George Rawlinson

Kirkland & Ellis advised the AA and its majority shareholders TowerBrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus on Stonepeak’s investment in the AA, a leading provider of roadside assistance services in the UK with a nationwide network of patrols and garages serving 14 million members. Stonepeak will invest £450 million in the AA through a combination of common and preferred equity at an enterprise value of approximately £4 billion. Following this investment Warburg Pincus and TowerBrook will remain the majority shareholders of the AA. This transaction is subject to customary closing conditions including the receipt of regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the first half of 2024. Read Stonepeak’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Keir MacLennan, Adrian Maguire and Dan Clarke and associates George Rawlinson and Matt Barbato; debt finance partners Ian Barratt and Tom Raftery; capital markets partner Tim Cruickshank; financial services partner Reva Raghavan; tax partner Peter Abbott and associate Hugo Coleman; and antitrust & competition partners Paula Riedel and Matthew Sinclair-Thomson.

Jan 2

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Centerbridge Partners on the sale of its majority interests in APCOA, Europe’s leading parking infrastructure operator, to Strategic Value Partners. The transaction is expected to close in the next three months, subject to receipt of required regulatory approvals as well as other customary closing conditions. APCOA provides car park management services across Europe and operates more than 1.8 million parking spaces across 13,000 sites in over 400 cities. The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Aprajita Dhundia and Matthew Elliott and associates Joseph O'Brien, George Rawlinson, Jin Yi Lee and Clemmie Alexander; debt finance partner Sam Sherwood; capital markets partners Tim Volkheimer and William Burke; antitrust & competition partners Athina Van Melkebeke, Paula Riedel and Joel Gory and associate Lucy Mahon; and tax partner Mavnick Nerwal and associates Hugo Coleman and Michael Akpomiemie.

Oct 26

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 & Ellis advised Advent on the investment by TA Associates in Volue, a global leader in electrification and energy technology, whereby TA Associates joins Volue as a new strategic investor alongside Advent, Generation Investment Management and Arendals Fossekompani. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Vincent Bergin, Dan Clarke, Claire Rushton, George Rawlinson; and debt finance lawyer Leon Daoud.

Feb 13

1 min