Linklaters advises Bank of Ireland on €2 billion strategic partnership with Kennedy Lewis

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Linklaters advised Bank of Ireland on the entry into a strategic partnership with Kennedy Lewis, a US based multi strategy private credit manager. The partnership will focus on originating and jointly deploying bank-led financing solutions for European mid market buyouts. Kennedy Lewis has committed €2 billion to support the partnership’s activity over the next three years, complementing Bank of Ireland’s existing acquisition finance business.

The partnership brings together Bank of Ireland’s long-established European leveraged finance platform – operating from Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, and Paris – with Kennedy Lewis' extensive US lending expertise and flexible capital base across more than $32 billion in assets under management. The joint initiative will deliver tailored financing solutions to mid market private equity sponsors across bilateral, club, and syndicated loan structures.

The transaction reflects a growing trend of strategic co-investment partnerships between banks and private credit funds, bringing mutual benefits of scale and market access to the participants and increasing and differentiating the offering they can provide to their sponsor clients.

The Linklaters team was led by structured finance partner Lucy Sidey, supported by associate Yousef Eltantawy.