Leon Daoud

Partner Debt Finance
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

London +44 20 7469 2264

Leon Daoud

Practices

Overview

Leon Daoud is a partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. His practice focuses on advising sponsors, corporates, funds and financial institutions on a wide range of complex and multi-jurisdictional leveraged financing transactions. Leon also worked for an extended period in the leveraged finance team of Goldman Sachs.

Since joining Kirkland, Leon has been involved in the following matters:

  • A consortium consisting of Apax, Warburg Pincus, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on the $3.4 billion take private of Inmarsat, a British satellite communications group

  • Blackstone Capital Partners on its acquisition of National Exhibition Centre Group, a leading live events venue operator in the UK

  • Triton Partners on its acquisition of Sunweb Group, a leading European online travel operator

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb on the offer from Taisho Pharmaceutical to purchase the UPSA consumer health business for $1.6 billion

Prior to joining Kirkland, Leon’s representative matters included advising:

  • CVC Capital Partners on the financing for its acquisition of Theramex

  • Goldman Sachs on a bridge to high yield bond refinancing for Almaviva SpA

  • Advent International on the financing for its acquisition of Faerch Plast

  • Warburg Pincus on the financing for its acquisition of a minority stake in Avaloq

  • CVC Capital Partners on the financing for its acquisition of Tipico

  • Warburg Pincus on the financing for its acquisition of Reiss

  • Mercator, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, on the financing for its acquisition of RMS

  • Tilney Bestinvest, a Permira portfolio company, on the financing for the acquisitions of the Towry and Ingenious financial services groups

  • Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic on the financing for their joint acquisition of a minority stake in Network International LLC

  • CVC Capital Partners on the bank / bond financing for its acquisition of Douglas

  • CVC Capital Partners on the financing for its acquisition of Synsam Nordic

  • Warburg Pincus and Poundland on a post-IPO facility for Poundland’s listing on the London Stock Exchange

  • Advent International on the financing for its take-private acquisition of Mediq

  • CVC Capital Partners on the senior financing for its acquisition of Ahlsell

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, London

  • Senior Associate, 2016–2018

  • Associate, 2011–2016

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2011, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Education

  • BPP Law School, LondonLegal Practice Course2007
  • King's College LondonLL.M. (Corporate and Commercial Law)2006
  • Queen Mary University of LondonLL.B., Law2005