Krishan Patel is a tax associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
Krishan focuses on UK and international tax structuring in the context of private equity, real estate and M&A transactions, as well as private fund structuring.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Krishan has worked on the following matters:
Accel-KKR and Kimble Applications in connection with Kimble’s merger with Mavenlink, Inc. and the related financing.
Apax Partners and Healthium, an Apax portfolio company, on the sale of Clinisupplies, a market leader in continence care products in the UK, to KKR.
Apax Partners on its recommended cash offer for EcoOnline Holding AS, a EHS SaaS company.
Brookfield Asset Management on the voluntary public takeover offer for alstria office REIT-AG.
Brookfield on its €1.089 billion recommended cash offer for Hibernia REIT PLC.
Brookfield on the sale of Student Roost, the U.K.’s third largest purpose-built student accommodation provider, to a joint venture between GIC and Greystar.
Cobham on the c. £2.57 billion recommended all cash acquisition of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc.
Flexpoint Ford LLC on its recommended cash acquisition of AFH Financial Group Plc, a financial planning-led wealth management firm.
G.S. Precision, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners, on the acquisition of F.T. Gearing Systems.
HGGC on its agreement to acquire Specialist Risk Group, a specialist insurance broker.
IK Investment Partners on the closing of its €1.2 billion IK Small Cap III Fund, its third small-cap fund.
Kofax on its recommended cash acquisition of Tungsten Corporation plc.
Patient Square Capital on its investment in Apollo Therapeutics, a portfolio-based biopharmaceutical company.
Polestar Performance AB on its pending $20 billion combination with Gores Guggenheim Inc.
Sani/Ikos Group, the luxury beach resort group in the Mediterranean, on its strategic partnership agreement with GIC valuing the business at €2.3 billion.
Strategic Value Partners on the carve-out sale of the Polish business of their portfolio company Pfleiderer, its salan industrial wood panelling provider, to Kronospan.
Turn/River Capital on its acquisition of Tufin, a company pioneering a policy-centric approach to security and IT operations, for approximately $570 million.
17Capital on its strategic partnership with Oaktree, under which it will sell a majority stake to Oaktree.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Krishan worked on the following matters:
Advised on the £61m acquisition of part of a care home business and the £90m acquisition of part of a student accommodation business;
Advised a listed blue chip company on stamp duty land tax issues relating to its commercial premises at various sites in the UK; and
Advised a UK property developer on the tax structuring and financing for the development of a high end residential apartment building.
Prior Experience
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, London
Associate, 2019–2020
Trainee Solicitor, 2017–2019
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2019, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
The University of Law, MoorgateLL.M., Professional Legal Practice2017
Selwyn College, University of CambridgeM.A. (Cantab.), Natural Sciences (Biological)2015