Tom Bartram

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 Telemach Slovenia, a subsidiary of United Group and a portfolio company of BC Partners, on the signing of a share purchase agreement with Garnol for the acquisition of business shares in T-2, securing at least 98.06% ownership in the company. The transaction will be completed upon receiving the necessary approvals. Through this transaction, Telemach Slovenia will initially acquire a non-controlling stake of 24.9% of T-2’s equity. After obtaining approval from the relevant regulators, Telemach Slovenia is set to acquire at least 98.06% of the shares in T-2 as per the terms of the signed share purchase agreement. Read United Group’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Alvaro Membrillera, Tom Bartram and Monica Gemes and associates Athena Chuang, Stefano Castoldi and Jef Dupont; debt finance partner Kirsteen Nicol; and antitrust & competition partner Alasdair Balfour.

Aug 15

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis has advised funds advised by Triton (“Triton”) on the agreement to acquire the security and communications technology product business (“BSCT”) from Bosch Group (“Bosch”). The transaction is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed by the end of H1 2025. BSCT offers solutions in the areas of video surveillance, access and intrusion control as well as professional communication. The company has around 4,300 employees worldwide and generates more than €1 billion in revenues. Read Triton’s press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Tobias Larisch, Benjamin Leyendecker, Sebastian Häfele, Tom Bartram, Andrew McAlpine, Tamara Zehentbauer, Philipp Poitiers, Merle Müller, Michael Dunton, Dov Seifman, Jamie Manson, Charles Hébert and Simran Johal; tax lawyers Michael Ehret and Florian Schütte; debt finance lawyer Alexander Längsfeld; technology & IP transactions lawyers Emma Flett, Jenny Wilson, Stephen Coudounaris and Calum Parfitt; antitrust & competition lawyers Sally Evans and Jessica Ouchai; litigation lawyer Patrick Navein; and environmental lawyers Jonathan Kidwell, Mary-Michael Robertson and Thomas Boynton.

Dec 12

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

Kirkland & Ellis advised IGS GeboJagema, a global healthcare mould maker and portfolio company of BC Partners, on two acquisitions: ACH Solution, an Austrian specialist in silicone rubber injection moulds, and the medical device operations of FRP, a UK-based rapid prototyping specialist. Together, the acquisitions significantly expand IGS GeboJagema’s ability to serve medical device clients. Read IGS GeboJagema’s press release The Kirkland team for ACH Solution included corporate lawyers Tom Bartram, Jay Swain, Stefano Castoldi, Emma Luo, Adam Thomas Clifford, Keli Huang, Matthew Burner and Caraline Higgins; employee benefits lawyers Matt Antinossi and Mackenzie Packard; employment & labor lawyers R.D. Kohut and Paul Vasiloff; debt finance lawyers James Collins and Marco Convertini; financial services regulatory lawyer Daniel Fallon; real estate lawyers Jennifer Sheehan and Evan Lane; and tax lawyers Alan Walker and Ellen Ronayne. The Kirkland team for FRP included corporate lawyers Tom Bartram, Nikhil Mohindra and Emma Luo; technology & IP transactions lawyers Emma Flett, Ben Zeris and Shareen Dhillon; and tax lawyer Alan Walker.

Jan 9

1 min