Andrew McAlpine

Kirkland & Ellis advises funds advised by Apax Partners LLP (Apax) on the recommended cash acquisition of the entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital of Kin and Carta plc, a global DX consultancy. The acquisition will be implemented by a newly formed company owned by Apax and values Kin and Carta's ordinary share capital at approximately £203 million on a fully diluted basis. Read the London Stock Exchange announcement The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Stuart Boyd, Jacob Traff, Monica Gemes and Andrew McAlpine and associates Izzet Hassan, Usman Malik, Sagun Poudyal, Moose Sarfraz, Joe Timmins and Calvin Vaughan; technology & IP transactions partners Emma Flett and Max Harris and associate Luke Vaz; employment & labor associates Mallory McKenzie and Maayan Sachs; ESG & impact associate Athena Chuang; and international trade partner Michelle Weinbaum.

Oct 18

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 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 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 has advised funds advised by Triton (“Triton”) on the agreement to acquire the security and communications technology product business (“BSCT”) from Bosch Group (“Bosch”). The transaction is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed by the end of H1 2025. BSCT offers solutions in the areas of video surveillance, access and intrusion control as well as professional communication. The company has around 4,300 employees worldwide and generates more than €1 billion in revenues. Read Triton’s press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Tobias Larisch, Benjamin Leyendecker, Sebastian Häfele, Tom Bartram, Andrew McAlpine, Tamara Zehentbauer, Philipp Poitiers, Merle Müller, Michael Dunton, Dov Seifman, Jamie Manson, Charles Hébert and Simran Johal; tax lawyers Michael Ehret and Florian Schütte; debt finance lawyer Alexander Längsfeld; technology & IP transactions lawyers Emma Flett, Jenny Wilson, Stephen Coudounaris and Calum Parfitt; antitrust & competition lawyers Sally Evans and Jessica Ouchai; litigation lawyer Patrick Navein; and environmental lawyers Jonathan Kidwell, Mary-Michael Robertson and Thomas Boynton.

Dec 12

1 min