Kirkland & Ellis advised affiliates of Bedrock Industries Management Co. on providing a five-year $150 million debt and structured equity financing for Aymium, a producer of renewable biocarbon products. The transaction was announced on February 4, 2025. The new financing refinances Aymium’s existing debt and adds liquidity to execute the company’s near-term growth initiatives, including new biocarbon and biohydrogen production facilities currently under review. Bedrock Industries is a privately held investment vehicle, which was founded in 2015 to focus on investments across the metals, mining, and natural resources sectors.
The deal was led by Kirkland’s Credit Opportunities practice, which integrates the Firm’s leading debt finance and capital markets practices with its top-tier global M&A and restructuring practices in order to facilitate cutting-edge advice in connection with customized capital structure solutions and credit investments.
The Kirkland team included debt finance lawyer H.T. Flanagan and corporate lawyer Kevin Crews, as well as debt finance lawyers Dave Nemecek, Steven Keithley, Graham Owen, John Ryan Isaacson, Hope Rovner and Katie Schneller; corporate lawyer Adam Wojcik; tax lawyers Mark Schwed and Maria Smith; and restructuring lawyer Pat Nash.
