Erin Cartledge

Special Counsel
Sydney

Biography

Erin is a special counsel in our Banking and Projects group.

She is a trusted advisor to private equity sponsors, corporates, banks and other lenders on a wide range of complex domestic and international financing transactions across a variety of sectors.

Erin has extensive experience advising on acquisition and leveraged financings (including senior bank, unitranche, cov-lite and TLB financings), corporate financings, investment grade loans and other secured and unsecured lending transactions.

Erin also specialises in providing Australian law support on US financing transactions. Prior to joining G+T, Erin worked for four years at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York and is admitted as an attorney of the New York State Bar.

Experience

Erin’s experience includes advising:

  • MLAUBs in connection with EIG’s joint bid with Brookfield for Origin Energy. This was the most significant proposed deal of 2023, labelled the "400-day takeover of the decade".

  • MLAUBs on the provision of a new debt funding platform for EIG, to facilitate the establishment of an LNG platform, initially comprising certain projects to be acquired from Tokyo Gas.

  • A syndicate of lenders in connection with the refinancing of $1.525 billion of Ausgrid’s senior bank facilities, the establishment of a new common terms deed platform and the renegotiation of terms applying to an additional A$3.715 billion of senior bank facilities.

  • Various lenders and investors in connection with Transgrid’s general corporate financing requirements, including the refinancing of a number of bank facilities and also the issuance of notes by way of private placement.

  • KKR in connection with the US$1.1 billion financing obtained to support its acquisition of Arnott’s Biscuits and the US$1.25 billion financing obtained to support its acquisition of MYOB, as well as the ongoing capex and working capital requirements of Arnott’s, MYOB and some of KKR’s other portfolio companies.

  • K1 Investment Management LLC in connection with US financing obtained to support its acquisition of Elmo Software.

  • Thoma Bravo in connection with US financing obtained to support its acquisition of Nearmap.

  • GrainCorp in relation to its general corporate financing requirements, including its common terms deed and its bilateral facilities.

  • Patrick Terminals in relation to its general corporate financing requirements.

  • Various lenders in connection with a number of airport financing transactions.

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