Shahrzad Sadjadi

Since joining Kirkland, Shahrzad’s experience has included the following matters, advising:

• Inmarsat and its controlling consortium on the $7.3 billion combination with Viasat, Inc.
• Blackstone on the acquisition of a majority stake in VFS Global, a global leader in visa outsourcing services
• BC Partners on the acquisition of a significant stake in Valtech, a global digital services and business transformation agency
• Donuts, Inc. on its sale to Ethos Capital 
• InPost S.A. on the €565 million proposed acquisition of Mondial Relay, the leading French e-commerce out-of-home parcel delivery platform 
• L Catterton on its agreement to acquire a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group
• Advent International on its investment in the Hermes Group businesses in the UK and Germany
• LyondellBasell on its definitive agreement with Sasol to form a 50/50 polyethylene joint venture through which LyondellBasell acquired 50% of select assets in Louisiana for a total consideration of $2 billion
• MRC on its establishment of a joint venture with Penske Media Corporation of P-MRC Holdings, LLC
• Oak Hill Advisors on its equity investment in start-up specialty Lloyds insurer Inigo 
• Donuts Inc. on its acquisition of Afilias, Inc. 
• Presidio, a portfolio company of BC Partners, on its acquisition of Arkphire, a leading IT product procurement and services company
• BC Partners on its acquisition of Keesing, a leading European braintainment business, from Ergon Capital and Mediahuis 
• SK Capital on its acquisition of a stake in Venator Materials PLC from Huntsman Corporation 
• A bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung on the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG
• Oakley Capital on the sale of WebPros to CVC

Prior to joining Kirkland, Shahrzad’s experience has included the following:

• The Walt Disney Company in its $71 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox, involving merger clearances in the EU and more than twenty jurisdictions
• Abbott Laboratories in its $25 billion acquisition of St. Jude Medical, involving merger clearances in the EU and several other jurisdictions
• Google in various global matters, including abuse of dominance investigations in the EU and India
• AB InBev in the creation of its joint venture with Anadolu Efes in Russia and Ukraine
• Merger control in the energy, medical, pharmaceutical, FMCG, and other sectors in the EU, UK, and other jurisdictions
• Advising clients in relation to cartel investigations
• Compliance advice including in the context of pre-transaction dealings, hold separate requirements, and competitor and distribution agreements
• Antitrust advice in connection with IP litigation

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

• Associate (2015–2019)
• Stagiaire (2014–2015)

Hearing Office, DG Competition, European Commission

• Stagiaire (2013–2014)