Katherine Williams

Primary Focus & Experience

Katherine has experience acting on a broad range of debt finance transactions, refinancings, and general banking matters for clients, including investment banks, private credit funds, private equity sponsors, and corporates.

A selection of Katherine's experience includes advising:

• lottery-led gaming entertainment company Allwyn in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake in PrizePicks, the largest daily fantasy sports operator in North America.
• the financing sources to provide a debt financing package in support of Apollo’s acquisition of the Kelvion Group, a leading global provider of highly engineered, mission-critical and resource-efficient thermal management solutions.
• the financing sources in connection with L Catterton’s investment in Dishoom, a renowned restaurant brand in the UK.
• the financing sources in connection with Bridgepoint’s acquisition of a majority stake in mydentist, the UK’s leading provider of affordable dentistry.
• the financing sources in connection of Bain Capital’s acquisition of (i) SO.MA.CI.S. S.p.A. (“Somacis”) and (ii) Somacis’ acquisition of AT&S Korea CO., LTD. 
• the financing sources to provide a debt financing package in support of KPS Capital Partners’ acquisition of Innomotics GmbH from Siemens AG for an enterprise value of €3.5 billion. 
• the financing sources in connection with L. Catterton’s €1.4 billion acquisition of KIKO. 
• multi-national lottery operator Allwyn in connection with a $450 million term loan B facility and related refinancing of its existing floating rate notes. 
• the lenders in connection with the €850 million refinancing of Birkenstock.
• Charterhouse Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of Two Circles.
• the arrangers in connection with Parts Europe's implementation of a new €960 million term loan B facility and a €240 million revolving facility.