Deirdre Haugh

Representative matters at Kirkland include:

• Advising Arctos Partners in connection with Arctos’ majority investment in Hayfin, a European alternative asset management platform
• Advising Arcline Investment Management on the close of its $6 billion Fund IV
• Advising Apex on the c. £1.51 billion recommended all cash acquisition of Sanne Group plc
• Advising Alpine Grove on the formation of a $1.5 billion fund and co-investment structure 
• Advising, AJAX I (a publicly traded SPAC) on its $7 billion business combination with Cazoo Holdings Limited
• Advising Blue Owl Capital on various matters, including:
  • Advising on the formation and raising of funds across Blue Owl strategies and asset classes, including Real Assets, Credit and GP Stakes 
  • Advising Blue Owl on its joint venture with Covivio, a leading European operator, to acquire the sites of Thales, a major player in the defence and aerospace sectors with a transaction value at €503 million
  • Advising on the sale and leaseback of 20 UK supermarkets and one logistics facility from Asda valued at over £450 million
  • Advising on a joint venture with Supermarket Income REIT plc (SUPR), formed with an initial portfolio of eight supermarket properties with a combined value of £403 million
• Advising The Blackstone Group on various matters, including:
  • Advising Blackstone portfolio company, Bourne Leisure, on the refinancing of its Haven portfolio of holiday parks with a £2.9 billion facilities agreement, including an approximately £1.54 billion CMBS loan, the biggest in the UK market since 2008
  • Advising Blackstone Strategic Partners as lead investor in its investment into a c.€150 million Columna Capital co-investment vehicle invested in the SanteVet Group
  • Advising on the $4.73 billion recommended take private of Signature Aviation plc by a consortium of Blackstone, Global Infrastructure Partners and Cascade
  • Advising on EU and UK fundraising matters on several BX-managed funds
• Advising CVC Credit Partners on the raising of:
  • Advising Global Special Situations Fund II, a $1 billion distressed credit fund
  • Advising European Direct Lending Fund II, a €1 billion direct lending credit fund
  • Advising European Mid-Market Solutions, a €600 billion direct lending credit fund
• Advising GLP Capital Partners on various matters, including:
  • Advising on the formation and fundraising for its logistics, data centre and renewables businesses
  • Advising on establishing GLP Continental Europe Development Partners I with initial partner commitments of €1 billion and an expected €2 billion of assets under management when fully invested
  • Advising on the acquisition of its international business by Ares Management Corporation in a transaction valued at $3.7 billion to create a global real estate alternative asset platform
  • Advising on the acquisition of the global private equity capital advisory business of M3 Capital Partners
  • Advising on the acquisition of Goodman Group’s Central and Eastern Europe logistics real estate portfolio
  • Advising on the acquisition of EU logistics business IDI Gazeley from Brookfield Asset Management for approximately US$2.8 billion
  • Advising on multiple fund investments
• Advising Macquarie on EU and UK fundraising matters for certain Macquarie-managed funds, including, Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VI, a $6.8 billion infrastructure fund
• Advising New State Capital Partners on the closing of its fourth flagship fund, totaling $700 million in capital commitments and significantly exceeding its initial $600 million target
• Advising Nordic Capital on the close of its Evolution Fund II at its EUR 2 billion hard cap and significantly exceeding its target of EUR 1.4 billion
• Advising One Equity Partners on various matters, including:
  • Advising in connection with a dual-asset GP-led transaction and the formation of a c.$1 billion continuation fund, with AlpInvest and HarbourVest as lead investors
  • Advising on fundraising for One Equity Partners IX, L.P., with $3.25 billion of committed capital
  • Advising on the closing of One Equity Partners VIII, L.P., with committed capital of $2.75 billion
  • Advising on the completed fundraising for One Equity Partners VII, L.P., with $1.75 billion in total capital commitments
  • Advising on multiple portfolio company investments
• Advising PAI Partners on the €3.6 billion equity transaction to reinvest into Froneri
• Advising Thoma Bravo on certain aspects of its $5.315 billion recommended all-cash take-private acquisition of Darktrace plc and its acquisition of Cado Security
• Advising TPG on EU and UK fundraising matters
• Advising Vista Equity Partners on various matters, including:
  • Advising on the formation and fundraising of its flagship equity funds since 2018, including
  • Advising on the closing of Vista Equity Partners Fund VII, its flagship equity fund family, at its hard cap of $16 billion
  • Advising on the closing of Vista Equity Endeavor Fund II at its hard cap of $850 million.
  • Advising on multiple portfolio company investments
• Advising Vista Credit Partners, including:
  • Advising on a $460 million continuation fund transaction involving the restructuring and sale of Vista Credit Opportunities Fund II, L.P., a 2016 vintage, which holds a portfolio of credit assets, to a newly formed continuation fund backed by Pantheon, a global private markets investor
  • Advising on the final close of Vista Credit Partners Fund III, part of its flagship credit fund family, at $2.3 billion, $800 million in excess of its original $1.5 billion target
• Advising Warburg Pincus on various matters, including:
  • Advising on the close of Warburg Pincus Financial Sector III, L.P. (WPFS III), which closed on $3 billion of capital
  • Advising on the formation of Warburg Pincus Global Growth 15 (WPGG 15)
  • Advising a global private fund sponsor on the establishment of a collateralized fund obligations offering
• Advising a global private fund sponsor on preparations for an “on site” visit by an EU regulator, including document inspection and staff interviews, and on the subsequent implementation of an agreed remediation programme

Prior to joining Kirkland, Deirdre also advised on:

• Advised on contentious and non-contentious issues arising from regulatory breaches, including advising an FCA regulated firm on an FCA-supervised remediation programme, regulatory investigation and enforcement action
• Advised the establishment and management of UCITS for retail investors, including appointments to third party UCITS platforms, cross-border marketing, eligible assets, investment restrictions and limits, remuneration rules, admission of UCITS exchange traded funds to the LSE, policies and procedures and other operational matters for UCITS Directive compliance

Ropes & Gray International LLP, London

• Associate (2015–2017)

First State Investments, London

• Secondee Legal Counsel (2014–2015)

Matheson Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland

• Solicitor (2012–2015)

• Trainee Solicitor (2010–2012)