Will Jason Kyrwood (left) ever get to show his parents New York? It’s a fair question. In 2008, Kyrwood, a Davis Polk corporate partner, had just welcomed his mum and dad from Australia when he was called in to represent the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the $85 billion rescue financing for American International Group Inc. He spent the next six days working round-the-clock on the credit facility and finished just in time to wave them goodbye.
Fast-forward to November 2013: Kyrwood’s parents once again made the 22-hour trip from Australia to New York, only for Kyrwood to disappear at short notice for a second time, this time for two weeks, to work on the financing of Verizon’s buyout of Vodafone Group Plc from their joint venture, Verizon Wireless. Who knows what will happen the next time they visit.
