Kamal S. Nesfield is a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice, where he focuses on complex leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, broadly syndicated loans, and private credit facilities, high-yield bonds, and other debt financings.
Kamal has over 15 years of experience in global leveraged finance, advising leading investment banks, commercial banks, direct lenders and private credit funds on complex domestic and cross-border financings. Throughout his career at major international law firms, he has played a leading role in managing and strengthening relationships with premier global financial institutions, serving as a trusted advisor to their syndicated lending and private credit businesses.
Beyond his sophisticated leveraged finance practice, which spans a broad range of financing products and structures, Kamal has significant experience in liability management transactions, distressed debt, project financings, preferred stock arrangements, investment-grade loans and note purchases.
Earlier in his career, Kamal represented financial sponsors, their portfolio companies, public companies and mezzanine lenders in acquisition financings, providing him with valuable insight and a strong commercial perspective that informs his lender-side practice.
Kamal is also recognized for his contributions to industry education through his involvement in prominent training programs, including the Loan Syndications and Trading Association's (LSTA) Understanding the Credit Agreement series and Practising Law Institute's (PLI) leveraged finance programs. He was named to Bloomberg Law's They've Got Next: The 40 Under 40 list in 2022.
- Several global investment banks in connection with a financing package exceeding $10 billion, comprising multicurrency term loans, asset-based lending facilities, revolving credit facilities and secured notes, for Brookfield’s $13.2 billion acquisition of Clarios (formerly JCI Power Solutions).*
- The financing sources in connection with the spinoff of Jacobs Solutions Inc.'s Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses, totaling $5.6 billion, and their subsequent merger with Amentum Parent Holdings LLC, an engineering and technology consulting contractor, as well as the refinancing of Amentum's first lien and second lien credit facilities.*
- The initial purchasers, including a prominent global bank, in Amentum Holdings, Inc.'s issuance of $1 billion of 144A/Reg. S high-yield senior notes.*
- A global investment bank in connection with the $5.5 billion bank and bond financing for Organon.*
- A global investment bank in connection with the $4.6 billion bank and bond financing for Warburg’s acquisition of G4S plc.*
- A global investment bank in connection with the $4 billion bank and bond financing for WESCO’s acquisition of Anixter.*
- A global investment bank in connection with the $1.65 billion first lien senior secured term loan and revolving credit facility for NielsenIQ's acquisition of GfK SE, a global data analytics company.*
- A global investment bank in connection with multiple financings for Bending Spoons totaling more than $1 billion.*
- A global investment bank in connection with the financing for GI Partners’ acquisition of American Residential Services.*
- A global investment bank in connection with the financing for THL’s acquisition of AmeriLife.*
- A global investment bank in connection with the financing for Siris’ acquisition of AST and Equiniti.*
- A private credit firm in connection with its inaugural $810 million broadly syndicated loan facility for TSG’s acquisition of Rough Country.*
- A global investment bank in connection with the inaugural credit facility for Mannington Mills.*
- A global investment bank in connection with various credit facilities for Aspire Bakeries.*
- A global investment bank in connection with Academy Sports’ refinancing.*
- A global investment bank in connection with Tronox’s $500 million senior secured notes offering.*
- The financing sources in connection with a $175 million senior secured revolving credit facility for Hims & Hers Health, Inc., a major telehealth company.*
- The financing sources in connection with Hg Capital’s acquisition of Empyrean.*
- A global financial firm in connection with numerous private credit financings.*
- A global investment firm in connection with numerous private credit financings.*
- A multibillion-dollar pension plan in connection with numerous private credit financings.*
- A credit management company in connection with numerous private credit and mezzanine financings.*
- A global credit investment firm in connection with numerous private credit and mezzanine financings.*
- A domestic private credit firm in connection with several private credit and alternative/distressed financings.*
- A global investment bank in connection with a multibillion-dollar financing commitment package to support a proposed liability management exercise transaction for Lumen/Level3.*
- The financing sources in connection with global infrastructure investor I Squared Capital's majority investment in Whistler Pipeline LLC, a major North American energy infrastructure system, involving a term loan facility and certain letter of credit commitments.*
- A global investment bank in connection with a multibillion-dollar holding company financing for a Brookfield acquisition.*
- The financing aspects of THL Partners' majority investment in YA Group, an international insurance claims and property consulting firm.*
- The financing sources in connection with KKR's majority investment in apexanalytix®, a major supply chain risk management software company.*
- The financing sources in connection with THL Partners' investment in Red Nucleus, an international life sciences company.*
- The financing sources in connection with Hg Capital's acquisition of risk management technology firms NContracts and Venminder from private equity firm Gryphon Investors.*
*Matters handled prior to joining Cahill.
