Daniel Borg

Partner Debt Finance
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

London +44 20 7469 2151

Daniel Borg

Practices

Overview

Dan Borg is a partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. His practice primarily focuses on advising private equity sponsors across a wide range of complex and multijurisdictional financing transactions, including leveraged finance, public and private holdco financings and restructurings. Dan’s clients include Accel-KKR, Apollo, Bain Capital, BC Partners, the Carlyle Group, Centerbridge Partners, Cinven, the EP Group, GIC, Hg Capital and Lone Star Funds.

Dan has been recognised:

  • in the “Up and Coming” category by Chambers UK (2022), where he was praised by clients as “incredibly hard-working, super knowledgeable, and his technical knowledge of transactions is quite amazing”
  • as a “Next Generation Partner” in The Legal 500 UK (2022)
  • as a “Notable Practitioner” in IFLR1000 (2022) for Banking
  • in The Lawyer “Hot 100” 2020, which celebrates the United Kingdom’s top lawyers acting on the most significant matters with creative flair
  • by Legal Week, who named Dan to its 2018 list of “Rising Stars: The Next Generation of City Private Equity Talent”

Since joining Kirkland, Daniel’s representative matters include advising:

  • Lone Star Funds

    • and affiliates on the €5.2 billion sale of MBCC Group to Sika 

    • on the financing aspects of its €3.17 billion acquisition of BASF's Construction Chemicals business

    • on the financing aspects of its approximately €1 billion acquisition of Imerys Roofing, one of the leading roofing suppliers in the French construction market, from Imerys, a world leader in mineral-based specialties for industry

    • in connection with its acquisition of the Xella Group, a German-based market leader in building solutions, from PAI Partners and funds managed by Goldman Sachs’ investment arm. This deal won the “EMEA Leveraged Loan” of the year at the International Financing Review Awards 2017

    • and their portfolio company Xella, in the financing aspects of the acquisition of URSA a leading European insulation materials manufacturer

    • in connection with its approximately €1.025 billion acquisition of Stark Group, the largest Nordic distributor of building materials, from Ferguson plc, the world's leading heating and plumbing

    • and their portfolio company the Stark Group in the financing aspects of the acquisition of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Deutschland GmbH

  • Bain Capital

    • and Carlyle on the public takeover offer for OSRAM Licht AG

    • and Cinven on their €5.3 billion joint public takeover offer for the German pharmaceutical company Stada Arzneimittel AG; to date the largest private equity transaction ever realized in the German market

    • on its carve-out acquisition from Sealed Air Corp. of Sealed Air’s Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within Sealed Air’s Food Care division for approximately $3.2 billion

    • in respect of the initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange of its portfolio company, TI Fluid Systems plc

    • and Advent International, Clessidra and their portfolio company Mercury Bondco plc in connection with the offering of €600.0 million of high yield PIK notes to finance the acquisition by ICBPI of Bassilichi S.p.A. and the merchant acquiring businesses of Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. and Deutsche Bank S.p.A.

  • Accel-KKR

    • on the financing aspects of its majority growth investment in NAVTOR, a leading provider of navigational software for the maritime industry

    • on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Smart Communications

    • on the refinancing of its portfolio company, Kerridge Commercial Systems Limited, and several add-on acquisitions, including the take-private of EDP plc, a company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange

  • CPP Investments

    • on the acquisition of an additional minority stake in Visma, a leading provider of business-critical software, in a transaction valuing the business at an enterprise value of $12.2 billion
    • and its consortium partners on the acquisition of Galileo Global Education, a post-secondary education group

  • Apex on the c. £1.51 billion recommended all cash acquisition of Sanne Group plc

  • Starwood Capital on the intention to launch a Public Takeover Offer for CA Immobilien Anlagen AG

  • Hg Capital on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Personal & Informatik AG

  • EP Global Commerce on the €6 billion voluntary public takeover offer for METRO AG

  • Searchlight Capital on the acquisition of a 26% minority stake in Latécoère, a French aeronautics company

  • BC Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in United Group, a leading media and communication services provider across Southeast Europe, from KKR

  • Mead Johnson Nutrition in its $17.9 billion sale to Reckitt Benckiser Group plc.

  • Crestview Partners portfolio company NEP Group Inc., on the financing aspects of its take private acquisition of Avesco plc

  • GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, on its €2.4 billion acquisition of P3 Logistic Parks, a leading specialist pan-European owner, developer and manager of logistics properties, from TPG Real Estate and Ivanhoé Cambridge.

  • Thomas H. Lee Partners in respect of its portfolio company, Material Handling Systems, Inc.’s, acquisition of VanRiet Material Handling Systems from Avedon Capital Partners and management

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, London

  • Associate, 2015–2016

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, London

  • Director, 2013–2015

Latham & Watkins LLP, London

  • Associate, 2011–2013

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, London

  • Associate, 2006–2011

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2006, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Education

  • College of Law, LondonLegal Practice CourseDistinction2004
  • College of Law, LondonPost-Graduate Diploma in LawCommendation2003
  • University College LondonB.Sc.2002