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Summary
Chris Kilburn is an associate in the International
Corporate Group specialising in a broad range of corporate work, including
strategic alliances (joint venture arrangements and private equity
fundraisings),
mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and commercial
transactions.
Recent Experience
- advising Genesis Petroleum Corporation
plc, the AIM listed oil and gas company, on the £10m investment by Aker
Capital ASA and Petroleum Geo Services AS
- advising Albidon Limited, the ASX and AIM
listed mining company, in connection with equity fundraisings of £23m and
project financing of US$60m through Barclays and European Investment Bank
for its Munali nickel project in Zambia
- advising Golar LNG Limited on its A$11.5m
investment in, Australian Stock Exchange listed, Liquefied Natural Gas
Limited
- advising Seven Publishing Limited on the
acquisition of New Crane Limited, the publisher of Sainsbury’s Magazine
from Delia Smith and others, and on a related private equity fundraising
- advising Odebrecht S.A. on the US$153m
sale of Odebrecht Oleo & Gas Ltda, including its Brazilian oil and
gas exploration and production interests, to Enterprise Oil plc
- advising Vivendi Universal SA (listed on
the Paris Bourse) on a Euro 600m restructuring of its investments in one
of the leading Polish mobile telephone operators and advising Vivendi's
joint venture vehicle on the acquisition of several fixed line and cable
companies in Poland from Elektrim SA for Euro 491m
- advising Hardman Resources Ltd, the ASX
and AIM listed oil and gas company, on fundraisings exceeding £150m including:
(i) a £65m accelerated bookbuild by JP
Morgan Cazenove and Oriel Securities; and
(ii) a £33.5 million share placing and
£36.5m rights entitlement issue to raise aggregate funds of approximately
£70m - this was the first Australian rights entitlement issue using CREST
Depository Interests.
Education and Qualifications
| 1995
| University of Leeds (English) BA 2:1
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| 1997/8
| Nottingham Law School PGDL and LPC
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