Kirkland & Ellis advised KKR and its portfolio company Global Medical Response, the largest air and ground EMS company in the U.S., in connection with a comprehensive refinancing of its outstanding debt, including the incurrence of a new $3.6 billion first-lien term loan B facility due 2032 to refinance existing term loans, $1 billion of 7.735% senior secured notes due 2032 to refinance existing notes and pay down outstanding preferred equity and an upsized $800 million of asset-based revolving credit facility to refinance existing asset-based revolving credit facility.
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The Kirkland team included debt finance lawyers Adam Shapiro, Taylor Andrews and Christina Chaplygina; capital markets lawyers Rachel Sheridan, Shagufa Hossain, Alborz Tolou and Elise Wang; and tax lawyers Anthony Sexton and Steven Cantor.