White & Case LLP - Lawyers and Advisors

Services	Sectors
Antitrust Asset Finance Banking Canada Capital Markets Climate Change Commercial Litigation Data Privacy Employment & Benefits Financial Restructuring and Insolvency India Indonesia Intellectual Property International Arbitration International Trade Israel Korea Latin America Mergers & Acquisitions Private Clients Pro Bono Project Finance Real Estate Sovereign Wealth Funds Sovereigns Spain Taiwan Tax White Collar	Communications and Media Construction Environmental Funds Islamic Finance Mining and Metals Oil & Gas Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Power Sourcing & Technology Transactions

North America	Latin America	Europe		Asia	Middle East/Africa
Los Angeles Miami New York Silicon Valley Washington, DC	Mexico City Monterrey São Paulo	Almaty Ankara Berlin Bratislava Brussels Bucharest Budapest Düsseldorf Frankfurt Geneva Hamburg	Helsinki Istanbul London Milan Moscow Munich Paris Prague Stockholm Warsaw	Beijing Hong Kong Shanghai Singapore Tokyo	Abu Dhabi Doha Johannesburg Riyadh

Kelly Gibson is an associate in the Firm's Banking and Capital Markets Group in London. Kelly's experience includes advising banks in relation to European leveraged finance transactions and general bank lending. Kelly has recently spent some time on secondment in the New York office.

Representative transactions include:

Acting for ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, CIBC World Markets PLC, ING Bank N.V. and Lehman Brothers International (Europe) as mandated lead arrangers in connection with the €1 billion acquisition of the Van Gansewinkel Group. The acquisition was a bolt-on to the existing AVR facility and it involved a debt element of €845 million;
Acting for Leaf Italia S.r.l in relation to a facility with Svenska Handelsbanken AB for the acquisition of Cadbury Italia SpA (renamed Saila SpA);
Acting for BNP Paribas and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, as lead arrangers, for the US$2.9 billion international fleet bridge loan facilities backing the sponsor group's acquisition comprising Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity to help finance their US$15 billion acquisition of The Hertz Corporation. The international fleet bridge loan facilities provide financing in 12 countries;
Acting as Deutsche Bank's counsel in connection with a bridge loan of approximately £180 million and related bridge documentation for an acquisition by Castle Harlan of Polypipe Building Products from vendor IMI plc. We subsequently acted for Deutsche Bank AG London as lead arranger on the issue by Pipe Holdings plc of £122 million 144A/Reg S Senior Secured Notes and £66 million 144A/Reg S Senior Unsecured Notes;
Acting for CIBC and JPMorgan on a bolt-on acquisition of the Flint Ink Group by way of amending and restating the BASF Drucksysteme GmbH/ANI Printing Inks senior facilities agreement to include a further term debt, cash bridge and a second lien facility—the total amounting to US$1.35 billion new term facilities and a €60 million increased revolver;
Acting for CIBC World Markets plc, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited as mandated lead arrangers in the provision of €1.005 billion of senior debt, €70 million second-lien and €200 million mezzanine financing to CVC Capital Partners for the acquisition of Ruhrgas Industries GmbH, the metering and furnacing division of E.ON Ruhrgas AG. We also acted for Deutsche Bank in the provision of staple financing. The total size of the acquisition is €1.5 billion including assumed debt and pension liabilities; and
Acting for sponsors, CVC and Nordic Capital in the acquisition of CSM N.V.'s sugar confectionary division, involving a guaranteed and secured senior bilateral loan of €695 million provided by a Swedish bank, representing one of the largest European bilateral loans ever made in the leveraged market. The transaction involved acquisitions of assets and shares in 14 jurisdictions.

	Kelly Gibson
Download vCard Expertise Banking Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Awards White & Case Win Restructuring Deal of the Year at IFLR Middle East Awards 2010	Associate London T: + 44 20 7532 1240 F: + 44 20 7532 1001 E: *Practice Experience* Kelly Gibson is an associate in the Firm's Banking and Capital Markets Group in London. Kelly's experience includes advising banks in relation to European leveraged finance transactions and general bank lending. Kelly has recently spent some time on secondment in the New York office. Representative transactions include: Acting for ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, CIBC World Markets PLC, ING Bank N.V. and Lehman Brothers International (Europe) as mandated lead arrangers in connection with the €1 billion acquisition of the Van Gansewinkel Group. The acquisition was a bolt-on to the existing AVR facility and it involved a debt element of €845 million; Acting for Leaf Italia S.r.l in relation to a facility with Svenska Handelsbanken AB for the acquisition of Cadbury Italia SpA (renamed Saila SpA); Acting for BNP Paribas and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, as lead arrangers, for the US$2.9 billion international fleet bridge loan facilities backing the sponsor group's acquisition comprising Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity to help finance their US$15 billion acquisition of The Hertz Corporation. The international fleet bridge loan facilities provide financing in 12 countries; Acting as Deutsche Bank's counsel in connection with a bridge loan of approximately £180 million and related bridge documentation for an acquisition by Castle Harlan of Polypipe Building Products from vendor IMI plc. We subsequently acted for Deutsche Bank AG London as lead arranger on the issue by Pipe Holdings plc of £122 million 144A/Reg S Senior Secured Notes and £66 million 144A/Reg S Senior Unsecured Notes; Acting for CIBC and JPMorgan on a bolt-on acquisition of the Flint Ink Group by way of amending and restating the BASF Drucksysteme GmbH/ANI Printing Inks senior facilities agreement to include a further term debt, cash bridge and a second lien facility—the total amounting to US$1.35 billion new term facilities and a €60 million increased revolver; Acting for CIBC World Markets plc, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited as mandated lead arrangers in the provision of €1.005 billion of senior debt, €70 million second-lien and €200 million mezzanine financing to CVC Capital Partners for the acquisition of Ruhrgas Industries GmbH, the metering and furnacing division of E.ON Ruhrgas AG. We also acted for Deutsche Bank in the provision of staple financing. The total size of the acquisition is €1.5 billion including assumed debt and pension liabilities; and Acting for sponsors, CVC and Nordic Capital in the acquisition of CSM N.V.'s sugar confectionary division, involving a guaranteed and secured senior bilateral loan of €695 million provided by a Swedish bank, representing one of the largest European bilateral loans ever made in the leveraged market. The transaction involved acquisitions of assets and shares in 14 jurisdictions. *Bars and Courts* England and Wales, 2004 *Education* LPC, Nottingham Law School, 2001 LLB, Sussex University, 2000 *Languages* English *Citizenship* United Kingdom	News & Media White & Case Advises Unimilk on Merger with Danone White & Case Advises on US$1.7 Billion Global Investment House Debt Restructuring More...