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Ruby-Jane van Zyl

Associate

Email

ruby-jane.vanzyl@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 4519

Offices

London

V-CARD
Ruby-Jane has experience acting for banks, credit funds and other financial institutions on a range of cross border leveraged finance transactions, including crossover leveraged and infrastructure finance transactions.

Experience

Representative matters

  • The arrangers and underwriters in relation to Telecom Italia’s disposal of NetCo, the business unit for its fixed line network.
  • The lenders supporting KKR’s financing Global Technical Realty's investment in a build-to-suit and roll-up acquisition data center in London GB One.
  • The arrangers and underwriters in connection with the proposed acquisition by GIP and KKR led consortium of a stake in Vantage Towers AG, a leading telecoms tower company in Europe.
  • The arrangers on the acquisition, refinancing and backstop facilities made available to finance KKR’s recommended offer to acquire ContourGlobal plc, a British power generation business owning 138 power plants in the Americas, Africa and Europe, split between its thermal and renewables divisions.
  • The lenders on the holdco financing for KKR’s acquisition of a 30% minority stake in a company established to hold the Norwegian passive fibre assets of a telecommunications services provider.

Qualifications

Admissions

The Law Society of South Africa, 2022

Academic

Bachelor of Laws, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2017

Bachelor of Commerce with Law, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2015

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.