Suroop Singh Kandola is a partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. His practice focuses on advising sponsors, corporates, funds and financial institutions on a wide range of complex and multijurisdictional leveraged financing transactions.
External Recognition
Financial News (2026): Listed in “Rising Stars of European Finance”
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Suroop's representative matters have included advising:
Hellman & Friedman on the financing for the acquisition of Hyve, a leading B2B events business
Blackstone and EQT on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Urbaser a leading global provider of integrated waste management and environmental services
Blackstone:
on the refinancing by its portfolio company, Applegreen, of its existing facilities with a syndicated term loan B and revolving credit facility
on the refinancing by its portfolio company, VFS Global, of its existing facilities with a syndicated term loan B and revolving credit facility
on its structured equity investment in Sunotec, one of Europe’s leading integrators of utility-scale solar and battery storage projects
on its structured debt financing investment in Dream Games, the developer and publisher of globally renowned mobile games Royal Match and Royal Kingdom
Apollo on its recommended all-cash acquisition of The Restaurant Group
Partners Group:
on the acquisition by its portfolio company, Rovensa, of Cosmocel, a Mexican bionutrients and biological solutions company
on the acquisition of Forterro, a leading pan-European software services provider
on the refinancing by its portfolio company, Civica, of its existing term facility and revolving credit facilities
on the amendment and extension of its existing term and revolving credit facilities by its portfolio company, Rovensa
on the amendment and extension of its existing term and revolving credit facilities by its portfolio company, Techem
on the amendment and extension of its existing term and revolving credit facilities by its portfolio company, Ammega
SK Capital:
on the acquisition by its portfolio company, Archroma, of the textiles business of Huntsman
on its acquisition of Swixx BioPharma, a major pharmaceutical commercialization and distribution platform
OrthoLite on the sale to Coats Group
Morrisons and its shareholder Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on entering into an agreement to sell Petrol Forecourts to MFG and take a minority stake
Advent and its portfolio company IDEMIA Group on the amendment and extension of its revolving credit facility and cross-border TLB facilities
Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of Wildstone
Pamplona Capital Management on the acquisition of EET, an IT logistics and equipment supply business
Prior to joining Kirkland, Suroop’s representative matters included advising:
IK Investment Partners on the financing for its acquisition of Kersia SAS
Brookfield Capital Partners on multiple financing bids for various European assets
The Infront Group on the refinancing of its existing facilities
The lenders on the financing of the acquisition and take private of the Merlin Entertainments group
The lenders on financing of the acquisition of the Euroports group
Bain Capital and the Italmatch group on the financing for their acquisition of the British Water Additives group
The lenders on the financing of the acquisition of the WSH restaurants and catering business by CD&R
Nordic Capital on the financing of its acquisition of the Alloheim group
Soho House on the refinancing of its existing facilities
Hellman & Friedman the financing of its acquisition of Verisure / Securitas Direct
Prior Experience
Latham & Watkins LLP, London
Associate, 2014–2021
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2014, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
College of Law, LondonLegal Practice Coursewith Distinction2011
