Brad Hillson is a tax partner based in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
Brad advises on a wide range of UK and international tax matters, with extensive experience in advising investment funds, sovereign wealth funds, state owned enterprises and investment managers on tax and structuring issues. Brad advises across the fund life cycle from formation through to the acquisitions and disposals of investments.
Brad also advises fund managers in relation to the tax and structuring aspects of their remuneration and performance incentive arrangements (including carried interest and co-investment arrangements).
Experience
Representative Matters
Examples of transaction on which Brad has advised since joining Kirkland include:
Global Logistics Properties (GLP) on:
the formation of GLP Continental Europe Development Partners I, a €2 billion fund that targets logistics properties in Europe
the formation of GLP Europe Income Partners, a €800 fund that invests in industrial and warehouse properties
the formation of GLP Europe Development Partners I, a €1.1 billion opportunistic fund that invests in industrial properties in Western Europe
its acquisition of European logistics business IDI Gazeley from Brookfield Asset Management for approximately US$2.8 billion
the acquisition of Goodman Group’s Central and Eastern Europe logistics real estate portfolio
Summit Partners on:
its latest flagship U.S. growth equity fund, Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund X with total commitments of $4.9 billion.
the formation of Summit Partners Europe Private Equity II
the formation of Summit Partners Credit Fund III
its sale of Independent Vetcare Limited (IVC) to EQT Partners
on its co-investment, alongside Bridgepoint SAS, in Calypso Technology, Inc.
Falko Regional Aircraft Limited on the formation of Falko Fund II, an aircraft leasing fund
Highland Europe on the formation of Highland Europe Technology Growth III, a €463 growth equity fund focused on technology companies in Europe
Partners Group in connection with its sale of a portfolio of private equity fund interests for approximately $996 million
GPI Capital on the formation of GPI Capital I
CD Capital, a London-based specialist natural resources and mining private equity manager, which recently closed CD Capital Natural Resources Fund III with aggregate capital commitments of US$355 million.
GIC as LP counsel on its investments in multiple debt SMAs
Autodis S.A., a Bain Capital portfolio company, in connection with the offering by Autodis S.A. of €520 million senior secured notes due 2022
Modine Manufacturing Company, a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, in a definitive agreement to acquire Luvata Heat Transfer Solutions for a total consideration of approximately US$422 million
Bain Capital and the Autodistribution Group in connection with the financing of the acquisition by Autodis S.A. of Doyen Auto
Nets A/S, a payments services portfolio company of Advent International and Bain Capital, in connection with its IPO and related EUR 1,400,000,000 IPO financing
Eir, Ireland's largest telecommunications company, on the issuance of its EUR 500,000,000 senior secured notes and establishment of a EUR 150,000,000 revolving credit facility to its existing EUR 2,000,000 senior facilities agreement
Travelodge Group on its offering of £290,000,000 8 1⁄2% Senior Secured Fixed Rate Notes due 2023 and £100,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2023 and entry into a new super senior revolving credit facility in connection with their refinancing of existing debt
Examples of transactions on which Brad has advised prior to Kirkland include:
A private equity fund on its proposed acquisition of telecommunications towers in Africa from an Indian seller for approximately $500m
A private equity fund on its £2.3bn financing and acquisition of a loan portfolio secured on commercial real estate
A global bank in respect of a $650m high-yield bond issue by a multinational oil company
A NASDAQ-listed oil energy company on a $2bn financing from the ‘Term Loan B’ market
One of the world’s largest independent exploration and production companies on the restructuring of a North Sea field interest for a three-way sale totalling approximately $1.5bn
An independent exploration and production oil company in its sale of four heli-transportable rigs to a Russian oil company
An oil major on various issues, including profit apportionment for supplementary charge purposes, tax exposure for non-UK tankers in the UK sector, and apportionment of value as between installations and oil-in-ground on a field sale
Prior Experience
Vinson and Elkins
Associate
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Associate
Trainee Solicitor
More
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2012, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
