Address: London: Eighth Floor, Ten Bishops Square, London E1 6EG
Areas of Focus: Special Situations; Credit Funds; Capital Solutions; Finance; Corporate; Asset-Based Finance; Structured Finance & Asset-Based Finance; Structured Fund Finance
Biography: Kevin represents financial institutions, noteholders and bondholders in a broad range of finance matters, including fund financing (subscription line facilities, net asset value (NAV) facilities and hybrid facilities), special situations, restructuring, structured finance, receivables financing, private placements and real estate finance, and regularly advises on complex cross-border transactions. Kevin has worked across a number of sectors, including private credit, data centers, financial services including fintech, renewables and real estate.
Representative Work: - Advised U.S. hyper scale data center provider in connection with a $1 billion DevCo revolving credit agreement for the purpose of developing and subsequently leasing out a number of data centers across the U.S. - Advised leading edge data center in connection with $900 million DevCo revolving credit facility. - Advised U.S. based data center in connection with a $500 million pan-European DevCo revolving credit facility. - Advised a private credit fund in connection with a $200 million subscription line facility agreement. - Advised a U.K. based institutional investor in connection with various structured finance transactions, including ground rent securitizations and commercial loan securitizations. - Advised a global private markets firm in connection with a $300 million NAV-based facility agreement. - Advised a U.S. based investment manager in connection with a £100 million term loan facility and £50 million variable funding notes facility made available to a U.K. based litigation and dispute funding provider. - Advised private placement investors in connection with both agented and bilateral transactions; acting for a range of U.S. and U.K. based institutional investors in connection with secured and unsecured issuances by various U.K. and European entities, including U.K. and foreign corporates, family offices, schools, universities and housing associations. - Advised a U.K. based institutional investor in connection with senior and mezzanine finance direct lending transactions. - Advised a U.S. distressed debt fund in connection with various bespoke cross-border financing arrangements within broader complex corporate and tax structures, including listing of notes on The International Stock Exchange (TISE), advising on mortgage portfolio acquisitions, repurchase agreements and financing and acquisition of a Spanish insurance business.
Credentials: Education: LL.M., University of Glasgow, 2010; DLP, University of Glasgow, 2007; LL.B., University of Strathclyde, 2006 Bar Admissions: Law Society of Scotland, 2009; Registered Foreign Lawyer in England and Wales, 2025
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Insights: - Akin Advises ePointZero in $2.25 Billion Acquisition of Traverse Midstream Partners (July 28, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-epointzero-in-dollar225-billion-acquisition-of-traverse-midstream-partners - Akin Advises Kennedy Lewis on €2 Billion+ Strategic Partnership with Bank of Ireland (March 13, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-kennedy-lewis-on-euro2-billion-strategic-partnership-with-bank-of-ireland - FCA Consultation Paper on Motor Finance Redress Published (October 14, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/fca-consultation-paper-on-motor-finance-redress-published - Akin Advises on John Wood Group Restructuring (September 23, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-on-john-wood-group-restructuring - After the Supreme Court Judgment – What’s Next for Motor Finance Claims in the UK? (August 6, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/after-the-supreme-court-judgement-whats-next-for-motor-finance-claims-in-the-uk - Akin Deepens Finance Offering with Rehire of Kevin Gilroy in London (February 27, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-deepens-finance-offering-with-rehire-of-kevin-gilroy-in-london
