Amy Fox

Kirkland & Ellis advised Nordic Capital, a leading European private equity investor, on the recently closed Nordic Capital Evolution Fund II. Raised within four months from launch with excess demand, the fund closed at its hard cap of EUR 2 billion and significantly exceeded its target of EUR 1.4 billion. The fund will focus on control buyouts and non-cyclical growth opportunities in Nordic Capital’s focus sectors, Healthcare, Technology & Payments, Financial Services and Services & Industrial Tech. Read Nordic Capital’s press release The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Amy Fox, Anand Damodaran, Andrea Renold, Agne Eriksson, Alex Clarke, Tom Clucas, Shivangi Agarwalla, Amr Jomaa, Alessia Muscas Henrye, Clara Lozano and Petrina Nomikou; tax lawyers David Grenker, Alex Cox, Ian Ferreira, Justin Barbosa, Keaton Bolton, Ted Meddick-Dyson, Ellen Ronayne and Natasha Haftke; financial services regulatory lawyers Thomas Woodhead, Josh Westerholm, Reed Schuster, Deirdre Haugh and Hannah Cloh; and ERISA lawyer Sabrina Glaser.

Dec 20

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Amy Fox will join the Firm as a partner in the Investment Funds Group in the London office. Ms. Fox advises private equity sponsors on the organisation and operation of European, Asian and global, large-cap funds. Her practice also includes advising on the structure and terms of executive carried interest, co-investment and similar incentive arrangements as well as both GP-led liquidity solutions and sponsor strategic transactions. “We are delighted Amy is joining Kirkland,” said London-based investment funds partner Christopher Braunack. “She brings a wealth of experience, particularly with respect to large-cap fundraising, at a time when many of our private equity sponsor clients are raising substantially larger funds.” London-based investment funds partner Richard Watkins added: “Amy has a stellar reputation in the market and is already well known to a number of our private equity sponsor clients. She will be an excellent addition to our platform.” Ms. Fox will join Kirkland from the London office of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett. Kirkland’s European investment funds practice has over 20 partners and advises many of Europe’s preeminent investment fund sponsors with respect to their fundraisings, ongoing fund-related matters (including liquidity solutions) and sponsor strategic transactions. The practice is a market leader in each of its core focuses — private equity, credit, real assets and liquidity solutions — and was awarded Private Equity Real Estate 2020 Law Firm of the Year for Fund Formation in Europe and Private Equity International 2020 Law Firm of the Year for both Fund Formation and Secondaries in Europe.

Jul 14

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising EQT on the EUR 6.8 billion agreement to acquire Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA), a leading private markets investment firm in Asia with EUR 17.7 billion of assets under management (AUM). EQT’s combination with BPEA is a transformative transaction and provides a step-change to EQT’s presence in Asia, ideally positioning EQT to execute on the structural growth opportunity in Asian private markets. The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Roger Johnson, Greg Scott and Adrian Duncan and associates Jamie Gordon, Charles Hebert, Christopher Weale and Adam Diouri; investment funds partners Erica Berthou, Richard Robinson and Amy Fox, counsel Teresa Leung and associate Linda Dahl; antitrust partners Sally Evans and Philipp Gnatzy; financial regulatory partners Alpa Patel, Mark Staley and Prem Mohan; and tax partners Tim Lowe and Lee Morlock.

Mar 16

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, on entering into an investment agreement with EQS Group AG, a leading international cloud provider in the fields of corporate compliance, investor relations and ESG, under which Thoma Bravo will support the future growth of EQS and launch a public takeover offer for all outstanding shares of EQS at an offer price of EUR 40.00 in cash per share. The transaction marks Thoma Bravo's first investment in a German company. Read Thoma Bravo’s press release The Kirkland team was led by transactional partner Benjamin Leyendecker and transactional associates Johannes Rowold, Friedrich Focke and Antonia Gaupp, as well as transactional associate Philipp S. Poitiers, and included transactional partner Vincent Bergin; antitrust & competition partner Matthew Sinclair-Thomson; investment funds partners Katie St. Peters and Amy Fox; debt finance partner Kirsteen Nicol; and tax partner Anthony Antioch.

Nov 17

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Thoma Bravo on its acquisition of majority stake in Hypergene, a Swedish SaaS company for planning and performance management, from Monterro, the leading B2B software investor in the Nordics, and other minority shareholders. Read Thoma Bravo’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Vincent Bergin and David Higgins and associate Dan Sarkin. The team also included debt finance partner Kirsteen Nicol and associate Adrian Kilercioglu; tax partner Peter Abbott; investment funds partners Katie St. Peters and Amy Fox and associate Luke Scott; and antitrust & competition partner Shahrzad Sadjadi.

Dec 14

1 min