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 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
- Paul Hastings Advises Blackstone Credit and Ares Corporation in the Largest Unitranche Debt Financing in History for Thoma Bravo’s Acquisition of Stamps.com for $6.6 Billion - October 5th, 2021
- Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada Provide Acquisition Financing for Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners in its $5.1 Billion Acquisition of American National Group - August 9th, 2021
- Paul Hastings Advises Blackstone, Ares and PSP in the Debt Financing for Thoma Bravo’s $6.6 Billion Acquisition of Stamps.com - July 9th, 2021
- NGL Energy Partners Obtains $2.55 Billion Financing - February 5th, 2021
- Paul Hastings’ Securities and Capital Markets Practice Logs Record Year - January 13th, 2021
- Paul Hastings’ Premier High Yield Platform Advises on $1.2 Billion of Debut High Yield Deals in the Healthcare Sector - November 10th, 2020
- Barclays, BBVA and KeyBanc Serve as Joint Bookrunning Managers in Prime Healthcare’s Debut $700 Million Secured Notes Offering - November 4th, 2020
- Bank of America Leads $1,050,000,000 Term Loan Facility in Connection with Xperi and TiVo “Merger Of Equals” - June 4th, 2020
- Echostar Provides Financing for Globalstar, Inc. - December 4th, 2019
Recognitions
insights
- Ticking Fees Trends in the U.S. Loan Market - May 19th, 2023
- Market Intersection: A Quarterly Look at the U.S. Credit Markets 3Q22 - November 16th, 2022
- Federal Reserve Seeks to Raise Interest by Issuing Revised FAQs for Its Main Street Lending Program - September 28th, 2020
- Federal Reserve Expands Main Street Lending Program to Nonprofit Organizations and Updates FAQs - July 20th, 2020
- Federal Reserve Board Revises and Prepares to Open the Main Street Lending Program - June 11th, 2020
- COVID-19: Federal Reserve Board Announces It Is Expanding the Scope and Eligibility for the Main Street Lending Program - May 1st, 2020
- Overview of the Credit Facilities Implemented by the Federal Reserve to Provide up to $2.3 Trillion Relying upon its Emergency Lending Powers - April 9th, 2020
- PH COVID-19 Client Alert Series: Overview of the Liquidity and Credit Support Programs of the CARES ACT and Implemented by the Federal Reserve (UPDATED) - March 27th, 2020
- PH COVID-19 Client Alert Series: Overview of the Liquidity and Credit Support Programs for Affected Businesses Proposed by Congress and Implemented by the Federal Reserve - March 24th, 2020