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Kfir Abutbul

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“Kfir Abutbul combines a unique mix of commerciality and risk avoidance. This is particularly useful in non-traditional investment situations where negotiations need to focus on the absolute needs versus the nice-to-haves.”
— The Legal 500 2024
New York
About

Kfir Abutbul is a transactional lawyer and advisor to private equity sponsors, credit funds, and institutional investors operating across the capital structure, with a focus on energy and infrastructure.

Kfir advises sponsors and investors throughout the private capital deployment lifecycle – from initial structuring, investment, and acquisition through exits, workouts, and restructurings. He has significant experience in non-traditional investment scenarios, including participating and non-participating preferred equity, convertible instruments, holding-company payment-in-kind structures, and hybrid financing products.

In the energy and infrastructure sector, Kfir focuses on investments in data centers, critical and power infrastructure, power generation, battery and storage technologies, critical minerals, and decarbonization infrastructure. He also advises on global transactions involving investments across the United States, Western Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, with particular experience in Japan. His experience spans sectors, including real assets, chemicals, technology, industrials, and digital infrastructure.

Areas of FocusFinanceCapital SolutionsMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityRestructuringInvestment FundsEnergy and Natural ResourcesInfrastructure, Construction and Transport
Bar admissionsNew YorkTexasRegistered Foreign Lawyer, England and Wales, 2024
Education
  • J.D., Columbia Law School
  • L.L.B., University College London

EXPERIENCE

Kfir regularly advises investors focused on capital solutions, including:

  • Guggenheim Partners
  • Bain Capital
  • A multinational company with operations in private equity, alternative asset management, and financial services
  • A multinational investment banking and financial services group
  • A leading alternative investment firm

Matters

  • Reliance Industries in an investment in America First Refining, LLC, a developer of a greenfield refinery at the Port of Brownsville, Texas
  • Guggenheim Partners in the signed sale of Fastbridge Fiber, LLC and Niacom Holdings, LLC to a fiber-to-the-home platform backed by a leading alternative investment firm
  • Guggenheim Partners in the combination of two portfolio companies operating in the fiber-to-the-home industry and a renewed commitment of USD100 million in additional capital funding
  • A multinational company with operations in private equity, alternative asset management, and financial services in the workout of its existing Class B preferred equity investment in a solar energy company and the exchange of that investment for convertible notes in the company’s public parent
  • Bain Capital in its preferred equity investment in MRO Holdings, Inc.
Languages
  • Hebrew

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

The Legal 500 United States

  • Tier 2, US Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power, 2024
  • Tier 5, M&A: Large Deals (more than USD 1 billion), 2024
  • Tier 3, Private Equity Buyouts, Middle Market, 2026

The Legal 500 2026

  • “Handles cross-border transactions, innovative capital solutions, and preferred equity investments”

The Legal 500 2024

  • “Kfir Abutbul combines a unique mix of commerciality and risk avoidance. This is particularly useful in non-traditional investment situations where negotiations need to focus on the absolute needs versus the nice-to-haves”
  • “A trusted advisor on restructurings and workouts”

Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Kfir was a partner at an international law firm, where he co-led the capital solutions group and the energy and infrastructure sector.

Memberships and Affiliations

Member, Law360 Energy Editorial Board, 2022

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+1 212 335 4795
(Work, New York)

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