Kirkland & Ellis advises Apollo on its recommended all cash acquisition of the entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital of The Restaurant Group plc, one of the UK’s biggest hospitality businesses. The acquisition values The Restaurant Group's entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital at approximately £506 million on a fully diluted basis and implies an enterprise value of £701 million. Read the London Stock Exchange announcement The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Keir MacLennan, Chris Connolly and David Higgins; debt finance partners Kirsteen Nicol, Suroop Kandola and Stephen Lucas; tax partner Peter Abbott; and technology & IP transactions associate Colin Russell.