Jenny Patroclou

Prior to joining Kirkland, Jenny was involved in the following matters:

• Microsoft on its ~$70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc, before the European Commission and CMA.
• Microsoft on its $10 billion investment in OpenAI.
• A third party on the Vodafone/CK Hutchison JV CMA phase 2 merger inquiry.
• Advent International and NielsenIQ before the European Commission on NielsenIQ’s combination with GfK, winning a rare conditional phase 1 approval.
• Brookfield, on several transactions, including:
  • its strategic partnership with Castlelake before several authorities.
  • on the sale of a 49% interest in Westinghouse Electric Company to Cameco Corporation before several authorities including phase 1 merger inquiries before the European Commission and the CMA.
• Lone Star Funds on the acquisition of the XSYS division from the Flint Group, including the phase 1 CMA merger inquiry.
• Scandinavian Airlines on EU antitrust aspects of Air France-KLM Group’s investment in SAS.

Jenny’s experience at the CMA included:

• Phase 1 investigation of the acquisition by Hitachi Rail Ltd of Thales SA’s Ground Transportation Systems Business.
• Phase 2 investigation of the anticipated acquisition by Cellnex UK of the passive infrastructure assets of CK Hutchison’s Networks Europe Investments SARL.
• Phase 2 investigation of the completed acquisition by CHC Group of Babcock’s oil and gas offshore helicopter services business.