Kathleen McCullough

Associate

London
kathleen.mccullough@lw.com
+44.20.7710.4547

PRACTICES

  • Capital Markets

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • New York

EDUCATION

  • JD, Fordham University School of Law, 2020
  • MA in Cultural and Creative Industries, King's College London, 2014
  • BSFS in Culture and Politics, Georgetown University, 2012

PROFILE

Kathleen McCullough represents investment banks, private equity firms, and companies in public and private debt and equity offerings and acquisition financing, with a particular emphasis on issuances of high yield debt securities.

Kathleen was previously a co-leader of the Women Lawyers Group in London and prior to joining the firm she received a JD from Fordham University School of Law where she published “Mandatory Arbitration and Sexual Harassment Claims: #MeToo- and Time's Up-Inspired Action Against the Federal Arbitration Act.”

EXPERIENCE

Kathleen's experience includes advising:

  • The syndicate of initial purchasers in the issuance of US$500 million senior secured notes by Merlin Entertainments, a portfolio company of Blackstone, KIRKBI, and CPP Investments
  • Shelf Drilling, a leading international shallow water offshore drilling contractor, in connection with its offering of US$1,095 billion senior secured notes and concurrent tender offer
  • 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II on its de-SPAC with African Agriculture Inc.
  • The initial purchasers in the high yield bond offering of £475 million (equivalent) and concurrent tender offer by Iceland Foods, a national UK food retailer specializing in frozen food
  • Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, Mizuho, Deutsche Bank, Santander, Rabobank, Intesa Sanpaolo, MUFG, National Westminster Bank, NatWest, Société Générale, Lloyds, HSBC, ING, RBC, and SMBC:
    • As placement agents in connection with the private placement of £1,200 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes by Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc,
    • As initial purchasers in the offering of £1,075 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes by Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc,
    • As initial purchasers in the offering of €545 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes by Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, in connection with the financing of the public-to-private acquisition of Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, the fourth largest grocery retailer in the United Kingdom, by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a global private equity manager, at an enterprise value of £9.7 billion