Sandeep is an associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He has experience in a wide range of EU and UK competition law matters, covering multi-jurisdictional merger control, antitrust enforcement, and market investigations.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Sandeep’s experience includes advising:
Vista Equity Partners, alongside an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, on its pending $16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix Systems, Inc.
NortonLifeLock on its c. $25 billion combination with Avast
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
Prior Experience
Allen & Overy LLP, London
Legal Advisor, 2017–2019
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2019, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England & Wales
2017, Bar Council of India, Advocate
Languages
Tamil
Hindi
English
Education
National University of Juridical Sciences, KolkataB.A.; LL.B. (Hons.)2017
Senior Associate Editor, NUJS Law Review
Associate Editor, Journal of Indian Law and Society