Henry Birch is a corporate associate 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.
Experience
Representative Matters
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.
Prior Experience
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Associate, 2017–2019
White & Case LLP
Associate, 2015–2017
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2015, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England & Wales
