Luke Vaz

Kirkland & Ellis is advising MRI Software, a portfolio company of TA Associates, GI Partners and Harvest Partners and global leader in real estate solutions and services, on its agreement to acquire Capita One, a leading provider of software solutions across the UK public sector. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of August 2024 and is subject to regulatory approval and approval by Capita’s shareholders. Read MRI Software’s press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Jack Donelan and Matthew Elliott and associates Euan Alston and Michael Dunton; technology and IP transactions partner Emma Flett and associates Ben Zeris and Luke Vaz; tax partner Sam Trowbridge; and antitrust & competition partner Mark Gardner and associate Fiona Constant-Lotz.

Jul 11

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising funds advised by Apax Partners on the acquisition of the Zellis Group, a leading provider of payroll and HR software solutions to customers in the UK and Ireland, from Bain Capital. Read Apax’s press release The Kirkland team is being led by corporate partners Jacob Traff, Stuart Boyd and Andrew McAlpine and associates Steven Hunter, Talodabioluwa Olu-Odugbemi, Shaun Boyle, Matthew Barbato and Marcus Dashper; technology & IP transactions partner Jennifer Wilson and associate Luke Vaz; financial services regulatory partners Ramya Juwadi and Adam Skinner and associate Stefan Nesic; and tax partners Alan Walker and Rob Sharpe and associate Hugo Coleman.

Apr 16

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Arctos Sports Partners (Arctos) on a landmark partnership and investment deal with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) that will see Arctos acquire a minority equity stake in Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), the most successful football club in France and one of the leading football and multi-sport clubs and lifestyle brands in the world. Read QSI and Arctos’ joint press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Vincent Ponsonnaille and Louis Gosset and associate François Capoul and technology & IP transactions partners Max Harris and Emma Flett and associate Luke Vaz.

Dec 7

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Zellis Group, a portfolio company of the Apax Funds providing HR, payroll, and benefits administration software, on reaching a definitive agreement to acquire Benify, a provider of employee benefits administration software, from Vitruvian Partners. As part of the transaction, Benify will be combined with Zellis Group’s benefits administration software and employee engagement business, Benefex, and Vitruvian Partners will become a minority investor in the Zellis Group alongside the Apax Funds. Read Zellis Group’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Jacob Traff, Stuart Boyd and Andrew McAlpine and associates Rebecca Pearce, Oliver Small, Rika Hayashida and Steven Hunter; tax partners Rob Sharpe and Alan Walker and associates Hugo Coleman and Bryan Leighton; technology & IP transactions partner Jenny Wilson and associate Luke Vaz; and financial services regulatory partners Daniel Fallon and Ramya Juwadi.

Sep 4

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised funds managed by AGG Capital Management Limited, a subsidiary of Arrow Global Group, a leading pan-European investment manager, on the strategic acquisition of a majority position in AFE S.A. SICAV-RAIF, a specialist investment manager with a complementary focus on non-performing loans and real estate. In support of the acquisition, holders of more than 95% of AFE’s €307.5 million senior secured notes consented to a comprehensive recapitalisation and refinancing transaction that saw AFE’s existing RCF ultimately refinanced with the proceeds of a new €132.9 million term facility, the issuance of approximately €35.7 million of additional notes and an extension to the maturity date of the notes to July 2030. The Kirkland team was led by restructuring partners Thomas Jemmett and Kon Asimacopoulos and included restructuring partner Sarah Ullathorne and associates Krista Sirola, Arwyn Davies, Sophia Rossi and Fiona Ling; investment funds partners Anand Damodaran and Edward Prestwich and associate Philipp Ershov; capital markets partner Tim Volkheimer and associate William Taylor; tax partners Mavnick Nerwal, Rebecca Hill, Emma Faulkner-Hill, Steven Cantor and Anthony Sexton and associate Alex Piggott; technology and IP transactions partner Jacqueline Clover and associate Luke Vaz; and antitrust & competition partner Matthew Sinclair-Thomson.

Feb 14

1 min