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January 24, 2026
Kirkland Advises IK Partners on Exclusive Negotiations with Wendel

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- Kirkland & Ellis advised IK Partners, a European private equity firm focused on the mid-market segment in Northern Europe, on the sale of a controlling interest in the firm to Wendel, a leading listed investment firm in Europe
- The Kirkland team included partners and associates from investment funds, corporate, tax, antitrust & competition, and regulatory practices, with leadership from James King, Jeremy Leggate, Daniel Lavon-Krien, and others.
Kirkland & Ellis advised IK Partners, a leading European private equity firm, with teams across Northern Europe focusing on the mid-market segment, on the sale of a controlling interest in the firm to Wendel, one of Europe’s leading listed investment firms. Read IK Partners’ press release The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners James King, Jeremy Leggate and Daniel Lavon-Krien and corporate partners Adrian Duncan, Gregory Scott and Ben Hai, and included corporate partners Vincent Ponsonnaille and Emmanuel Enrici; investment funds partner David Pritchett and associates Toby Karenowski, Hannah Wilson and Tejaswini Krishnaprasad; corporate associates Julian Holland and Adam Diouri; tax partner Nadine Gelli and associate Krishan Patel; antitrust & competition partner Mark Gardner; and regulatory partner Julian Hui and associate Kate McDermott.
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