Shawn Anderson is a capital markets partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Shawn has significant experience representing private equity sponsors, issuers and investment banks in complex and multi-jurisdictional transactions, including debt and equity offerings, acquisition financings and liability management exercises, with a particular emphasis on issuances of high-yield debt securities. He also advises companies, including foreign private issuers, on securities law compliance and corporate governance issues.
Experience
Representative Matters
At Kirkland & Ellis, Shawn has represented:
The consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung on the financing aspects of the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG, including €6.7 billion of high yield bonds
United Group B.V., which is majority-owned by BC Partners, in connection with an offering of €550 million of high yield bonds
BC Partners on its acquisition from KKR of a majority stake in United Group, a leading media and communication services provider across Southeast Europe
Prior to joining Kirkland, Shawn represented the following clients:
Citigroup and J.P. Morgan in connection with a €1.1 billion bond offering to finance Bain Capital and Cinven’s public-to-private acquisition of shares in STADA Arzneimittel, a German pharmaceutical company
Goldman Sachs, HSBC and J.P. Morgan in connection with a €1.1 billion bond offering to finance Advent International, Bain Capital and Clessidra’s acquisition of Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane (ICBPI), an Italian payments banking group; awarded “Europe High-Yield Bond of the Year” by International Financing Review
J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs in connection with a $16.6 billion multi-tranche bond offering to finance Altice and Numericable’s acquisition of SFR, a French mobile provider; awarded “Global Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisition Finance” at AMLaw Global Legal Awards
EQT and Auris Luxembourg in connection with financings related to their acquisition of Siemens Audiology Solutions (now Sivantos)
Young’s Seafood (owned by Lion Capital, Bain Capital and HPS Investment Partners) in connection with various financing matters
Tullow Oil in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes
Goldman Sachs in connection with a senior subordinated notes offering by an SPV, the proceeds of which were used by the SPV to acquire existing debt of Perstorp
J.P. Morgan and Bank of America Merrill Lynch in connection with a senior notes offering by Ineos
A leading sponsor in connection with financing matters for a bid for an Italian gaming group
A leading sponsor in connection with financing matters for a bid for a Spanish funds platform
A leading sponsor in connection with the private placement of notes by a portfolio medical company
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ExternHonorable Robert W. GettlemanUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2008
Prior Experience
Latham and Watkins LLP, London, UK
Associate, 2010–2018
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2010Illinois
Education
Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.cum laude2010
Executive Colloquy Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
Syracuse UniversityB.A., Newspaper Journalism & Political Sciencemagna cum laude2003
