Sam Sherwood

Kirkland & Ellis has advised TA Associates, a leading global private equity firm, on entering into an investment agreement with Nexus AG (“Nexus”) and the voluntary public takeover offer for all outstanding shares of Nexus. The transaction is subject to regulatory and foreign trade approvals and other customary market conditions. The offer implies an equity valuation for Nexus of approximately EUR 1.21 billion. Nexus develops and distributes software solutions for the international healthcare market. With over 2,000 employees, Nexus has its own sites in nine European countries and supports customers in further 71 countries. Read TA Associates’ press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Ben Leyendecker, Johannes Rowold, Juliane Hubert, Frederick Eggert and Melissa Afraz; debt finance lawyers Sam Sherwood, Adrian Kilercioglu and Ben Egan; and technology & IP transaction lawyers Emma Flett, Noémie Broussoux-Coutard and Samantha Bradley.

Nov 5

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Francisco Partners and its portfolio company EG software, a vendor of Nordic vertical software for private and public customers, on its new c. €1.4 billion credit facilities to support a refinancing of its existing facilities. The Kirkland team includes debt finance lawyers Sam Sherwood, Jerome Hoyle, Ben Egan and Alma Chan; and tax lawyer Anthony Antioch.

Feb 27

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising funds managed by Strategic Value Partners, through Coniferous Bidco AB, on a public offer to the shareholders of Nordic Paper Holding AB, a leading specialty paper producer, to tender all their shares to Coniferous Bidco at a price of SEK 50 in cash per share. The total value of the offer, based on all 66,908,800 shares in Nordic Paper, amounts to approximately SEK 3,345 million. Read Strategic Value Partners’ press release The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Tom Bartram, Nick Appleton and Shaun Boyle; debt finance lawyers Daniel Borg and Sam Sherwood; tax lawyer Mavnick Nerwal; antitrust & competition lawyers Mark Gardner, James Donald and Loukia Kopitsa; and ESG & impact lawyers Rhys Davies and Andy Burnett.

Oct 16

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, a leading global software investor, on its majority investment in finova, a leading provider of mortgage and savings origination and servicing software in the UK, and its acquisition of MSO, the UK mortgage sales and originations software business of Iress (ASX: IRE). By bringing together these two investments, Bain Capital expects to offer a fuller set of products to current and potential customers, while continuing to invest in both platforms. The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Jacob Traff, Victoria Legg and Adrian Maguire and includes corporate associates Charles Hébert, Rebecca Pearce, James Whybrow, Joe Timmins and Oliver Small; technology & IP transactions partner Jenny Wilson and associates Calum Parfitt, Stephen Coudounaris and Colin Russell; antitrust & competition partner Athina Van Melkebeke and associates Samantha Jones and James Donald; tax partners Peter Abbott and Alan Walker and associate Cosmos Fung; ESG & impact associate Lucia Saborio; and debt finance partners Chris Shield and Sam Sherwood and includes associates Ben Egan and Adrian Kilercioglu.

Mar 18

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Strategic Value Partners and its portfolio company Pfleiderer Group on its sale to Bogdan and Elżbieta Kaczmarek together with Innova Capital, through an investment vehicle Breticontic Investments. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2024, subject to receipt of required regulatory approvals as well as other customary closing conditions. Read Innova Capital’s press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Tom Bartram and Jack Donelan and associate Melissa Sawyer, together with support from corporate partner Sebastian Häfele and associate Christina Albath; antitrust & competition partners Mark Gardner and Sion Davies; tax partners Mavnick Nerwal and Frixos Hatjantonas and associate Michael Akpomiemie; and debt finance partners Sam Sherwood, Jerome Hoyle and Alexander Längsfeld and associate Kirstin Kemper.

Jan 12

1 min