John Patten

Prior to and since joining Kirkland, John has worked on the following matters:

• Warburg Pincus on the agreement with Macquarie Capital Principal Finance to jointly acquire a majority stake in Premier Technical Services Group. 
• InPost S.A. on the €565 million proposed acquisition of Mondial Relay, the leading French e-commerce out-of-home parcel delivery platform. 
• Preservation Capital on the £100 million acquisition of Parmenion Capital, a provider of investment services and technology solutions for financial advice firms. 
• Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Alpine Software Group on the acquisition of Sendible, a leading UK social media management and data analytics provider.
• Inflexion on its re-investment in the British Engineering Services Group, a specialist in engineering testing, inspection and consultancy services.
• HPS Investment Partners on its investment into the UK wealth management division of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.
• Service Express, a portfolio company of Harvest Partners, on its acquisition of Blue Chip, a leading provider of mission-critical IT infrastructure services.
• Bain Capital Private Equity and Cinven on the CHF 4.2 billion definitive agreement to acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients.
• Flexpoint Ford LLC on its recommended cash acquisition of AFH Financial Group Plc, a financial planning-led wealth management firm. 
• Montagu Private Equity on the acquisition of the Education Software Solutions business of Capita plc. and on the agreement to invest in ParentPay.
• AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets on the acquisition of the Kadans Science Partner platform. 
• Vitruvian Partners on its sale of Unifaun, a cloud delivery orchestration platform serving the European logistics ecosystem, to Marlin Equity Partners.
• The bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung on the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG.
• An EQT-led consortium on the CHF 10.2 billion exclusive negotiations to acquire Nestlé Skin Health, a leading global skincare company.
• Thomas H. Lee Partners on its acquisition of AutoStore, a robotics and software company providing automation technology to warehouse & distribution facilities.
• GIC as part of a consortium acquiring a 55% a stake in the real estate assets of French multinational hotel group AccorHotels for approximately €4.4 billion.
• Blackstone on its acquisition of the business and assets of Murka, a developer and promoter of social casino gaming applications for mobile devices and social media.
• United Group on its €220 million definitive agreement to acquire Tele2 Croatia.
• Advanced, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company and the UK’s third largest software company, on its acquisition of leading legacy modernisation solutions provider Modern Systems.
• Valence Media on its £45 million investment into Fulwell 73, the British independent production company run by partners Ben Winston, Leo Pearlman, Gabe Turner, Ben Turner and James Corden.
• CapVest Partners and Valeo Food Group on Valeo’s acquisition of the Tangerine Confectionery Group.
• Funds advised by Apax Partners on the acquisition of Genius Sports, a London based global leader in sports data technology, distribution and commercialisation services.
• Greenbriar Equity Group on its strategic equity partnership with BDP International, a provider of logistics and supply chain management services.
• Novartis on IP and service agreement aspects of its $20 billion asset swap with GlaxoSmithKline.
• Schneider Electric Software on the IP aspects of its £3 billion merger with Aveva plc.
• RSA Insurance on the IP aspects of the £403 million sale of its Latin American business to Suramericana.
• Hertz Corporation on its long-term strategic partnership in Brazil with Localiza.
• AXA on the IP aspects of the £610 million divestment of its entire UK life and savings business to three purchasers.
• Sanofi S.A. in two UK High Court innovator-innovator patent litigations defending claims for infringement.
• A leading UK advertising company on a settlement agreement with its supplier.
• Two international professional services networks on the restructuring of their IP licensing arrangements with network member firms. 
• An internationally renowned casual dining restaurant on the restructuring of its international franchise arrangements.
• A consortium of banks of the development and IP ownership of a new trading software platform.
• Alliance Medical on its £500 million acquisition by Life Healthcare.
• One of the world’s largest suppliers of online gaming and sports betting software on a number of pre-litigation IP issues and a WIPO UDRP dispute. 
• Ben Ainslie Racing on the IP legal aspects of its bid for the 35th Americas Cup.

Linklaters LLP, London

• Associate, 2015–2018

• Trainee Solicitor, 2013–2015