Anthony Antioch
Partner
Tax
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Overview
Anthony Antioch is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP in London. He advises on the tax and wider structuring aspects of M&A, finance, restructurings, incentives and investment funds.
Prior to joining the Firm, Anthony was an associate at Linklaters in London. He is admitted as a solicitor in the UK and Australia and previously taught law at the Australian National University.
Experience
Representative Matters
Corporate
- Alpine Investors on a number of transactions, including the acquisition of Sendible, Alpine's first European acquisition, and the establishment of its UK platform, Eight Group Service Partners
- Bain Capital on a number of transactions, including the €3 billion acquisition of Fedrigoni in partnership with BC Partners and the €3.4 billion joint takeover offer with Carlyle for Osram
- BC Partners on a number of transactions, including its investment in Valtech, giving the digital services group a $1.4 billion value, and its sale of Elysium Healthcare to Ramsay Health Care
- Blackstone on a number of transactions, including its £4.77 billion takeover of Merlin, its acquisition of VFS, its investment in Sunotec, the £1.46 billion privatisation of Network Rail’s commercial real estate portfolio, its €492 million acquisition of Industrial Securities Europe’s logistics real estate portfolio, the $4.73 billion takeover of Signature Aviation, the acquisition of NGA Human Resources by Alight Solutions and the acquisition of Moonbug by Candle Media
- Brookfield Asset Management on a number of transactions, including its bid for the £4+ billion iQ student accommodation portfolio and its $360 million acquisition of Everise from Everstone, and Altera Infrastructure on the carve-out sales of its Shuttle Tankers and FPSO businesses
- Clearlake Capital on its acquisition of MV Credit, a UK-based credit investment firm, from Natixis
- Coller Capital, a UK-based secondaries investment firm, on its $3.2 billion acquisition by EQT
- GTCR on a number of transactions, including its $2.1 billion acquisition of Wells Fargo Asset Management in partnership with Reverence Capital Partners, its acquisition of 55% of Worldpay which valued the business at $18.5 billion, the sale of Worldpay to Global Payments for $24.25 billion, its acquisition of JMG Group, the $800 million acquisition of Surgical Specialties Corporation by Corza Health, the €350 million carve-out acquisition of TachoSil by Corza Health from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and the acquisition of Medelec by Resonetics
- Summit Partners on a number of transactions, including its acquisition of City & County Healthcare Group and its growth equity investments in Akeneo, LearnUpon and Red Points
- Sun Capital Partners and Sun European Partners on a number of transactions, including the acquisition of Adler & Allan from LDC and the $475 million sale of Dreams to Tempur Sealy
- Synova, a UK-based growth investment firm, on the investment in its business by Bonaccord
- TA Associates on a number of transactions, including the merger of the life sciences division of its portfolio company RLDatix with MediSpend, the acquisition of Sword GRC by its portfolio company Riskonnect and the acquisition of Abaca Systems by its portfolio company Advantive
- TDR Capital on a number of transactions, including matters relating to its investments in Buffalo Grill, David Lloyd Leisure, EG Group, Keepmoat Homes, NKD Group and Stonegate
- Thoma Bravo on a number of transactions, including its investment in Logex, which was the inaugural investment by Thoma Bravo's Europe-based team, its takeover of EQS Group, its acquisition of a majority stake in USU Product Business, its $5.3 billion takeover of Darktrace, the acquisition of Cado Security by Darktrace and the acquisition of Rossum by Coupa
- Thomas H. Lee Partners on a number of transactions, including its acquisition of a majority stake in Bynder and the sale by its portfolio company CARET of HotDocs to Mitratec
- Vista Equity Partners on a number of transactions, including the acquisition of Miles 33 by Naviga, the combination of FWI and Poppulo and the sale of Allocate alongside Hg Capital
Finance
- Advent International on the financing of a number of transactions, including its €17.2 billion acquisition of TK Elevator in a consortium with Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung, its acquisitions of Zimmermann, IRCA and Industria Chimica Emiliana (ICE) and the acquisition of NZP by ICE
- Bain Capital on the financing of a number of transactions, including its acquisition of majority stakes in House of HR and Maesa and its investment in the Serie A football club Atalanta BC
- BC Partners on the financing of a number of transactions, including its acquisition of majority stakes in Davies Group and Havea Group and the acquisition of Wind Hellas by United Group
- Blackstone on the financing of a number of transactions, including its acquisitions of Bourne Leisure, Huws Gray and the NEC Group and the refinancing of a central London office property
- Brookfield Asset Management on the financing of its acquisition of a portfolio of UK retail parks
- TA Associates on the financing of a number of transactions, including its takeover of Nexus
Restructuring
- Creditors, debtors and shareholders on a number of debt restructurings and insolvencies, including Altera Infrastructure, Avanti Communications, Bartec, Bulsatcom, Celsius Network, China Fishery Group, Debenhams, General Healthcare Group, Hilding Anders, Hurtigruten, Lebara, Lecta, Lehman Brothers, McDermott International, Mothercare, Noble, PizzaExpress, Seadrill Partners, Selecta, Steinhoff International, Technicolor, Venator Materials and WiZink
Funds
- Alvarez & Marsal Capital, Blackstone Strategic Partners, Chorus Capital, IK Partners, Summit Partners, TDR Capital, Triton Partners and other sponsors on fund-level matters, including fundraisings, carried interest and co-investment planning, secondaries and fund finance
Prior Experience
Linklaters LLP, London & Moscow, 2015–2018
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2017, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
- The Australian National UniversityLL.B.First Class Honours2014
- The Australian National UniversityB.A., Political Science2014
News &
Insights
Kirkland Advises Thoma Bravo-Backed Coupa on Acquisition of Rossum