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Igor Kukhta

Partner

Paris

Igor is deeply embedded in the European private credit market, centering his work on debt financing transactions for private credit funds, private equity sponsors, corporates and special situations funds.

He advises on a range of lender-side and borrower-side transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings with a specific focus on private credit, and special situations and distressed financings. He also has experience with corporate finance matters, debt restructurings and venture debt financings for high-growth companies.

Igor is fluent in French, English, Ukrainian and Russian.

  • Igor’s experience includes advising:

    • BlackRock Private Debt on a unitranche financing for Baelen Group.*
    • Partners Group Private Credit, Bridgepoint Private Credit and Capza Private Debt on a unitranche and PIK financing for an acquisition of Groupe Orion by Ardian Expansion.*
    • BlackRock Private Debt on a unitranche financing for an acquisition of Market Pay group by AnaCap.*
    • Bridgepoint Private Credit on a unitranche financing for an acquisition of Aprium group by Ardian Growth.*
    • Permira Debt Managers and LGT Private Credit on a unitranche financing in the context of an acquisition of Skill & You by IK Partners.*
    • BlackRock Private Debt on a unitranche financing for an acquisition of Graitec by Apax.*
    • InVivo Group in the arrangement of a €1.8 billion syndicated banking financing for its acquisition of Soufflet Group, and a subsequent €750 million add-on for an acquisition of United Malt Group (Australia).*
    • Crédit Agricole, BNP Paribas, Banque Rhone Alpes, HSBC, Bank of Ireland and LCL on a banking financing of an acquisition of Telenco Group by Ergon Capital.*
    • Bonduelle Group in its €300 million revolving credit facility.*
    • Five Arrows Direct Lending on a unitranche financing for BlackFin Capital Partners for an acquisition of CAFPI, a leading French-based real estate loan broker.*
    • LGT Private Credit on a unitranche financing of the acquisition of Sateco group by Equistone.*
    • Bluegem Capital Partners on a unitranche and PIK financing of an acquisition of Nutrimuscle,.*
    • Rothschild's Five Arrows Principal Investments fund on the financing aspects of its acquisition of A2MAC1 Group, and a subsequent refinancing.*
    • Carlyle in connection with an offer of rescue financing to the benefit of JJW Hotels & Resorts, an international real estate group.*
    • Davidson Kempner on its offer of rescue financing to Technicolor Group.*
    • JP Morgan special situations fund on a number of debt and quasi-equity financings in France.*
    • Ardian Private Debt on unitranche financings of acquisitions of Jpack International by Sagard, of IPH Group by PAI Partners and of Européenne des Desserts by Equistone.*
    • Ardian Private Debt on a PIK financing of an acquisition of Ceva Santé Animal by Temasek and others .*
    • Tikehau Private Debt on a unitranche financing of an acquisition of Destiny, a European leader in secured cloud communication solutions, by Apax.*
    • IPF Partners, a fund specializing in alternative financings in the healthcare sector, on venture bond financings for Adocia and Poxel, French biopharmaceutical companies.*
    • The Steering Committee of the  group of unsecured creditors (total amount of unsecured debt €3.8bn) in the €9bn financial restructuring of Orpea SA.*
    • Anchorage, Hayfin and other new money lenders in the second and third out-of-court restructurings of Vivarte group, resulted in the complete cancellation of its debt and its takeover by the bondholders.*
    • The Steering Committee of the High Yield Bond Holders on the debt restructuring of French oil services company CGG, one of the major financial restructuring in France with $3 billion of indebtedness and the first restructuring conducted under French and U.S. legal proceedings with a Sauvegarde in France and chapter 11 and chapter 15 cases in the U.S.*

    *Experience prior to joining Orrick

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