Tom McCarthy
Overview
Tom McCarthy is a corporate partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Tom has experience in all areas of corporate law, including the structuring of private equity deals, leveraged buyouts, secondaries and commercial contracts.
Experience
Representative Matters
Nordic Capital on the acquisition of Ascot Lloyd, an independent UK financial and planning advisor (2022)
Macquarie Asset Management on the strategic real estate partnership with NTT’s wholesale facilities across Europe and North America (2022)
Partners Group on the acquisition of Forterro, a leading pan-European software services provider (2022)
Nordic Capital on its $7.3 billion take-private acquisition of Inovalon (2021)
RLDatix, and its majority investors Five Arrows Capital Partners and TA Associates, on its equity and related arrangements including relating to the investment by Nordic Capital (2021)
Partners Group on their investment alongside Montagu in connection with the acquisition of HTL Biotechnology (2021)
Array Technologies on the acquisition of STI Norland, a leading European leading manufacturer of solar trackers (2021)
Sun European Partners on the sale of Dreams, a leading specialty bed retailer in the UK, to Tempur Sealy International (2021)
Blackstone on the c. £1.2 billion recommended cash offer for St Modwen Properties plc (2021)
TA Associates and the consortium vehicle on the $2 billion acquisition of Unit4, a global leader in enterprise cloud software (2021)
Peak Rock Capital on its acquisition of AMB S.p.A, a leading manufacturer of films for the food and food packaging industry (2021)
Nordic Capital on the equity and co-investment aspects of its recommended cash offer for Advanz Pharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company with a strategic focus on complex medicines in Europe (2021)
Sun Capital on its acquisition of Adler & Allan (2020)
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. on its £1.08 billion sale of The Priory Group to Waterland Private Equity (2020)
Peak Rock Capital on its acquisition of Halo Foods, a UK-based snack bars manufacturer (2020)
Warburg Pincus on its minority investment in Visma, a leading provider of business-critical software, in a transaction valuing the business at an enterprise value of $12.2 billion (2020)
Warburg Pincus on its co-investment in the combined group of Tilney Smith & Williamson (2020)
Sun European Partners on the acquisition of Vetrerie Riunite, specialists in glass parts of electrical household appliances (2019)
Nordic Capital and other stakeholders in the partial sale and co-investment in eResearchTechnology, Inc. (2019)
Triton on the acquisition of a majority stake in Atnahs (2019)
Consortium of Apax, Warburg Pincus, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on the $3.4 billion take private of Inmarsat, a British satellite communications group (2019)
H.I.G. Capital and General Atlantic on the sale of their investment in FNZ to CDPQ-Generation (2018)
FNZ Group on the acquisition of European Bank for Financial Services GmbH (ebase) from comdirect bank AG (2018)
Pamplona Capital Management on the sale of Partner in Pet Food (‘PPF’), a market-leading European pet food company headquartered in Hungary, to Cinven (2018)
Triton on its acquisition of Chevron Traffic Management, the UK’s largest work zone safety services provider, from Portchester Equity Limited (2018)
Klöckner Pentaplast, a global leader in packaging solutions majority owned by Strategic Value Partners, in its transformational acquisition of LINPAC (2017)
Summit Partners on its sale of Peak Well Systems, a leading specialist in the development of well intervention solutions, to Schlumbeger (2016)
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Burton’s Biscuit Company on the sale of its Cadbury biscuit licence to Mondelēz International (2016)
Shamrock Capital Advisors on its investment in Silvergate Media, an international TV production and licensing company owning award-winning children’s entertainment properties Peter Rabbit and Octonauts (2016)
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its acquisition of GL Education, a leading London-based provider of educational assessments, from Investcorp (2016)
Waud Capital and PSI Services LLC on the acquisition of EnlightKS (2016)
AE Industrial Partners and Belcan Corporation on the acquisition of European-based East Kilbride Engineering Services, a leading engineering consultancy (2016)
KKR on its acquisition of the Selecta Group, Europe's largest independent pan-European vending machine operator, from Allianz Capital Partners (2015)
Pamplona Capital Partners on its €315 million acquisition of Partner in Pet Foods from Advent International (2015)
Olympus Partners and The Waddington Group on their acquisition of Deltaform Limited (2015)
TGI Fridays Restaurants on the sale of the UK franchise of TGI Fridays to Electra Partners (2014)
Solera on its £288m acquisition from Montagu of CAP Automotive, the UK's leading provider of vehicle valuation data (2014)
Zebra Technologies Corporation on its $3.45 billion acquisition of Motorola Solutions' Enterprise business from Motorola Solutions, Inc (2014)
Consortium of Apollo, York, Oak Hill and Deutsche Bank on the financial restructuring of the Tragus restaurant group and the sale of Strada restaurants to Sun Capital Partners (2014)
Apollo and Taminco Corporation on their acquisition of the Antares formic acid business of Kemira (2014)
TowerBrook Capital Partners on its acquisition of AIM Aviation Limited, a market leading designer and manufacturer of aircraft cabin interiors (2013)
FTV Capital on its $40 million investment in Credorax Inc. (2013)
Greenpark Capital Limited on the sale of its fund management business to StepStone Group (2013)
Sun Capital (including its portfolio company Albéa) on its $459 million acquisition of Rexam PLC's personal care business (2012)
Prior Experience
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, London
Trainee Solicitor, 2010–2012
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2012, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
- BPP Law School, LondonLPCDistinction2010
- University of Bristol Law SchoolLL.B.2009