Since joining Kirkland, Henry has worked on the following matters, advising:
- TDR Capital on various matters relating to the acquisition by TDR and the Issa brothers of Asda Group Limited from Walmart, for an enterprise value of £6.8 billion.
- EQT on the acquisition of IFS AB, a leading software provider, alongside TA Associates.
- BC Partners on its investment in IMA, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of automatic machines, as part of a takeover offer at a valuation of c.€2.9 billion.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Henry worked on the following matters, advising:
- Hg in a number of matters, including:
- in its acquisition of Kinapse from Synova Capital;
- in its acquisition of Azets, Baldwins and Blick Rothenberg to form CogitalGroup;
- as lead investor in the US$5.3 billion buyout of Visma - this was Europe’s largest-ever software buyout;
- in its sale of IRIS Software to its Hg Saturn Fund and ICG;
- in its sale of a minority stake in portfolio company Visma to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board;
- in its further €640 million investment in Visma; and
- in its acquisition of a minority stake in Argus Media from General Atlantic.
- Hg portfolio company CogitalGroup in its capital structure and strategic bolt-on acquisitions.
- Castik Capital in a number of matters, including:
- in its acquisition of Waterlogic and Angel Springs;
- in its acquisition of majority stakes in IPAN GmbH and Delegate; and
- in its acquisition of a majority stake in AddSecure from Arby Partners.
- Montagu Private Equity in its sale of Covidence to EMK Capital LLP.
- Montagu portfolio companies Open GI, Covidence and DEAS, in their capital structures.
