Kirkland & Ellis is advising leading private equity investor, Nordic Capital, on the acquisition of Ascot Lloyd, an independent UK financial and planning advisor, from funds managed by Oaktree Capital and Ares Management. Read the Nordic Capital press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Tom McCarthy and David Higgins and associates Jack Donelan and Christopher Weale; financial services regulatory partner Prem Mohan and associate Chris Walker; debt finance partner Evgeny Zborovsky and associate James Lee; tax partners Peter Abbott and Rob Sharpe and associate Christine Fauroux; technology & IP transactions partner Jenny Wilson and associate Samantha Bradley.