Jacob Durkin

Based in the Firm’s London office, Jacob Durkin is a Partner in the Banking and Credit Practice and a member of the Firm’s Alternative Capital and Private Credit group. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border private credit, syndicated and special situations transactions, including leveraged, acquisition, fund-level and asset-backed financings. He advises direct lenders, private credit funds, investment banks, sponsors and other financial institutions across a broad range of sectors and products, including unitranche, first and second lien, holdco PIK, public-to-private, ARR, preferred equity, mezzanine, convertible and other hybrid instruments.

Jacob’s recent work highlights include representing:

• Lenders in connection with the Unitranche financing of IK Partners’ acquisition of Dains Accountants
• KKR Credit funds on multiple unitranche, junior capital and other direct lending transactions for various financial sponsor
• ICG on a debt and equity co-investment in a sponsor-owned medical devices business
• Lenders on a financing in connection with the investment by IK Partners in Sansidor
• Certain funds advised by KKR Credit as second lien lenders to the Wittur group in relation to its financial restructuring
• Credit fund investors including Apollo, Park Square Capital and KKR Credit on private placed notes investments to a Cinven portfolio company
• Both sponsors and private investment funds on multiple fund-level and asset backed financings
• JPMorgan on the financing for EIG’s c.$4.8 billion acquisition of a 25% stake in Repsol’s upstream oil and gas assets
• Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book-Running Managers in LATAM Airlines Group’s $2.75 billion Debtor-in-Possession to Exit financing

In 2021, Jacob spent a year on secondment with the Credit and Markets team in KKR’s London office.

Jacob received his LL.B from the College of Law – London, and his B.A. Hons. from the University of Leeds. He is admitted to practice in England and Wales.