Victoria Legg

Partner Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

victoria.legg@kirkland.com

Practices

Overview

Victoria Legg is a corporate partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Victoria has experience in private equity transactions, private mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, acting for private equity sponsors and other financial investors globally. She advises on a broad range of corporate law matters, including domestic and cross-border M&A, disposals, leveraged buyouts and portfolio company management.

Experience

Advising BC Partners and its portfolio companies on numerous transactions, including:

on the IPO of Shawbrook Bank
on the sale of UK based mental healthcare provider Elysium Healthcare to Ramsay Health Care
on the sale of European pharmaceutical company Pharmathen to Partners Group
on the acquisition of a significant stake in Valtech, a global digital services and business transformation agency
on the refinancing of the Keter Group
on the acquisition of global consulting firm Sionic Group from Livingbridge and management
on its acquisition of Keesing, a leading European braintainment business, from Ergon Capital and Mediahuis
on its GBP 2 billion investment in Advanced Computer Software, a provider of business software solutions

Advising Nordic Capital and its portfolio companies on numerous transactions, including:

on the merger of Orchid Orthopedic Solutions with Tecomet
in a consortium with CVC Private Equity Funds and ADIA on the £5.4 billion recommended cash acquisition of Hargreaves Lansdown
on the sale of Sunrise Medical to Platinum Equity
on a joint venture with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board to invest in Advanz Pharma
on the acquisition of ActiveViam, a data analytics provider
on the sale of Bladt Industries to CS Wind

Advising Bain Capital and its portfolio companies on numerous transactions, including:

on a definitive agreement to acquire Madison Fire & Rescue, in partnership with 3M
on its investment in Tingstad, a leading Swedish family-owned specialist distributor of non-food consumables
on its €3 billion acquisition (together with BC Partners) of Fedrigoni
on its sale of Geometric Results, Inc.
on equity arrangements in connection with the acquisition (together with NB Renaissance) of Engineering Group
on its GBP 2.2 billion sale of the Brakes Group to Sysco Corporation*
on the formation of a joint venture between Brake Bros and the Fresh Direct group*

Advising Bain Capital Tech Opportunities on its majority investment in finova and its simultaneous acquisition of MSO

Advising Bain Capital Credit on numerous transactions, including:

on its acquisition, by way of a joint venture with J.C. Flowers & Co., of a minority stake in The Co-operative Bank
on the acquisition of a Cypriot Credit Acquiring Company holding a portfolio of non-performing corporate, SME and consumer and mortgage loans from the National Bank of Greece
on its €450 million acquisition of a portfolio of secured, non-performing business loans from Piraeus Bank

Advising Apax Partners and its portfolio companies on numerous transactions, including:

on its simultaneous acquisitions of OCS from Charme Capital Partners and of Finwave from the Lutech Group; both digital partners and software providers in the banking and financial sector
on the definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Lutech SpA, a leading Italian IT services, software and technology company
on the acquisition of the Alpha Medical Group from Mid Europa*

Advising CPP:

and Motive Partners on the $1.4 billion investment in FNZ, a global wealth management platform
and its consortium partners on the acquisition of Galileo Global Education, a private post-secondary education group

Advising Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (Europe) on numerous transactions, including:

on its GBP 1.3 billion sale of a 26% stake in Thames Water to OMERS and KIA*
on the disposal of a majority interest in Moto, the UK’s largest motoring service area operator, to USS*

Advising Parthenon Capital on numerous transactions

Advising Solum Partners on strategic partnership with Staples Vegetables

Advising Long Path Partners on the take-private of Idox plc

Advising TPG Rise Climate in its acquisition of A-Gas

Advising AppLearn International on its sale to Permira-backed Nexthink

Advising EW Healthcare Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Grundium Oy

Advising Fox Corporation on the joint venture with Gordon Ramsay to jointly form new production entity STUDIO RAMSAY GLOBAL

Advising Leif Höegh & Co. Ltd. and funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, through a joint venture vehicle, to acquire the shares in Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd listed on the Oslo Børs

Advising Davidson Kempner on numerous transactions

Advising Flexpoint Ford LLC on its recommended cash acquisition of AFH Financial Group Plc, a financial planning-led wealth management firm

Advising Hospital Topco, majority owned by Centerbridge Partners and KKR, in connection with the GBP 1.8 billion disposal of BMI Healthcare and the GHG Group to Circle Health and Medical Properties Trust

Advising Siris Capital and Mavenir Group, the industry's only end-to-end cloud-native network software provider for CSPs, in connection with Silver Rock’s USD 125 million preferred financing investment in Mavenir Group Holdings Limited

Advising Hitachi on its USD 11 billion acquisition of the power grids division of ABB Group*

Advising Platinum Equity on its €1.2 billion disposal of Worldwide Flight Services to Cerberus Capital*

Advising Core Equity on its acquisition of Portman Dental from Livingbridge and management*

Advising First State Investments and Hermes Infrastructure on its EUR 1.7 billion acquisition of a 65% interest in the Scandlines Group from 3i*

Advising L'Oréal on its EUR 1 billion sale of The Body Shop to Natura*

*Certain matters undertaken prior to Victoria joining Kirkland

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Associate (2016–2019)
Trainee Solicitor (2014–2016)

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

2016, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Education

The University of Law, London MoorgateLegal Practice Coursewith Distinction
BPP Law School, LondonGraduate Diploma in LawCommendation
London School of Economics and Political ScienceM.Sc., International RelationsMerit
University of SouthamptonB.A., HistoryFirst Class Honours

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