Deirdre Jones

Since joining Kirkland, Deirdre has worked on the following matters:

• Technicolor on the spinoff and listing of its creative visual arts services division
• Bain Capital Private Equity on the financing for the acquisition of a majority stake in House of HR 
• United Group B.V., which is majority-owned by BC Partners, in connection with the financing for its acquisition of Wind Hellas, including an offering of €980 million fixed and floating rate high yield bonds
• Option Care Health Inc. in connection with its debut offering of $500 million of high yield bonds 
• Thomas H. Lee Partners and its portfolio company AutoStore on its $12.4 billion IPO on the Oslo Stock Exchange
• CPP Investments and BC Partners on the financing for the acquisition of global MedTech platform CeramTec
• Guala Closures S.p.A. in connection with its offering of €500 million of high yield bonds to refinance certain existing debt and its entry into a new €80 million revolving credit facility
• Transcom Holding AB (publ) in connection with its offering of €315 million in high yield bonds 
• L Catterton in the offering of €430 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2029 as part of the financing for the acquisition of the BIRKENSTOCK Group
• Spa Holdings 3 Oy in connection with an offering of €350 million in euro-denominated high yield bonds and $305 million in dollar-denominated high yield bonds issued in connection with the acquisition of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oy by Bain Capital
• Intelligent Packaging Limited in connection with the offering of $100 million of high yield bonds
• Specialty Building Products in connection with an offering of $75 million in high yield bonds as part of the financing for the acquisition of the group by The Jordan Company 
• L Catterton on its agreement to acquire a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group
• Intelligent Packaging Holdco Issuer Limited Partnership, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, in connection with an offering of $125 million of high yield bonds
• Specialty Business Products, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, in connection with an offering of $50 million of additional high yield bonds under its existing indenture 
• Specialty Business Products, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, in connection with an offering of $600 million of high yield bonds
• Bain Capital Private Equity and its consortium partners on the €2.1 billion proposed public takeover of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj
• The Ardonagh Group, majority owned by Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners, in connection with the largest-ever unitranche financing transaction globally

Prior to joining Kirkland, Deirdre worked on the following matters, advising:

• the bidders in connection with their SEK 12.85 billion public-to-private buyout and the related financing for Oriflame Holding AG, an international beauty company that was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm
• the initial purchasers in connection with a bond offing by a finance subsidiary of ELLAKTOR S.A.
• the senior secured noteholder committee in connection with the scheme of arrangement and restructuring of the capital structure of New Look
• PAI Partners and BCI in their €3 billion public-to-private buy-out and related financing of Refresco, a Dutch soft drinks manufacturer that was listed on Euronext Amsterdam, and refinancing of existing indebtedness
• Ardonagh Midco 3 plc in connection with a tap of its senior secured notes to the proceeds of which were used in connection with acquisitions
• the underwriters in connection with initial public offering of Play Communications S.A. on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the largest non-securitization IPO of a Polish company
• the initial purchasers in connection with offering by chemicals manufacturer Perstorp of €485 million of senior secured notes, $275 million of senior secured notes and $420 million private placement of second lien notes
• Credit Suisse as lead representative of a syndicate of 16 investment banks in connection with offering of $2 billion of senior secured notes, €775 million of senior secured notes and $625 million of senior unsecured notes to finance a joint venture between Ziggo, a Liberty Global portfolio company in the Netherlands, and Vodafone’s Netherlands operations
• PAI Partners in connection with €125 million offering of senior secured notes to finance an acquisition of a Spanish residential and mental healthcare company by its portfolio company, DomusVi, a French care home provider
• leading private equity sponsors on bids for various European assets

Latham & Watkins, London

• Associate, 2012–2019