Henry Birch

Partner Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

henry.birch@kirkland.com

Practices

Overview

Henry Birch is a corporate partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Henry focuses on transactional private equity matters and advises sponsor-held portfolio companies between buyout and exit.

Henry has acted regularly for BC Partners, Castik, EQT, GIC, Hg, Montagu, TDR and Vitruvian.

Experience

BC Partners:

on the corporate aspects of its NAV financings
on its sale of IMA
on its investment in Fedrigoni, for an enterprise value of EUR 3 billion
on its investment in CeramTec
on its investment in IMA as part of a takeover offer, for an enterprise value of EUR 2.9 billion

Brookfield on its investment in Everise

Castik on its investment in each of:

AddSecure*
Delegate*
IPAN*
Angel Springs*
Waterlogic*

GIC:

on its investment in Verisure
on its investment in Unither
on its additional investment in Belron
on its investment in Belron, for an enterprise value of EUR 21 billion

EQT:

on its proposed offer for Alfa Financial Software Holdings
portfolio company WorkWave, on its investment in TaskEasy
portfolio company WorkWave, on its investment in Team Software
on its investment in CFC
portfolio company WorkWave, on its investment in Real Green Systems
on the separation of WorkWave from IFS
on its investment in IFS for an enterprise value of EUR 3 billion

Hg:

on the corporate aspects of its NAV financings
on its investment in Argus Media*
on its further €640 million investment in Visma*
on its sale of a minority stake in Visma to CPPIB*
on its sale of IRIS Software*
on its investment in Visma, for an enterprise value of USD 5.3 billion*
portfolio company CogitalGroup on its capital structure and strategic bolt-on acquisitions*
on its investment in Azets, Baldwins and Blick Rothenberg to form CogitalGroup*
on its investment in Kinapse*

Montagu:

on its sale of Covidence*
portfolio companies Open GI, Covidence and DEAS on their capital structures*

Nordic Capital on the equity and co-investment aspects of its recommended cash offer for Advanz Pharma

TDR Capital

on its £563 million recommended offer for Arrow Global Group
on the equity and co-investment aspects of its GBP 2.322 billion recommended cash offer for Aggreko
on its investment in ASDA alongside the Issa brothers, for an enterprise value of GBP 6.8 billion

Vitruvian on its investment in Aspia

Cineworld on it obtaining USD 450 million in additional financing

*Prior to joining Kirkland

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Associate, 2017–2019

White & Case LLP

Associate, 2015–2017

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

2015, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Education

BPP Law SchoolLegal Practice Course2013
with Distinction
King's College LondonB.A., History2011
First Class Honours

Practices

Representative Matters

Prior Experience

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

Education