Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Jason Kyrwood

Partner

+1 212 450 4653

jason.kyrwo[email protected]

Mr. Kyrwood is co-head of Davis Polk’s Finance Group. He regularly advises

financial institutions and alternative credit providers on a full range of financial

products, from large-cap syndicated loans to smaller direct lending

most complex investment grade acquisition financings over the last few years,

including the over $38 billion financing for AbbVie’s acquisition of Abbott, $33.5

billion financing for Bristol Myers Squibb’s acquisition of Celgene and Cigna’s

$26.7 billion financing for its acquisition of Express Scripts, among many others.

He also represented Comcast in its £22 billion financing for its acquisition of Sky.

He also represents financial institutions in LBO financings across from some of

the world’s largest and most sophisticated financial sponsors. Recent transaction

include the $8.05 billion financing for KKR’s acquisition of Envision Health Care,

$4.025 billion financing of Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services’ (a CD&R

portfolio company) acquisition of Safway Group, the $4.5 billion financing for CC

“Transatlantic Dealmaker of the Year” (2016) and “Dealmaker of the Year” (2014,

2020) by The American Lawyer, “Rising Star" by New York Law Journal (2015)

and Law360 (2011), and one of The M&A Advisor’s “40 Under 40” (2012). He is

also a regular speaker and author on leveraged finance matters.

Work Highlights

Notable Large-Cap Leveraged Financings

 $34.35 billion exit financing for PG&E Corporation

 $5.79 billion financing for Bausch Health (formerly Valeant Pharmaceuticals)

 $4.58 billion financing for CC Capital's acquisition of The Dun & Bradstreet

Corporation

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 $4.025 billion financing for Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services’ (a CD&R

portfolio company) acquisition of Safway Group

 $3.25 billion exit financing for Avaya Holdings

automation and specialty assets

 $2 billion financing for Apollo’s LBO of McGraw-Hill

 $1.82 billion financing for Lightstone Generation’s (a Blackstone and Arclight

joint venture) acquisition of assets from American Electric Power

 $1.185 billion financing for Partners Group (USA) Inc.’s acquisition of Eyecare

Partners, LLC

 $1.18 billion financing for Centerbridge Partners acquisition of Civitas

Notable Investment-Grade Financings

 $63 billion bridge financing for Verizon’s acquisition of Verizon Wireless

 $38 billion investment grade public bridge financing

 $12 billion bridge financing for Molson Coors' acquisition of SAB Miller assets

 $9.6 billion financing for Discovery Communications' acquisition of Scripps

Networks

 $9.5 billion financing for Fidelity National Information Services' acquisition of

Worldpay

 $8.5 billion financing for General Mills' acquisition of Buffalo Pet Products

Notable Direct Lending Transactions

 $310 million financing for the Addison Group

 $642 million financing by Arcmont Asset Management for Vista Equity

Partners’ acquisition of Accelya

 $285 million and $20.5 million financing for Miller’s Ale House Inc.

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 £200 million first lien and £115 million second lien financing by PIA for

Advanced Computer Software Group

 $100 million financing by Golub Capital, LLC for Navex Global

 IFLR1000 – Banking (US)

 Who's Who Legal – Banking (USA) | Thought Leader

 Best Lawyers – Banking and Finance (New York)

 The American Lawyer – Transatlantic Financial Dealmaker of the Year | 2016

 The American Lawyer – Dealmaker of the Year | 2014, 2020

 New York Law Journal – Rising Star | 2015

 The M&A Advisor – 40 Under 40 | 2012

 Law360 – Rising Star | 2011

Of Note

 Member, Finance Advisory Board, Practical Law Company

 Practical Law Company | Current Trends in Loan Terms: Large Cap and

Middle Market Loans (2012-2018)

 Author of "Credit Default Swaps and Syndicated Financings", "Dealing with

Difficult Syndications or Long Dated Commitments in the Term Loan B

Market", "Considerations for Using Incremental Facilities to Finance

Acquisitions" among numerous other publications.

 Speaker | LSTA 24th Annual Conference

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 Speaker | LSTA Webinar | Direct Lending and The Syndicated Loan Market:

Parts 1 and 2

 Speaker | LSTA Webinar | Main Street Lending Program 3.0

 “A Fresh Look At Acquisition Financing Terms”, International Financial Law

Review

 “Borderless Solutions”, International Financial Law Review

 “LSTA 2014 Publications Explained: Revised MCAPs, Cashless Rolls and

 Associate, Allen Allen & Hemsley (Sydney, Australia),1998-2000