Since joining Kirkland, Joshua has been involved in the following matters:
- Bain Capital Private Equity:
- on the acquisition of a majority stake in Everllence
- on the acquisition of Vitabiotics
- Bain Capital Special Solutions on the investment in Eaton Fiber
- Francisco Partners on the acquisition of Capsa Healthcare
- Huntsman on the merger of equals with Olin
Prior to joining Kirkland, Joshua was involved in the following matters:
Merger Control and Foreign Direct Investment
- Global Payments:
- on the $24 billion acquisition of Worldpay
- on the $4 billion acquisition of EVO Payments
- Investindustrial:
- on the acquisition of Sipral Padana
- on the acquisition of Frulact
- on the acquisition of CSM Ingredients
- Direct Line on its £3.7 billion public takeover by Aviva
- OpenAI with respect to the CMA’s merger inquiry into its partnership with Microsoft
- UnitedHealth with respect to the CMA’s Phase 2 investigation into its proposed £1.2 billion acquisition of EMIS, resulting in an unconditional clearance decision from the CMA
- Illumina with respect to the EU Phase 2 merger control investigation into its $8 billion acquisition of GRAIL
- 1887 on its sale of The Famous Grouse to William Grant & Sons
- Young’s on the public takeover of The City Pub Group
- BHP on its unsuccessful $49 billion attempted public takeover of Anglo American
- IVC Evidensia on the CMA’s investigation into eight completed transactions
- S&P Global on the $44 billion acquisition of IHS Markit
- The Stars Group on the £10 billion merger with Flutter Entertainment
- IBM on the $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat
- SABMiller on the £79 billion acquisition by AB InBev
Behavioural and Other Advisory Work
- IVC Evidensia
- on the CMA’s market review of the veterinary services sector
- on the CMA’s subsequent market investigation into the veterinary services sector
- Illumina on its appeal to the General Court over the European Commission’s use of Art 22 EUMR
- Taylor Wimpey
- on the CMA’s market study into the UK housing sector
- on the CMA’s consumer law leasehold investigation
- A global manufacturing company with respect to a potential leniency application to the European Commission
- Direct Line on an antitrust compliance matter
- A global client in defence of a number competition ligation claims following on from an Italian infringement decision
- A major international financial institution in relation to the FCA and European Commission antitrust investigations into aviation insurance brokering
- Mars on various antitrust compliance matters
