Kanesh Balasubramaniam

Since joining Kirkland, Kanesh has been involved in the following representations: 

• Nordic Capital on its acquisition of Orchid Orthopedic Solutions from Altor Equity Partners
• EG Group on the financing of its acquisition of Woolworths Group’s petrol division in Australia for A$1.725 billion
• BC Partners
• on its acquisition of a majority stake in United Group, a leading media and communication services provider across Southeast Europe, from KKR
• on the financing aspects of its £700 million acquisition of VetPartners from Ares Management and August Equity
• Partners Group on the financing of their acquisition of Techem, a leading global energy service provider for the real estate sector and private homeowners, from Macquarie for €4.6 billion

Kanesh’s experience prior to joining Kirkland includes advising:

• Nordic Capital on the €7 billion financing in relation to the merger of Lindorff and Intrum Justitia to create the industry-leading provider of credit management services

• Nordic Capital on the refinancing of the indebtedness of the Sunrise Medical Group

• Nordic Capital on the debt financing of their acquisition of Dental Clinics Nederland, Adent Cliniques Dentaires Groupe SA and DPH Dental Partner Holding GmbH

• Nordic Capital on the debt financing of their acquisition of the Alloheim Group

• PAI Partners and Baring Private Equity Asia on their successful bid to acquire World Freight Company International

• PAI Partners on the debt financing of their €3.3 billion public takeover of Refresco N.V, which will create the world's largest independent bottler

• GVC Holdings PLC on their $5.2 billion public takeover of Ladbrokes Coral, which will create one of the largest gaming operators in the world

• JP Morgan, Nomura, UBS, Citi, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, ING, Jefferies, Société Générale and a confidential international bank on the financing of Bain Capital and Cinven’s €5.4 billion public takeover of STADA Arzneimittel AG, the largest leveraged buyout in the German market to date

• CVC Capital on the debt financing of their acquisition of Breitling

• Burger King France SAS on a bank/bond refinancing

• Astorg Partners on the debt financing of their acquisition of Audiotonix

• Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Citi, Morgan Stanley, Santander and a confidential international bank on the bank/bond financing of Hellman & Friedman and GIC’s acquisition of Allfunds SA

• Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole, Natixis and Société Générale on the bank/bond financing of Loxam SAS’ public takeover of Lavendon Group PLC

• Leading private equity sponsors on bids for various European assets

Latham and Watkins LLP, London, UK

• Associate, 2016–2018

Singapore Management University, School of Law (concurrent appointment)

• Adjunct Faculty, 2015–2016

Supreme Court of Singapore

• Justices’ Law Clerk to the Chief Justice and other Judges, 2014–2016