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Komal Raina is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and the Finance Department in London. Komal focuses on a wide range of financing transactions acting for sponsors and alternative asset managers including on leveraged and acquisition financings, distressed lending transactions and restructurings.

Experience

Prior to joining Willkie, Komal was a senior associate at Clifford Chance.

Komal has advised on the following significant matters:

  • Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its sale of GL Education

  • Stanley Capital in its acquisition of French pharmaceutical group Laboratoire XO

  • SGT Capital on its acquisition of Utimaco.

  • Searchlight Capital Partners and Invesco Senior Secured Management in connection with the recapitalisation of the Mediapro Group, a leading multimedia communications group in Spain.
  • Searchlight Capital Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Celestyal Cruises
  • Bain Capital Credit on its acquisition of GAIL’s bakery
  • Stanley Capital in its acquisition of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance Services Solutions
  • Stanley Capital on its acquisition of global specialty pharmaceutical company, Noden Pharma DAC
  • Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its investment in Global Loan Agency Services (GLAS)
  • BigHand Inc., a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, in its acquisition of Iridium Technology, a legal business intelligence and analytics software provider
  • Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on a refinancing for Triskelion
  • Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its acquisition of Creditinfo Group in partnership with its founder and management team
  • Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its acquisition of BigHand Ltd., a leading provider of workflow software solutions
  • Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its acquisition of SiPM in partnership with management and its founding partners and subsequent refinancing
  • A US fund investor in respect of its investment in a Portuguese cruises business
  • A majority shareholder on the restructuring of Thomas Cook plc*
  • Cinven on the financings for the potential acquisition of an Italian chemicals business and a Swedish rail couplers business*
  • Apollo on the acquisition of a non-performing loan portfolio*
  • Athora on refinancing for the acquisition of Generali Belgium*
  • EQT on the financing for the potential acquisition of a German packaging business and on a holdco financing for a French business*
  • CKI on the financing for the acquisition of ista GmbH*
  • First and second lien lenders on the financing for the take private of BCA Marketplace plc by TDR Capital*
  • Lenders on the financing for the take private of Tarsus plc by Charterhouse Capital Partners*
  • The Co-com on the restructuring of Senvion GmbH*

* Komal advised on these matters prior to joining Willkie.

Credentials

Education


University of New Delhi, LLB, 2007 University of New Delhi, B.A. (honors), 2004

Bar Admissions


England & Wales, 2011 New Delhi, 2007