Jiri Peterka

Kirkland & Ellis is representing Ryan Specialty on the purchase of London-based managing general underwriting (MGU) platform Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited from Arch Financial Holdings (UK) Limited and minority shareholders. Castel includes 13 unique MGUs with expertise in specific insurance product niches. The transaction is expected to close during the first half of 2024 subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Read Ryan Specialty’s press release The team was led by corporate partners Aprajita Dhundia, Jiri Peterka and Rajab Abbassi and associates Melissa Sawyer and Bing Lim, with support from corporate associate Yoana Georgieva; technology & IP transactions partner Joanna Thomson and associates Ben Zeris and Lana Khoury; tax partners Mavnick Nerwal, Sara Zablotney, Adam Kool and Ed Moberly and associate Michael Akpomiemie; financial services regulatory partners Vanessa Walters and Emma Reid and associate Alex Clothier; and capital markets partners Bob Hayward, Bob Goedert and Craig Garvey.

Dec 21

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Warburg Pincus on its minority investment in Nord Security, a leading virtual private network provider. Warburg’s minority investment puts a US$3 billion valuation on the business and will be one of the initial investments out of Warburg’s Capital Solutions Founders Fund. Read Warburg Pincus’ press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Dan Clarke, Jiri Peterka, Adam Wexner, Jai Agrawal and Adrian Maguire, and technology & IP transactions associate Colin Russell.

Sep 29

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising EP Corporate Group a.s. on the possible offer for the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of International Distributions Services plc (IDS) not already owned by EP Group and its affiliates, namely VESA Equity Investment S.à r.l. The proposal values the entire issued share capital of IDS at approximately £3.5 billion. Read the London Stock Exchange Announcement The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Dipak Bhundia, Jiri Peterka and David Higgins and antitrust & competition partner Matthew Sinclair-Thomson.

May 15

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising EP UK Bidco Limited, a newly formed company owned indirectly by EP Corporate Group and J&T Capital Partners, on the recommended cash offer for the entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital of International Distribution Services plc (IDS), other than the IDS shares owned or controlled by VESA Equity Investment S.à r.l. The acquisition values IDS' entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital at approximately £3,568 million on a fully diluted basis and implies an enterprise value of £5,284 million. Read the London Stock Exchange Announcement The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Dipak Bhundia, Jiri Peterka and David Higgins and antitrust & competition partner Matthew Sinclair-Thomson.

May 31

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Warburg Pincus on the sale of its remaining stake in Reiss to NEXT plc and the Reiss family for total consideration of £128 million on a fully diluted basis. The transaction is subject to customary conditions including regulatory approvals. Read NEXT’s announcement The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Keir MacLennan, Jiri Peterka, Adrian Maguire and Dan Clarke and associates Ece Osman and Joseph O'Brien; derivatives partners Drue Santora, Scott Gordon and Brett Ackerman; finance partners Leon Daoud and Stefan Arnold-Soulby; tax partner Peter Abbott and associate Hugo Coleman; and technology & IP transactions partner Jacqueline Clover and associate Samantha Bradley.

Sep 1

1 min