Shane Cranley

Since joining Kirkland, Shane has worked on the following matters:

• Advising BC Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in United Group, a leading media and communication services provider across Southeast Europe, from KKR.
• Advising Blackstone and Telereal Trillium on the £1.46 billion privatisation of Network Rail’s commercial estate.
• Advising EQT Partners on its sale of leading medical device company HTL-Strefa (‘HTL’) to Investindustrial.
• Advising Toys ’R’ Us on the sale of its stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to toy retailer Smyths.
• Advising Tenneco Inc. on its $5.25 billion acquisition of Federal-Mogul LLC.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Shane worked on the following matters:

Merger Control

• Advising Public Sector Pension Plan of Canada and OTPP on their joint venture with Santander and the acquisition of a global portfolio of Santander’s renewable energy projects, including onshore wind and solar projects.
• Acting for a client in the energy sector on the acquisition of a trading arm of a major investment bank
• Advising a large mobile network operator on an acquisition of a rival operator in Europe
• Advising a client in the energy sector on numerous acquisitions requiring multinational filings
• Acting for Siemens AG on €2.2 billion acquisition of Invensys Rail.

State Aid

• Advising a multinational technology client in relation to an investigation by the European Commission into fiscal State aid
• Acting for a multinational technology client in relation to an application for annulment of the European Commission’s decision to the General Court
• Advising clients on the application of State aid rules in the financial, aviation and nuclear energy sectors
• Advising a client in a complaint to the European Commission in the aviation sector 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Brussels

• Associate (2013–2017)

Linklaters LLP, Brussels

• Trainee (2012–2013)

European Commission, Brussels

• Trainee (2012)