Richard Kitchen
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Banking & Finance: Mid-Market
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About
Provided by Richard Kitchen
Practice Areas
Richard Kitchen is a partner in the firm's London office and a member of the Private Credit & Special Situations team. Richard’s practice focuses on general banking, alternative credit and international acquisition and leveraged finance transactions. Richard has significant experience acting for private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers and creditors on a wide range of debt capital structures in the European mid-cap and large-cap markets.
Richard draws on a wealth of experience including syndicated cov-lite and cov-loose financings, second lien loan financings, super senior revolving credit facility and high yield bond financings, stretched senior and unitranche financings, as well as subordinated instruments including PIK and preferred equity.
Mr. Kitchen’s clients include private equity sponsors, investment banks and providers of alternative credit.
Chambers Review
UK
Richard Kitchen has significant experience advising both sponsor and lender-side clients. He is noted in particular for his strength in leveraged and acquisition financings and offers strong expertise in direct lending.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard is a star player in the mid-market for private creditors."
"Richard is very experienced and knowledgeable about leveraged finance and private credit. He knows the small intricacies of commercial terms and why they appeared in the market in the first place."
"Richard is a star player in the mid-market for private creditors."
"Richard is very experienced and knowledgeable about leveraged finance and private credit. He knows the small intricacies of commercial terms and why they appeared in the market in the first place."