Jelani Okoruwa

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Montagu Private Equity (“Montagu”) on the acquisition of the Education Software Solutions business (“ESS”) of Capita plc. Kirkland is also advising Montagu on the agreement to invest in ParentPay Group (“ParentPay”), a leading provider of education technology. Following the successful completion of both investments, ESS will become part of the ParentPay Group. Read the Montagu press release The Kirkland team was led by London transactional partners Adrian Maguire, Aprajita Dhundia and Adrian Duncan and associates Claire Rushton, Nicholas Appleton, Melissa Sawyer and Jelani Okoruwa; debt finance partners Chris Shield and Leon Daoud and associates Thomas Raftery and Will Knapp; technology & IP transactions associates Eleanor Harley and John Patten.

Dec 14

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Summa Equity, an impact-focused private equity firm, on its investment in EA Technology, a solutions provider for monitoring and management of electricity grids and assets. Read Summa Equity’s press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Jacob Traff, Stuart Boyd, Steven Hunter, Jelani Okoruwa, Michael Dunton and George Rawlinson; technology & IP transactions lawyers Max Harris and Asmita Singhvi; tax lawyers Peter Abbott and Cosmos Fung; debt finance lawyers Daniel Borg and Aram Valesyan; ESG & impact lawyer Erin Sculthorpe; and antitrust & competition lawyer Athina Van Melkebeke.

Oct 15

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising leading global growth investor, Warburg Pincus, on the agreement with Macquarie Capital Principal Finance to jointly acquire a majority stake in Premier Technical Services Group Ltd ("PTSG"). The new investment from Warburg Pincus marks a significant milestone for PTSG as it enters its next phase of growth, allowing the company to focus on continued innovation and key growth initiatives, while continuing to offer strong customer service. PTSG is a leading provider of specialist building compliance services, including fire and electrical compliance services, fall protection and façade access services. Headquartered in West Yorkshire, England, PTSG employs around 1,400 people across 37 UK sites, servicing more than 180,000 buildings in the UK, across a wide range of industries. Read the Warburg Pincus press release The transaction remains subject to the approval of antitrust authorities and the financial terms are undisclosed. The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Adrian Maguire and Dan Clarke and associates Jiri Peterka, Jelani Okoruwa, Louis Hopson and Rebecca Pearce; debt finance partner Neel Sachdev and associates Stefan Arnold-Soulby and Maurice Walsh; technology & IP transactions associates John Patten and Alex Zapalowski; antitrust & competition partners Matthew Sinclair-Thomson and associates Philipp Gnatzy and Sandeep Ravikumar and tax partner Tim Lowe.

May 17

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Starwood Capital Group (Starwood Capital), a leading global private investment firm focused on real estate, on its strategic investment in Echelon Data Centres (Echelon), one of the leading data centre developers in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The transaction will see Starwood Capital commit approximately $850 million through Starwood Opportunity Fund XII and Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc, becoming a 50% shareholder in Echelon and providing material capital for its continued growth. The investment values Echelon at approximately €2.5 billion enterprise value. Read Starwood Capital’s press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Dipak Bhundia, Matthew Elliott, Andrew McAlpine and Emma Shelston and associates Jelani Okoruwa, Ben Zelouf and Shaun Boyle; debt finance partners Lloyd Robertson-Jones, Daniel Borg and James Collins and associates Benjamin Lewis and Oliver Clayson; tax partners Katherine Durkacz and Ed Moberly and associates Grace Nielsen and Alexandria Solomou; investment funds partner Paul Sampson; and real estate partner Jonathan Schechter.

Feb 20

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Bain Capital Private Equity and Cinven who have entered into definitive agreements to acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients (“LSI”), a division of Lonza AG, for a total enterprise value of CHF 4.2 billion. LSI is a world-leading provider of specialty chemicals for microbial control solutions, used to eliminate or control harmful and unwanted micro-organisms. LSI’s products are critical ingredients in disinfectants, preservatives, sanitisers, personal care products, as well as coatings and other industrial uses. The business also produces a range of other specialty chemicals, centred around its unique production facility in Switzerland. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, LSI has approximately 2,800 employees, 11 R&D centres and 17 manufacturing sites across the world. The business serves circa 5,300 customers across a wide range of end-markets. Read the Bain Capital press release The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Adrian Maguire, Rory Mullarkey, Jacob Traff and Dan Clarke and associates Claire Rushton, Max Mugnaioni, Jelani Okoruwa and Molly Beck; tax partners Tim Lowe and Mike Carew; antitrust & competition partner Paula Riedel and technology & IP transactions associate John Patten.

Feb 9

1 min