Chris Connolly

Since joining Kirkland, Chris has worked on the following matters, advising:

• Antin Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of Wildstone
• Eagle Street on its joint venture with Harrison Street to develop a Build to Rent project in Dublin
• Eagle Street on its joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate and HESTA to acquire a Build to Rent asset in Dublin 
• Antin Infrastructure Partners on CityFibre’s £1.125 billion capital raise
• Apex on the c. £1.51 billion recommended all cash acquisition of Sanne Group plc
• Cushman & Wakefield on the launch of an underwritten public offering of 12,500,000 ordinary shares 
• Advent International and its portfolio company Cobham on Cobham’s c. £2.57 billion recommended all cash acquisition of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc
• GIC on its $3.9 billion additional joint ventures with Equinix to expand the xScale™ data centre programme
• Sun European Partners on the sale of Dreams to Tempur Sealy International 
• Advent International and its portfolio company V.Group on V.Group's successful debt and equity restructuring 
• HGGC on the sale of a majority stake in Davies 
• Naviga, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, on the £12m acquisition of Miles 33
• I Squared and TDR Capital on the £2.322 billion recommended cash acquisition of Aggreko
• Pinnacle Renewable Energy, the Toronto-listed entity, on its $652 million acquisition by Drax Group plc 
• Grubhub on its $7.3 billion sale to Just Eat Takeaway.com
• Antin Infrastructure Partners on its reinvestment in Eurofiber, including the sale of a minority stake to PGGM

Prior to joining Kirkland, Chris worked on the following matters, advising:

• Cineworld Group plc on its US$2.1 billion class 1 acquisition of Cineplex Inc.
• Ensco plc on its US$12 billion combination with Rowan Companies plc
• Cineworld Group plc on its US$3.6 billion reverse takeover of Regal Entertainment Group
• Premier Oil plc on the class 1 disposal of its 33.8% stake in Wytch Farm
• ARM Holdings plc on its £24.3 billion acquisition by SoftBank Group Corp.
• Tata Steel UK Limited on the sale of its 42- and 84-inch pipe mills in Hartlepool to Liberty House Group
• Goals Soccer Centres plc on its strategic North American joint venture with City Football Group
• Tata Steel UK Limited on the £100 million disposal of its speciality steels business to Liberty House Group
• Accsys Technologies PLC on its firm placing and open offer
• Ensco plc on its US$606 million placing of ordinary shares

Slaughter and May

• Associate (2016–2020)
• Trainee Solicitor (2014–2016)