Andy Calder, John Pitts, Melissa Kalka, Ben Hardison, Rami Totari, Brittany Scheier, Roald Nashi, Sebastian Chan, Jonathan Birks, Kazik Michalski, Andrew Small, David Rosenberg, Julian Seiguer, Stephen Butler, David Wheat, Joseph Tootle, Victoria Chang
January 24, 2026
Kirkland Advises Acquiring Consortium and KKR on Decision to Acquire CyrusOne for $15 Billion
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- Kirkland & Ellis advised the acquiring consortium and KKR in a definitive agreement under which KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners will acquire all outstanding shares of CyrusOne Inc., a global data center REIT, for $90.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $15 billion, including debt assumption
- The Kirkland team included partners and associates from corporate, debt finance, real estate, capital markets, and tax practice areas.
Kirkland & Ellis counseled the acquiring consortium and KKR, a leading global investment firm, in the definitive agreement where KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), one of the world’s leading infrastructure investors, will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ:CONE), a premier global data center REIT, for $90.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $15 billion, including the assumption of debt. Read KKR’s press release
The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Andy Calder, John Pitts, Melissa Kalka, Ben Hardison and Rami Totari and associate Brittany Scheier; debt finance partners Roald Nashi, Sebastian Chan, Jonathan Birks and Kazik Michalski; real estate partners Andrew Small and David Rosenberg; capital markets partner Julian Seiguer; and tax partners Stephen Butler, David Wheat and Joseph Tootle and associate Victoria Chang.
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Andy Calder, John Pitts, Melissa Kalka, Ben Hardison, Rami Totari, Brittany Scheier, Roald Nashi, Sebastian Chan, Jonathan Birks, Kazik Michalski, Andrew Small, David Rosenberg, Julian Seiguer, Stephen Butler, David Wheat, Joseph Tootle, Victoria Chang
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