Shaun Chung

Kirkland & Ellis is advising K1 Investment Management on its strategic growth investment in Board Intelligence, a leading board management software platform. This investment allows Board Intelligence to strengthen its category-leading position through organic growth, product and geographic expansion and strategic acquisitions. Read K1 Investment Management’s press release The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Aprajita Dhundia, Shaun Chung, Ben Zelouf and Sophie Thomas; debt finance lawyer Daniel Borg and Deena Smith; technology & IP transactions lawyers Max Harris and Luke Vaz; tax lawyers Rob Sharpe, Peter Abbott and Rikesh Gandhi; and antitrust & competition lawyer Joel Gory and Juan Donado Diez.

Dec 15

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advises Thoma Bravo's portfolio company, J.D. Power, a global leader in data analytics, on its definitive agreement to acquire Autovista Group, a leading pan-European and Australian automotive data, analytics, and industry insights provider. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2023 and is subject to customary closing conditions. Read J.D. Power’s press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Vincent Bergin, David Higgins, Francesca Storey-Harris and Dan Hoppe and associates Shaun Chung, Sher Lin Wong, Ece Osman and Isabel Lee and debt finance partners Brian Ford, Kirsteen Nicol and Lee Discher and associates Alex Straka, Frankie Butler, Alex Bender, Adrian Kilercioglu and Igor Musienko.

Sep 12

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising GIC on a circa $15 billion joint venture (JV) with Equinix, Inc. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) to capitalise, acquire and develop a U.S. centric digital infrastructure platform. Driven by increasing artificial intelligence and cloud growth, the JV is intended to accelerate the Equinix xScale data center portfolio by purchasing land to build new state-of-the-art xScale facilities on multiple greater-than-100-megawatt campuses in the U.S., eventually adding more than 1.5 gigawatts of new capacity for hyperscale customers. Under the terms of the agreement, CPP Investments and GIC will each control a 37.5% equity interest in the JV, and Equinix will own a 25% equity interest. The closing of the JV is subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals, which are expected to be received in the fourth quarter of 2024. Read GIC’s press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate lawyers Celyn Evans, Miroslav Tomo, Matthew Elliott, James Hunn, Shaun Chung and Isabel Lee; real estate lawyers Christopher Hartmann, Samuel Zaretsky and Brandon Hemans; and tax lawyers Justin Barbosa, Mike Beinus and Callum Burnett.

Oct 4

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising EQT Infrastructure on the acquisition of Green Investment Group’s (“GIG”) ownership stake in (i) Covanta Green UK Limited, (ii) Covanta Green Jersey Assets Limited and (iii) Covanta Green Protos Holding Limited, which in turn hold ownership stakes across four Waste-to-Energy facilities in the UK. Read the Covanta press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Roger Johnson, Celyn Evans and Greg Scott and associates Andrew McAlpine and Shaun Chung.

Mar 2

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Aleph Capital Partners and Crestview Partners, leading private equity firms based in London and New York, respectively, on their significant equity investment in Saber Interactive, a global leader in interactive entertainment and video game development. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Aprajita Dhundia, Dave Gusella and Jessica Sicsu and associates Shaun Chung, Emily Gamble and Katie Heffernan; technology & IP transactions partners Joanna Schlingbaum, Emma Flett, Max Harris and Shellie Freedman and associates Dan Sotos and Noémie Broussoux-Coutard; international trade & national security associates Billy Phalen and Brandon Ricaurte; tax partner Vincent Thorn and associate Leon Peschel; antitrust & competition partner Mark Gardner and associate Richard Birch; and debt finance partner Grant Bowen.

Sep 20

1 min