Birkenstock Holding plc and L Catterton on the initial public offering of Birkenstock
Lenders under LEONI AG’s EUR 750 million RCF facility on the restructuring of the German automotive supplier through the largest ever German Scheme (StaRUG) process
SLV Lighting Group GmbH, a portfolio company of Ardian, in connection with their amend-&-extend transaction
CPP Investments on the acquisition of a stake in Universal Investment
Ad hoc group of noteholders on the successful financial restructuring of Safari Holding Verwaltungs GmbH (Löwen Play)
Clearlake Capital Partners in the formation of its USD 14.1 billion Clearlake Capital Partners VII
Alpine Investors and Ingenio on the acquisition of adviqo Group
GBL on the acquisition of Sanoptis
Thomas H. Lee Partners on its investment in Kinexon
Brookfield Asset Management on the public takeover offer for alstria office REIT-AG
Bain Capital on its investment in Berlin Brands Group
ADTRAN on the public exchange offer for ADVA Optical Networking and the subsequent dual listing
SK Capital on the formation of a consortium with Heubach Group and the subsequent acquisition of Clariant’s Pigments business
Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation on the business combination with SIGNA Sports United
Tele Columbus on a capital increase with preemptive rights in the amount of EUR 475 million
L Catterton on the acquisition of a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group
Core Equity Holdings on the bidding process for Canyon Bicycles
Galapagos, a European provider of heat exchange and machine cooling systems, in relation to its financial restructuring
Oakley Capital on the acquisition of WindStar Medical from NuCom Group
Perceptive Advisors on the business combination of Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp., a US listed special purpose acquisition company, with Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
Bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and RAG-Stiftung on the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG
EP Global Commerce (EPGC) on the acquisition of stakes in METRO AG from Haniel and CECONOMY AG and the subsequent public takeover of METRO AG
TDR Capital on the acquisition of NKD Group from OpCapita
Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) and their portfolio company C.H. Guenther & Son LLC (CHG) on the acquisition of Wback GmbH from Halder
Shareholders of Jack Wolfskin on the sale of the company to Callaway Golf
Sycamore Partners on the sale of EMP Merchandising to Warner Music
Tele Columbus in connection with its offering of EUR 650 million 3.875% senior secured notes due 2025
Toys’R’Us on the sale of its stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to toy retailer Smyths
Alteri Investors on the acquisition of CBR Fashion group
Silverfleet Capital on the sale of CCC group
Oakley Capital Private Equity on the acquisition of Career Partner group
Vestigo Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Accentro AG from Adler Real Estate AG and the subsequent public takeover offer
Global Logistics Properties (GLP) on the acquisition of European logistics business IDI Gazeley for approximately USD 2.8 billion
Bain Capital, Cinven and their acquisition vehicles Nidda Healthcare Holding AG and Nidda BondCo GmbH in connection with the offering of EUR 735 million 3½% senior secured notes due 2024 and EUR 340 million 5% senior notes due 2025 to finance their acquisition of shares in Stada Arzneimittel AG
Coordinating committee of first lien lenders of Jack Wolfskin on the comprehensive financial restructuring
Accuride Corporation on the acquisition of Mefro Wheels GmbH
Creat Group Corporation on the EUR 940 million public takeover of Biotest AG; to date one of the largest investments by a Chinese company in the Western health sector
Bain Capital and Cinven on their EUR 5.4 billion joint public takeover of the German pharmaceutical company STADA Arzneimittel AG
Major shareholders of IVG in connection with the sale of Officefirst to Blackstone
Equita GmbH & Co. Holding KGaA on the acquisition of a majority stake in Windstar Medical AG*
UNIBAIL-RODAMCO SE on its investment in the development of the southern Überseequartier in Hamburg’s HafenCity*
EWE AG on joint venture for the offshore wind farm Borkum West II – 2nd phase*
Jones Lang LaSalle on the acquisition of ACREST group*
* Experience prior to joining Kirkland
