Joseph Kimberling

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.

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.

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; and
• Margin loans.

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.

As in previous editions (2024, 2025), Joe is recognized as a “Next Generation” partner in Legal 500 UK 2026 for Acquisition Finance.

Recent examples of Joe’s work include advising: 

• Apollo-managed funds in their acquisition of a majority stake in Kelvion, a leading global provider of energy-efficient heat exchange and cooling solutions, from funds advised by Triton Partners.
• ADVANZ PHARMA, a Nordic Capital portfolio company, in connection with the issuance of €917 million (equivalent) in new euro- and pound sterling-denominated senior secured notes and the borrowing of a €165 million term loan B facility.
• EQT on its acquisition of Universidad Europea.
• WS Audiology on its senior financing.
• EQT and Anticimex on the senior financing for Anticimex.
• EQT and Dellner on the senior financing for Dellner.
• PAI Partners on its acquisition of SGD Pharma.
• Nordic Capital on refinancing GHD Gesundheits.
• ConvaTec on its post-IPO refinancing.
• Paysafe on its post-IPO refinancing.
• SIG Combibloc on its post-IPO refinancing and subsequent financing matters.
• EQT on its investment in SNFL and IFG.
• Astorg Partners on its acquisition of certain assets of Xceptor Group.
• Nordic Capital on its acquisitions of:
  • Consilium Marine & Safety Group.
  • Ober Scharrer Gruppe.
  • Prospitalia Group.
• Onex and Parkdean Resorts on financing matters for the Parkdean Group.
• PAI Partners and Froneri on Froneri’s acquisition of Nestle USA’s ice cream business.
• Triton Partners its acquisition of IFCO.
• SUSE on the financing in connection with its public-to-private acquisition by EQT.
• A leading private equity sponsor on its public-to-private acquisition of Applegreen.
• A private equity consortium on the public-to-private acquisition of the Paysafe Group.
• Nordic Capital on its public-to-private acquisition of ADVANZ Pharma.
• R12 Kapital on the bank and bond financing for the public-to-private acquisition of Oriflame.
• EQT and Limacorporate on the refinancing of Limacorporate.
• EQT on its combination with Barings Private Equity Asia.
• Bain Capital on its acquisition of Italmatch.
• Lone Star and Evoca on Evoca’s bank/bond financing.
• Nordic Capital on the refinancing of Unilabs.
• Nordic Capital on its acquisition of the Lindorff Group.
• Onex on its acquisition of Clarivate Analytics.

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.