and his B.A. Hons. from the University of Leeds. He is admitted to practice in England and Wales.

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