Louis Gosset

Kirkland & Ellis advises HgCapital (“Hg”), an investor in European and transatlantic software and services businesses, on its majority investment in Nomadia, a European SaaS provider of smart mobility solutions. As part of this transaction, the Nomadia management team and former majority owners will continue as investors in the business. Read Hg’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Vincent Ponsonnaille and Louis Gosset and associates Marion Callot, Kenza Hamache and Amanda Levi-Acobas; tax partner Sonia Bouaffassa; debt finance partners Kalish Mullen, Neel Sachdev and Kanesh Balasubramaniam and associates Carla Bisoli, Fabienne Hauf, Matthew Wilson and Bowen Huang and antitrust associate Juan Donado Diez.

Jul 21

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Esker as it has entered into a Tender Offer Agreement which sets out the terms and conditions of the proposed acquisition of the ESKER shares by Bridgepoint, in association with General Atlantic and the management shareholders of the Company, through a French-law special purpose vehicle. The Offer values 100% of Esker’s share capital at approximately 1,621 million euros on a fully diluted basis. Read Esker’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Vincent Ponsonnaille and Louis Gosset and associates François Capoul and Etienne Vautier; debt finance partner Kalish Mullen; tax partner Nadine Gelli; antitrust & competition partner Thomas Wilson and associate Sarah Lonvick; and international trade & national security partners Mario Mancuso, Justin Schenck and Luci Hague.

Sep 20

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Blue Wolf Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm specialising in the industrial and healthcare sectors, on its acquisition of Synerlab, a contract development and manufacturing organisation based in Strasbourg, France, with six operating facilities in France and Spain. Following regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to close in Q4 2024. The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Louis Gosset, Laurent Victor-Michel, Nick Appleton, Jacob Traff, Amanda Levi Acobas and Jack Evans; and antitrust & competition lawyer Aakarsh Narula.

Oct 11

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Arctos Sports Partners (Arctos) on a landmark partnership and investment deal with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) that will see Arctos acquire a minority equity stake in Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), the most successful football club in France and one of the leading football and multi-sport clubs and lifestyle brands in the world. Read QSI and Arctos’ joint press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Vincent Ponsonnaille and Louis Gosset and associate François Capoul and technology & IP transactions partners Max Harris and Emma Flett and associate Luke Vaz.

Dec 7

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising investment firm Wendel on a definitive partnership agreement relating to a strategic investment, which includes the acquisition of 75% of Monroe Capital LLC, a sponsoring program of up to $800 million to accelerate Monroe Capital’s growth and a GP commitment for up to $200 million. Wendel will pay $1.13 billion at the closing. Monroe management will continue to own 25% of the company post-closing. The transaction will dramatically expand Wendel’s asset management platform and rebalance its business model towards more recurring cash flows and growth and follows Wendel’s recent acquisition of IK Partners, a European leader in middle market private equity, as it seeks to build a scaled third-party asset management platform. The transaction is subject to satisfaction of closing conditions and receipt of regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2025. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included asset management M&A lawyers Christopher Gandia, Daniel Lavon-Krein, James Mayne and Christopher Simpson; corporate lawyers Valentine Bleicher, Vincent Ponsonnaille and Louis Gosset; and tax lawyers Nadine Gelli and Lee Morlock.

Oct 22

1 min