Roger Johnson

Partner Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

London T +44 20 7469 2310

M +44 75 5229 1272

Practices

Overview

Roger Johnson is a corporate partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Roger advises private equity houses and financial sponsor clients on all forms of leveraged M&A and portfolio assistance, including restructuring advice.

Roger's representative matters include:

  • Triton on its acquisition of Sunweb Group, a leading European online travel operator

  • EQT Partners on its sale of leading medical device company HTL-Strefa (‘HTL’) to Investindustrial

  • Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan on the sale of OTPP's majority investment in Helly Hansen to Canadian Tire Corporation for C$985 million

  • Triton on its acquisition of Chevron Traffic Management, the UK’s largest work zone safety services provider, from Portchester Equity Limited. This is Tritons’ first acquisition of a UK-based company

  • EQT on its sale of an significant minority stake in Anticimex to institutional investors

  • EQT on its acquisition of Bluestep, a leading specialist mortgage lender

  • 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

  • Vitruvian on its acquisition of EasyPark

  • Triton on its sale of Ovako to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, a global market leader in steel production

  • EQT in connection with the initial public offering and the NASDAQ Helsinki listing of Terveystalo plc

  • EQT on the combination of IVC and Evidensia

  • Triton on the bolt-on acquisition to Alimak Group of Façade Access Group, a market leader in building maintenance units

  • Triton on the acquisition of DeepOcean Group Holding B.V. a leading provider of subsea services for the oil & gas and renewables industries

  • Triton on the bolt-on acquisition to Alimak Group of Avanti Wind system, the market leader in vertical access solutions for wind turbine towers

  • EQT on the disposal of Automic Holding GmbH, leading global provider of business automation software, to CA Technologies Inc

  • Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan on the disposal of the Cadbury business of Burtons to Mondelez

  • EQT on the disposal of Atos Medical, the global medical technology leader in laryngectomy care, to PAI

  • Triton on the acquisition of Imtech Nordic (now Assemblin) from Royal Imtech N.V.

  • Triton on the disposal of Inflight Service Group, a leading travel retail specialist in the European market, focused on airline retailing, to gategroup Holding AG

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Education

  • Stockholm UniversityLL.B.2002