Joe Kimberling > Sidley Austin LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Sidley Austin LLP
70 St Mary Axe
London
EC3A 8BE
England

Work Department

Global Finance

Position

Partner

Career

JOE KIMBERLING represents private equity sponsors, borrowers, and issuers in leveraged finance transactions and corporate financing matters, with a particular focus on cross-border acquisition financing.

Joe helps clients navigate a broad spectrum of debt capital structures and financing matters, including:

  • Syndicated loan financing
  • Bank/bond financing
  • Bridge financing
  • Private credit financing
  • Junior capital
  • Post-IPO financings
  • Public-to-private takeover financing
  • Margin loans

Drawing on strong technical ability and broad market knowledge, Joe gives commercial advice that reflects the latest developments in the market. He understands the flexibility clients need, advocates strongly for their interests, and finds solutions to get the deal done.

He has an established track record of successfully executing market-leading transactions within the European and U.S. leveraged finance markets, having worked in London, New York, and Washington, D.C.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Acquisition finance

(Next Generation Partners)

Joe KimberlingSidley Austin LLP

Drawing upon a ‘great diversity of transaction experience across multiple asset classes and throughout the capital structure’, Sidley Austin LLP provides ‘super commercial and very responsive’ advice to a borrower-focused client base engaged in new money deals as well as refinancing work for portfolio companies. James Crooksbrings a huge amount of market insight and knowledge to every transaction’, ensuring that he is able to ‘guide clients deftly through how and where to push on terms’. The practice was recently bolstered by the arrival of Joe Kimberling, as well as new joint practice heads Sam Hamilton and Jay Sadanandan, all of whom joined from Latham & Watkins.