Anna Ritchie is a tax associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She advises clients on a broad range of UK and international tax matters including M&A transactions (public and private), restructurings and insolvencies, corporate reorganisations and financings.
Experience
Representative Matters
Prior to joining Kirkland, Anna was involved in the following matters:
CD&R portfolio company, Vialto Partners, on its consensual recapitalization and refinancing of its approximately $1.7 billion of first-lien and second-lien debt facilities.
Fossil Group on its English Part 26A restructuring plan, involving a market-first “Stapled Exchange” structure.
First Brands Group on its approximately US$10 billion restructuring across 30 jurisdictions.
Bain Capital and SilverTree Equity on the sale of XTEL to Oakley Capital.
L’Oreal USA in its acquisition of Color Wow.
General Atlantic on its investment in Wireless Logic, a global leader in LoT connectivity.
Oaktree on the merger of its portfolio company Zzoomm Plc, a full fiber network operator providing fibre to the premises (FTTP) with FullFibre (a portfolio company of Basalt Infrastructure), a wholesale full fibre network provider.
Antin Infrastructure Partners on the sale of a minority stake in Solvtrans to GLIL Infrastructure LLP.
OCS on its £3.1 billion recommended acquisition of Mitie Group Plc.
PSG on the sale of Signaturit to Namirial (a portfolio company of Bain Capital) and PSG’s reinvestment in the combined business.
PSG on its strategic growth investment in Glasswall.
PSG Equity on the sale of Mapal to Eurazeo and PSG’s reinvestment in Mapal.
A global dental imaging equipment and software provider in its US$185 million offering of senior unsecured payment-in-kind (PIK) convertible notes in connection with restructuring its debt.
Prior Experience
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 2024–2026
Brown Wright Stein Lawyers, 2022–2024
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Memberships & Affiliations
The Law Society of New South Wales
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2022, New South Wales, Australia
Education
University of Sydney Law SchoolJ.D.2021
University of MelbourneB.A., Criminology & Screen and Cultural Studies2018
