Sandeep Ravikumar

Since joining Kirkland, Sandeep’s experience includes advising:

• SK Capital on the formation of a consortium with Heubach Group and the subsequent acquisition of Clariant's Pigments business
• Vista Equity Partners on its $1.5 billion investment in Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries
• Vista Equity Partners on its portfolio company Infoblox Inc.’s joint control investment from Warburg Pincus
• Sun European Partners on the sale of Dreams to Tempur Sealy International
• Huntsman Corporation on its $350 million acquisition of Icynene-Lapolla
• Huntsman Corporation on its $300 million acquisition of CVC Thermoset Specialties
• Cerberus and Koch on their agreement to acquire the PQ Performance Chemicals business of PQ Group Holdings Inc. for approximately $1.1 billion.
• Warburg Pincus on the agreement with Macquarie Capital Principal Finance to jointly acquire a majority stake in Premier Technical Services Group
• EQT on the acquisition of IFS AB alongside TA Associates from EQT, for an enterprise value of c. €3 billion
• TDR Capital on the acquisition of BPP
• Warburg Pincus on the sale of Accelya to Vista Equity Partners
• SK Capital Partners on the agreement to acquire the Ipackchem group

Prior to joining Kirkland, Sandeep’s experience includes advising:

• A large Australian investment management company on several global port acquisitions
• A market-leading technology company in relation to the CMA’s market investigation in anti-virus software sector
• A global bank on its worldwide antitrust risk assessment and compliance programme

Allen & Overy LLP, London

• Legal Advisor, 2017–2019