Aprajita Dhundia

Partner Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Practices

Overview

Aprajita advises private equity funds and other financial sponsors and their portfolio companies on a wide range of cross border transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, disposals, consortium and joint venture arrangements, management incentive plans and distressed M&A.

Aprajita was recently named in Legal Week’s list of “40 Under 40: The Rising Stars in Private Equity” and is further recognised as a “Notable Practioner” by IFLR1000 (2022) for Private Equity; Mergers & Acquisitions.

Experience

Apex Fund Management:

on the acquisition of the Maitland fund services business
on the acquisition of the FundRock Group

EW Healthcare Partners:

on the acquisition of a majority stake in Grundium Oy
and other shareholders on the €750 million sale of EUSA Pharma to Recordati

Blackstone:

backed Hipgnosis Song Management on the acquisition of Justin Timberlake’s entire catalogue of more than 200 songs
on its $1 billion partnership with Hipgnosis Song Management
on the acquisition of a majority stake in VFS Global, a global leader in visa outsourcing services

Crystal Almond Holdings Limited on the sale of Greek telecoms operator Wind Hellas to United Group

Genstar Capital and its portfolio company 2020 Technologies on the agreement to merge 2020 with Compusoft, creating a leading provider of space planning solutions

Bain Capital Credit:

on the minority investment in The Co-op Bank
on the acquisition of a Cypriot Credit Acquiring Company holding a portfolio of non-performing corporate, SME and consumer and mortgage loans from the National Bank of Greece
on its entry into a strategic partnership with Beat Capital Partners Ltd
on the acquisition of a €1.45 billion portfolio of non-performing business loans from Piraeus Bank
on the acquisition of Habitat Immobiliaria
on the sale of Metal & Waste Recycling to EMR
on the ‎US$1.3 billion acquisition of JP Morgan's Global Special Opportunities Group

Francisco Partners:

on its acquisition of Kobalt, a music company powered by innovative technology created as an alternative to the traditional music-business model
on its investment in iZotope, the experts in intelligent audio technology, in connection with iZotope’s newly formed partnership with Native Instruments
and its portfolio company Metaswitch Networks on the sale of Metaswitch, a leading provider of virtualised network software and voice, data and communications solutions, to Microsoft Corporation
on the DKK 3.7 billion acquisition of EG, a leading Scandinavian software company from Axcel
and its portfolio company, NMI, on the acquisition by NMI of the Creditcall group
on the sale of eFront, a leading software provider of solutions for the financial industry, to Bridgepoint
on the sale of the Masternaut group, a pan European telematics business, to Summit Partners/Fleetcor
and its portfolio company, BluJay Solutions (f.k.a as the Kewill Group), on the acquisition of the business and assets of Four Soft plc, an Indian listed company

Montagu Private Equity:

on the acquisition of the Education Software Solutions business of Capita plc. and on the agreement to invest in ParentPay
on its acquisition of the Clinisys diagnostics equipment group from ECI Partners (2013) and subsequent sale to Roper Inc.

Brookfield Business Partners on the agreement with Everstone to purchase Everise

Genius Sports Group on its $1.5 billion business combination with dMY Technology Group, Inc. II

Hospital Topco, majority owned by Centerbridge and KKR, on the c.£1.8 billion disposal of BMI Healthcare and the GHG Group

KKR on its $1 billion acquisition of the Crosby and Acco groups from Melrose Industries

KKR Credit:

as selling shareholder in the initial public offering of Telepizza (2016), and its successful takeover offer for Telepizza
and its portfolio company Selecta, on the acquisitions by Selecta of Pelican Rouge and Gruppo Argenta

Apax Partners:

on the acquisition of Genius Sports
on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Healthium MedTech Private Limited

GTCR:

on the acquisition of the Callcredit group, from Vitruvian Partners (2014) and its subsequent £1 billion sale of Callcredit Information Group Limited to TransUnion
and its portfolio company, Cision Inc., on the acquisition by Cision of the Prime Research group
on its £462 million sale of Premium Credit Limited, a leading finance company, to Cinven Partners LLP. This transaction was named “Financial Services Deal of the Year” at The M&A Advisor 2016 International M&A Awards

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan on its £365 million acquisition of the Bridon group, a global technology leader in the manufacture of wire and fibre rope, from Melrose Industries (2014), and its subsequent merger with the global ropes and advanced cords business of Bekaert N.V., a Belgian listed company

SJ Berwin LLP

Associate (2010–2013)
Trainee Solicitor (2007–2009)

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

2007, Bar Council of Delhi, India
2012, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Languages

Hindi
French

Education

National Law School of India UniversityB.A.; LL.B.(Honours)2007

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