Aneeq K. Durrani

Kirkland & Ellis advised Galderma, an emerging pure-play dermatology category leader, on a private placement of approximately $1 billion for newly issued shares, from a group consisting of current shareholders, new investors, as well as management. The transaction is expected to close in the coming weeks and an Initial Public Offering remains the likely next step in Galderma’s ambition to become the leading dermatology company in the world. Read Galderma’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Roger Johnson, Aneeq Durrani, Andreas Philipson and Adrian Duncan and associates Jamie Gordon, George Rawlinson and Usman Malik; and tax partners Timothy Lowe and Cian O’Connor.

Jul 7

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Asda Group, owned by the Issa brothers, investment funds managed by TDR Capital and Walmart, on the acquisition of EG Group’s UK and Ireland operations for an enterprise value of c. £2.27 billion. EG Group’s UK and Ireland businesses consist of c. 350 petrol filling station sites and over 1,000 food-to-go locations. The deal will create a group with combined revenues of nearly £30 billion, serving some 21 million customers every week. Read Asda’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Stuart Boyd, Aneeq Durrani and Jessica Corr and associates Jamie Gordon, Christopher Weale, Callum Alder and Sophie Thomas and tax partners Timothy Lowe and Ed Moberly.

May 31

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Aspia, the leading business partner offering technology-enabled accounting, payroll, tax and advisory services in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark, on entering into an agreement to acquire Accountor Outsourcing, a leading provider of accounting, payroll and professional services in the Nordic region. The acquisition is subject to certain conditions and is expected to be completed within a short period. Read Aspia’s press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Aneeq Durrani and Henry Birch and associates George Rawlinson, Andrea Jekkels and Nikhil Mohindra; antitrust partner Matthew Sinclair-Thomson; debt finance partner Kirsteen Nicol and associates Adrian Kilercioglu and Ben Egan; tax partners Peter Abbott and Sam Trowbridge and associate Alexandria Solomou; and technology & IP transactions partner Max Harris and associates Ben Zeris and Lana Khoury.

Jun 6

1 min

Kirkland is advising EQT Private Equity on the £650 million acquisition of SPT Labtech, a manufacturer and designer of automated instruments and consumables for life science research. The team was led by corporate partners Roger Johnson and Aneeq Durrani and associates Sharon Skipper and Jung-Wook Lee, tax partner Tim Lowe and associate Rohit Pisal, debt finance partner Daniel Borg and associates Maurice Walsh and Anastasis Voskos, technology & IP transactions partner John Patten and associates Jessica Dye and RJ McLaughlin, ESG & impact partner Ruth Knox and associates Aladdin Benali and Daniel D’Ambrosio, antitrust partners Sally Evans and Carla Hine and associate Fiona Constant-Lotz, real estate partner Jennifer Sheehan, environmental transactions partner Michael Saretsky and associate Carter Vella and labor & employment partner, Risa Salins.

Jun 24

1 min