Ben Hai
Overview
Ben Hai is a corporate partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Ben’s practice concentrates on all areas of corporate law, including the structuring of private equity deals, leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, divestures and commercial contracts.
Experience
Representative Matters
Bain Capital on its acquisition of Rocket Software.
Francisco Partners on its acquisition of Kobalt.
Francisco Partners on its investment in iZotope.
Bain Capital on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Eleda.
IK Partners on the sale of its controlling interest to Wendel.
WHP Global on its acquisition of a majority interest in G-Star RAW.
Allwyn on the acquisition of the Camelot Lottery Solutions Group, from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.
Bain Capital Private Equity on the €955.3 million public takeover of Caverion Corporation.
Bain Capital Private Equity on the Investment and Strategic Partnership in CitiusTech.
Apax Partners on Recommended Cash Offer for EcoOnline Holding AS.
Bain Capital Private Equity on the sale of Geometric Results, Inc. to PRO Unlimited.
Thoma Bravo on its strategic growth investment in Circle Cardiovascular Imaging, the global leader in cardiovascular imaging solutions.
Arxada, a global specialty chemicals business owned by private equity funds Bain Capital and Cinven, on its combination with Troy Corporation.
Arxada, a global specialty chemicals business owned by private equity funds Bain Capital and Cinven, on its combination with Enviro Tech Chemical Services.
Diversey Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: DSEY), a portfolio company of Bain Capital Private Equity, in its IPO of approximately $750 million.
Cinven and Bain Capital Private Equity on the CHF 4.2 billion acquisition of Lonza’s Specialty Ingredients business (now Arxada).
Medallia, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, on its acquisition of Thunderhead, an enterprise technology provider.
Inmarsat and its controlling consortium on the $7.3 billion combination with Viasat, Inc.
Bain Capital Private Equity on the c. €1.7 billion acquisition of ITP Aero, an aero engine and gas turbine manufacturer, from Rolls-Royce.
Bain Capital Private Equity and its consortium partners on the €2.1 billion proposed public takeover of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj.
Pritzker Private Capital and its portfolio company ProAmpac on the acquisition of IG Industries.
Pritzker Private Capital and its portfolio company ProAmpac on the acquisition of Rapid Action Packaging.
Starr Investment Holdings and ACA Compliance Group (“ACA”) on ACA’s acquisition of Cordium, a leading provider of governance, risk, and compliance products and services, from Ares.
ACA Compliance Group on the sale of Cordium Malta Limited, a leading provider of compliance, risk, accounting and governance services for the investment management industry in Malta.
An ad hoc group of senior lenders of BARTEC group on its financial restructuring.
Vitruvian Partners on its investment in CFC Underwriting, the UK’s largest independent managing general agent.
Bain Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in Maesa, a global beauty brand incubator.
Advanced Computer Software, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company and the UK’s third largest software company, on its acquisition of leading legacy modernisation solutions provider Modern Systems.
Bain Capital on its acquisition of DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals, a global leader in sustainable antibiotics, next-generation statins and anti-fungals.
Bain Capital Private Equity on its acquisition of Bugaboo International, a Dutch design company that develops and produces mobility products.
Pamplona Capital Management LLP on its acquisition of global biopharmaceutical provider PAREXEL International (NASDAQ: PRXL) for approximately $5 billion.
Klöckner Pentaplast, a global leader in packaging solutions majority owned by Strategic Value Partners, in its transformational acquisition of LINPAC.
Clerk & Government Experience
Law ClerkHonorable Justice Yoram DanzigerSupreme Court of Israel2014–2015
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2015, Israel Bar Association
- 2017, New York
Languages
- English
- Hebrew
Education
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.M.2016
- Tel Aviv UniversityLL.B.summa cum laude2014
- Tel Aviv UniversityAccounting2014
News &
Insights
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Maesa on Sale of European and Middle Eastern Operations
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Strategic Value Partners on €200 Million Preferred Equity Investment in Bjelin Group
- Press Release Kirkland Advises TPG on Investment in Vinted
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Blackstone on Strategic Partnership with Winthrop Technologies
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Bain Capital on Acquisition of Controlling Stake in Eleda