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Jeane Benny

Senior Associate

Email

jeane.benny@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 2545

Offices

London

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Jeane is a leveraged finance lawyer in the Banking department at A&O Shearman. 
She has acted for a range of private equity funds, major banks and borrowers on a variety of transactions, ranging from acquisition financing through to general corporate lending. She has a broad base of experience in coordinating and managing complex cross-border deals, particularly leveraged buy-outs and refinancings and specifically in the direct lending and PE/infrastructure crossover space.

Experience

Representative matters

  • A consortium of 20 lenders on a GBP 1.23 billion refinancing of the KKR-owned Viridor group.
  • KKR’s and Equitix’s lenders on the separate refinancings of its bridge facilities for the acquisition of the John Laing Group.
  • The lender on its unitranche financing of Mubadala’s successful bid to acquire the Witherslack Group.
  • The lenders on a EUR 225 million PIK facility.
  • The lenders on a EUR 360 million best efforts TLB and a EUR 70 million underwritten RCF refinancing of a BC Partners owned group.

Pro bono

  • Assisted children born in the UK on their rights to register as a British citizen under the British Nationality Act and working the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit with their applications for nationality.
  • Participating in the Reading Partners scheme at Christ Church CE Primary School, working with a primary school student on developing their reading comprehension skills on a fortnightly basis.
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.