Aprajita Dhundia

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Simpro Group, a provider of field service management solutions and a K1 Investment Management portfolio company, on its acquisition of BigChange, a UK-based leader in job management software for the field services industry, from Great Hill Partners. Read Simpro Group’s press release The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Aprajita Dhundia, Matt Goulding, Matt Dunnet, Jin Lee, Ben Zelouf, Alex Mieszkalski, Izzet Hassan, Sam Hummel, Fiona Coffee, Isabel Lee and Etienne Vautier; tax lawyers Peter Abbott, Devin Heckman, Heidi Yuen and Iarlaith McCarthy-Hann; technology & IP transactions lawyers Emma Flett, Ben Zeris and Shareen Dhillon; and antitrust & competition lawyers Joel Gory and Juan Donado-Diez.

Nov 25

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising private investment firm Bain Capital Insurance, the dedicated insurance investment business of Bain Capital, on a reinsurance brokerage joint venture with WTW (NASDAQ: WTW). The new company will combine WTW’s leading global network and expertise in insurance broking, consulting and technology with Bain Capital’s scaled team of insurance industry experts and track record of building and growing innovative insurance businesses across the value chain. WTW will hold a minority share of the new company. The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Rajab Abbassi, Aprajita Dhundia, Jack D. Yamin, Dana Abdulkarim, Jin Yi Lee, Alex Adamis and Lilly Rohan; tax lawyers Mike Carew, Amy Francis, Christine Lehman, Alan Walker, Leah Warren and Natasha Haftke; technology & IP transactions lawyers Todd Herst and Reilly Caitlin Townsend; investment funds lawyer Emma Reid; and antitrust & competition lawyer Sion Davies.

Dec 4

1 min

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 advised EW Healthcare Partners on a partnership with Ascend Advanced Therapies (Ascend), a gene-to-GMP development company, which will help to expand the footprint and capabilities of Ascend in the United States. As part of the broader transaction, EW Healthcare Partners also sold its portfolio company, Advanced BioScience Laboratories (ABL), a biotherapy, oncolytic and viral vector contract development, and manufacturing organization (CDMO) located in Rockville, Md., to Ascend and made a significant capital investment in Ascend in order to support the continued growth of the company. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Kimberly Snyder, Marshall Shaffer, Aprajita Dhundia and Matt Suhosky and tax lawyers Vivek Ratnam and Mike Beinus.

Nov 20

1 min

Sullivan & Cromwell has hired Patrick Clancy, a former Shearman & Sterling partner, as counsel in London to strengthen its derivatives and structured finance offering. Clancy spent almost 20 years as a partner at legacy firm Shearman & Sterling. While his long-term platform was Shearman, his move to Sullivan & Cromwell is effectively from A&O Shearman as most recently, he worked as a consultant through Peerpoint, the A&O Shearman consultancy arm. In his new role, Clancy will look to advise a broad client base including financial institutions, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, investment funds, private equity sponsors and managers, corporates, and financial infrastructure providers. According to the firm’s website, Sullivan & Cromwell now has 88 lawyers in its London office, ahead of New York rival Davis Polk & Wardwell, which lists 80. The news comes at an expansive time for the firm, which is also launching an office in Houston, Texas, Law.com revealed on Thursday. Clancy’s hire is the latest in a series of additions as Sullivan & Cromwell continues to build out its London presence. In September, the firm announced the arrival of restructuring partner Kon Asimacopoulos, who joined from Kirkland & Ellis after nearly two decades. Asimacopoulos became office co-head and co-head of restructuring alongside Mike Francies, who retired in early 2024. Asimacopoulos now serves as U.K. co-head together with John Horsfield-Bradbury. The firm has also made a number of associate hires, predominantly within its financial services group. Three new associates joined from A&O Shearman in October, having previously worked as part of London financial services partner Barnabas Reynolds’ team at Shearman & Sterling. Commenting on Clancy’s appointment, Reynolds said: “I have worked with Patrick for many years. He is one of the leading experts in his field, especially on the most innovative structured finance transactions.” Sullivan & Cromwell said its financial services practice advises financial institutions—both U.S. and non-U.S.—as well as fintech and other startups and industry groups. The team works across areas including mergers and acquisitions, bank regulation, capital markets, digital assets and fintech, economic sanctions and financial crime, commodities, futures and derivatives, consumer finance, and investigations and litigation. In December, the firm also hired private equity partner Aprajita Dhundia and tax partner Ian Fereira from Kirkland & Ellis. In a September interview with Law.com, firm leaders said they aim to grow Sullivan & Cromwell’s London office broadly in line with New York, while not seeking to expand at the same scale or pace as some competitors, including Kirkland & Ellis. A&O Shearman declined to comment.

Jan 9

2 min