As a market-leading corporate and acquisition finance specialist, Caitlin regularly acts on a wide range of high-value transactions for borrowers and lenders. These include syndicated facilities, bilateral loans, take-privates, senior bank debt, subordinated debt, mezzanine debt, mezzanine holdco debt, unitranche loans, equity bridge facilities, capital call facilities and shareholder loans.
Caitlin has extensive experience acting on behalf of sponsors, senior and mezzanine lenders, private equity funds, super funds and debt funds across the construction, energy and resources, healthcare, leisure, property, public infrastructure and other sectors.
Caitlin is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria.
Key deals
Lenders to Crescent Capital Partners
Advised the lenders on a circa A$300 million dividend recapitalisation, expansion and working capital facilities for Crescent Capital’s PRP Radiology Diagnostic Imaging Group.
Lender to Crescent Capital Partners
Advised the lender on the financing for the acquisition of the Billi Group by Crescent Capital Partners.
Private credit fund
Advised a private credit fund in relation to the syndication and amendment of a A$1 billion facility for multiple single-investor funds it set up for one of its largest investors. The facility enables these funds to provide loan facilities to borrowers and is secured by the funds and the loan positions that sit within them.
Warburg Pincus
Advised Warburg Pincus on the A$250 million financing for its proposed acquisition of UniLodge, which was structured as a unitranche facility with a super senior revolver. UniLodge is the largest living sector platform in Australia and New Zealand, specialising in managing purpose-built student accommodation and build-to-rent assets.
MLAs to Bain Capital
Advised the Mandated Lead Arrangers in respect of debt facilities being provided to Bain Capital to fund the proposed take-private acquisition of aged care operator Estia Health (an ASX-listed business) for an enterprise value of A$959 million.
MLABs to Foxtel Group
Advised the Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners and syndicate lenders in relation to the provision of A$1.2 billion of syndicated facilities provided to the Foxtel group and subsequently in relation to A$1.8 billion of syndicated facilities provided to the Foxtel group as part of the acquisition by DAZN.
Lenders to Crescent Capital Partners
Advised Metrics Credit Partners, Sumitomo Mitsui (the original financiers) and two leading Australian banks in respect of A$250 million debt facilities provided to Crescent Capital to fund its acquisition of a large engineering company Bremick and its subsidiaries.