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Overview
Kristopher Villarreal is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's New York office. His practice focuses on leveraged finance transactions. Mr. Villarreal has considerable experience representing financial institutions and corporate borrowers in a broad range of financing transactions, including first and second lien credit facilities, bridge loan facilities, cross‑border financings, and asset‑based credit facilities. He also has experience representing debtors and lenders in debtor‑in‑possession financings, restructurings, and workouts.
Education
- St. John's University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2006
- University of Texas at Austin, B.S., 2001
News
- Paul Hastings Advised Lenders in Simpro’s Acquisition of BigChange - October 30th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises Morgan Stanley and Other Lenders in Verizon’s $20 Billion Acquisition of Frontier Communications - October 18th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Barclays on Prime Healthcare Services, Inc's $1.5 Billion Senior Secured Notes Offering and Tender Offer - August 29th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Ares, KKR, Apollo, Oaktree, HPS, and Goldman as Lenders on Legends’ Acquisition of ASM Global - August 26th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises Lenders in Carlyle’s $3.8 Billion Purchase of Vantive Kidney Care from Baxter - August 14th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Barclays on $3.15 Billion Financing for Sixth Street Partners’ $5.1 Billion Acquisition of Enstar Group - July 29th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Morgan Stanley in Connection with Helmerich & Payne’s $1.9725 Billion Acquisition of KCA Deutag - July 25th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Semperis on Growth Financing - June 21st, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advising Lead Arrangers on Financing KKR’s Investment in Cotiviti - February 14th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Lenders in Connection with Legends’ Acquisition of ASM Global - November 7th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Morgan Stanley on Financing for AGCO’s $2 Billion Acquisition of Trimble Inc.’s Ag Assets - September 29th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Barclays on Financing for Chesapeake Utilities Corporation’s Acquisition of Florida City Gas - September 27th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Morgan Stanley on Financing for RenaissanceRe’s $2.985 Billion Acquisition of Validus Re - May 24th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Goldman Sachs on Financing for ONEOK’s $18.8 Billion Acquisition of Magellan Midstream Partners - May 15th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Represents Joint Lead Arrangers on $1.5 Billion Term Loan Financing and Joint Book-Runners on $500 Million Senior Notes Listing in Connection with Brookfield Reinsurance’s Acquisition of American National Group - June 13th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Wins at 2021 Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year Awards - May 6th, 2022