Overview
Krishan Chauhan is an associate in the Global Finance practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. Mr. Chauhan advises banks, funds and other financial institutions across a broad range of finance transactions at all levels of the capital structure with a particular focus on cross-border, sponsor-backed, leveraged and acquisition financings.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Chauhan trained with and qualified into the leveraged finance team of a magic circle firm in London and was also an associate in the leveraged finance team of a leading international law firm in London. Mr. Chauhan has also spent time on secondment to the London office of Ares Management Corporation where he advised on all European credit legal matters.
Education
- University of Law, Legal Practice Course, 2016
- University of Oxford, Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.), 2015
- Oxford Brookes University, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), 2014
Representations
Mr. Chauhan’s experience includes advising:
- The arrangers and lenders on the refinancing for Helios Towers, a telecommunications infrastructure company
- The arrangers and lenders on the financing for CapVest Partners’ acquisition of Kerridge Commercial Systems, a global provider of enterprise resource planning software
- The lenders on the refinancing of Civica, a public sector software provider owned by Partners Group
- Ares Management Corporation on a senior refinancing and subsequent additional facilities for Portman Dental Group, a UK private-focused dentistry group owned by Core Equity Holdings
- JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and UniCredit on the €2.1 billion financing for Ion’s acquisition of Cerved Group, an Italian credit data and information provider*
- Goldman Sachs, Citi, UniCredit, and the mandated lead arrangers on a refinancing for Affidea BV, a Dutch medical services provider owned by Waypoint Capital*
- The mandated lead arrangers on the financing for Carlyle and Blackstone’s bid for thyssenkrupp AG’s elevator division – one of the largest private equity transactions since 2008*
- BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Credit Suisse, and the mandated lead arrangers on the financing for EP Global’s bids for the issued share capital of Metro AG, a German cash and carry stores operator*
- The mandated lead arrangers on the financing for KKR’s bid for Nestlé Skin Health SA*
- The mandated lead arrangers on the financing for Waypoint Capital’s acquisition of Stallergenes Greer plc, a UK biopharmaceutical company*
- The mandated lead arrangers on the financing for Blackstone’s acquisition of Cirsa Gaming*
- The Carlyle Group on the €1.32 billion financing for its acquisition of Flender GmbH, a German wind and industrials technology business*
- The Carlyle Group on the financing for its acquisition of the EnerMech Group, a Scottish mechanical and electrical services business*
- The Carlyle Group on its restructuring of the Addison Lee Group*
- The Carlyle Group on the financing for its bid for Zentiva, a Czech pharmaceutical group*
- CVC and GEMS Education on the US$1.65 billion financing for the acquisition of BelleVue Education – the first syndicated cov-lite TLB for a Middle Eastern issuer*
- CVC on the €550 million financing for its 65% equity stake in APRIL SA, a French insurance services group, and subsequent French law public tender offer for the remainder of APRIL SA’s share capital – one of the few leveraged French P2Ps to date*
- Hg on the financing for its acquisition of fundinfo, a Swiss fund technology platform*
*Matter handled prior to joining Paul Hastings