Sally Evans (née Southwell)

While at Kirkland, Sally's representative matters have included: 

• EQT — acquisition of IFS AB, a leading software provider, alongside TA Associates.
• Hospital Topco (majority owned by Centerbridge and KKR) — UK merger control aspects of the c.£1.8 billion disposal of BMI Healthcare and the GHG Group.
• Triton Partners — acquisition of the tour operating activities of Corendon and combination with Sunweb.
• Ingersoll-Rand plc — $1.45 billion acquisition of Precision Flow Systems.
• EQT — acquisition of Dellner Couplers, a global market leader in couplers, gangways and adjacent products for passenger rail rolling stock.
• EQT — acquisition of Acumatica, a US-based and fast-growing software as a service company, which provides customers with true cloud Enterprise Resource Planning solutions.
• EQT— led consortium - CHF 10.2 billion acquisition of Nestlé Skin Health, a leading global skincare company.
• EQT — sale of a minority stake in IVC Group to Nestlé SA.
• EQT — combination of Independent Vetcare (IVC) and Evidensia to create Europe’s largest veterinary care group.
• BC Partners — investment in Advanced, a provider of business software solutions.
• Oaktree Capital — acquisition by their Boardriders’ portfolio company of Billabong. The transaction involved the combination of Boardriders’ well known consumer brands — Quiksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes — with Billabong, creating the world’s largest action sports company.
• Travelport Worldwide — $4.4 billion sale to Siris Capital and Elliott Management.
• CapVest (and its portfolio company Valeo Foods) — acquisition of Tangerine Confectionery, the leading supplier of private label sugar confectionery in the UK.
• Bain Capital — acquisition of DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals, a producer of sustainable antibiotics, next-generation statins and anti-fungals.
• Global Logistics Properties (GLP) — acquisition of European logistics business IDI Gazeley from Brookfield Asset Management for approximately US$2.8 billion. Gazeley is one of the leading owners and operators of logistics facilities in Europe with a portfolio of over 3 million sq metres in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands.
• Tronox Limited — acquisition of Cristal’s global titanium dioxide business in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion
• Tronox Limited — $1.325 billion sale of its Alkali Chemicals business to Genesis Energy, L.P.
• The Carlyle Group, CITIC Limited and CITIC Capital Holdings — US$2.08 billion acquisition of the majority stake in a newly-formed company that will act as the master franchisee for McDonald’s in China and Hong Kong. The company will become the largest McDonald’s franchisee outside the United States.
• Solera, a digital technology group part owned by Vista Equity Partners — £340m acquisition of Autodata, a UK provider of digital solutions to the automotive industry
• CapVest/IBA Molecular — carve-out acquisition from Mallinckrodt Plc of its global nuclear imaging radiopharmaceuticals division
• Sithe Global Power — $1.2 billion sale of interests in two coal-fired power plants in The Philippines to Aboitiz Power Corp.
• Summit Partners — sale of Independent Vetcare Limited, the third largest vet services provider in the UK, to EQT
• Crestview Partners — acquisition of Accuride Corporation
• Bain Capital Private Equity — acquisition of Daymon Worldwide Inc.
• Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and Burton's Biscuits Company — sale of the Cadbury business to Mondelez
• Private equity sponsor — several acquisitions and sales in the software sector
• Automotive parts manufacturer — investigation by the European Commission into possible breaches of Article 101 TFEU
• Shamrock Capital Advisors in its co-investment in BTI Studios, a leading localization company providing dubbing and subtitling services in over 80 languages, with BTI owner Altor Equity Funds
• Alimak Group — a recently listed Triton portfolio company which supplies elevators and platforms to the industrial sector, on its AUD 120 million acquisition of the Façade Access Group, a market leader in building maintenance units. This was Alimak’s first acquisition post-listing

Prior to joining Kirkland, Sally’s representative matters included:

• Greene King plc — CMA clearance for $1.2 billion takeover of pub chain Spirit plc

• Bridgepoint — CMA review of bolt-on acquisitions of UK dental chains

• PSP — $2 billion acquisition of Hochtief Airports

• Kier Group plc — £221 million public takeover of construction business May Gurney

• Dentsu Inc. — $5 billion global takeover of advertising firm Aegis plc

• Anglo American/Lafarge joint venture — phase II UK review requiring extensive divestments in cement, ready mixed concrete and aggregates

• Mining and ports sector joint ventures — merger control and antitrust compliance advice

• Acted for an investment bank in the European Commission competition investigation into credit default swaps

• European Commission cartel investigation in the freight forwarding sector

• In-house competition experience with an oil and gas major and in the UK retail banking sector

Linklaters LLP, London

• Managing Associate, 2010–2016

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP — London and Brussels

• Associate, 2008–2010

• Trainee Solicitor, 2006–2008