Satyen Dhana

Since joining Kirkland, Satyen has worked on the following representative matters:

• Ares on the acquisition of a stake in U.S. solar and battery portfolio from EDPR
• Ode with Anthropic on the acquisition of Casper Studios
• Blackstone on the $2.5 billion minority equity investment in Aeroplan alongside La Caisse
• BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners and HPS Investment Partners on the strategic venture with Meta to develop a Data Center in El Paso
• Blackstone Energy Transition Partners on the acquisition of DarkVision from Koch Engineered Solutions
• Blackstone Energy Transition Partners on the acquisition of Dresser Utility Solutions from First Reserve
• Vista Equity Partners on Model N’s sale of its high-tech business unit to Vendavo
• CRH on the acquisition of Arcosa for $8.5 billion
• Blackstone-backed Recognition Music Group on the acquisition of Recognition Music Group’s complete music rights portfolio by Sony Music Publishing
• Blackstone on the launch of an enterprise AI services firm with Anthropic and consortium
• Advent on the investment in Volue by TA Associates
• BlackRock’s GIP and EQT-lead consortium on the $33.4 billion agreement to acquire AES
• Vista Equity Partners and Playlist on the $7.5 billion merger with EGYM
• Montagu and Kohlberg on the acquisition of Teleflex Medical OEM
• AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) on the acquisition of 100% of the equity in Aligned Data Centers
• KKR on the launch of Galaxy Container Solutions
• Ares on the $2.9 billion acquisition of a portfolio of assets from EDP Energy
• Investor Consortium on the agreement to acquire EA in the largest take-private in history
• KKR on a renewables portfolio joint venture with TotalEnergies
• KKR on the growth investment in Infobric
• KKR on the investment in Phase 2 of Sempra Infrastructure Partners’ Port Arthur LNG Project
• Advent on the acquisition of a majority stake in Reckitt’s Essential Home
• Advent on the $2.5 billion acquisition of Sapiens International
• Renesas and Wolfspeed on entering a restructuring support agreement
• Advent International on the negotiations to acquire Kereis
• Amcor on the $37 billion merger with Berry Global

Prior to joining Kirkland, Satyen worked on the following representative matters:

• EC / Global merger control (including FDI): NPD / H&F; Blackrock / eFront; Honeywell / CCC; Honeywell / Global Access Solutions; Cisco / Tandberg; HP / EDS; Nomura / Lehman; Geely / Volvo; and various private equity transactions, including StonePoint; Anchorage / Ideal Standard; Mach / Syniverse (Carlyle / Warburg Pincus); Terra Firma; CVC; KKR; Cinven; AEA
• UK Merger Control: Suez / Veolia (Phase 2); ION / Broadway (Phase 1 with remedies); Future / TI Media (Phase 1 with remedies); Scape Living / GCP; Capco / Shaftsbury; The Key / RM; EWS / Marcroft (Phase 2); Ticketmaster / LiveNation (Phase 2)
• Investigations: AC Milan / European Super League; FCA asset managers; CMA musical instruments; EC video games; CMA hydrocortisone; ESS CA98 investigation; Equinox II / Ofcom CA98 complaint; LIBOR; FX; ebooks; CMA online hotels
• Digital: DSA and DMA advice and compliance design for various Big Tech companies
• Market investigations / studies: FCA wholesale market data; PSR card acquiring; CMA MI / buses; CMA MI / private healthcare
• CMA MI / investment managers; FCA asset managers; FC investment / corporate banking; PSR indirect access; PSR infrastructure
• Litigation: Justin Le Patorel v BT (defending BT) ; Nikki Stopford v Google (defending Google); representing a global investment bank in the defence of its Dutch FX claims