Gregory Scott

Since joining Kirkland, Greg has worked on the following matters, advising:

• Preservation Capital on the acquisition of Saltus Partners
• Covanta and EQT Infrastructure on the carve-out of Covanta’s European operations to create a standalone Waste-to-Energy platform
• Brookfield on:
  • the sale of Student Roost to a joint venture formed between GIC and Greystar 
  • the €1.089 billion recommended cash offer for Hibernia REIT 
• PagsGroup on the proposed acquisition of Chelsea Football Club 
• EQT on:
  • the €6.8 billion acquisition of Baring Private Equity Asia 
  • the acquisition of Green Investment Group’s stake in Covanta 
  • its significant investment, together with Vitruvian Partners, in CFC
• The Carlyle Group on the proposed acquisition of Unilever’s tea division
• Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs and Blackstone on the acquisition by Candle Media of Moonbug Entertainment Ltd

Prior to joining Kirkland, Greg worked on the following matters, advising:

• Consortium of football clubs on the formation of the European Super League 
• Cinven and GIC on the acquisition of the Miller Group
• Chryasor on the c. $2 billion reverse takeover of Premier Oil
• Blackstone on:
  • the sale of Armacell, alongside KIRKBI
  • the acquisition of BME
  • the acquisition of Saint-Gobain’s European Distribution Business
  • the acquisition of NIBC Holding N.V.
  • the acquisition of the NEC Group
  • the acquisition of The Office Group
  • the acquisition of JOA
  • the sale of Butterkist
  • the acquisition of Clarion Events and subsequent merger with Global Sources
  • the minority investment in De Nora
• Cinven on its proposed acquisition of AXA Life Europe
• Apax on the acquisition of GammaLife
• GIC on the sale of EIR to NJJ Holdings LLC
• EQT on:
  • the acquisition of Azelis
  • pre-IPO reorganisation
  • the acquisition of Independent Vetcare Limited
  • the acquisition and sale of GB Railfreight Limited
  • the acquisition of Unilode Aviation Solution
• KKR on the acquisition of South Staffordshire Water
• Electra Partners on the acquisition and subsequent sale of the Elian Group
• CVC, Permira and Charterhouse on their £3 billion whole business securitisation of the AA Group
• Barclays Bank PLC on:
  • the sale of its wealth and investment management business in Singapore and Hong Kong to Bank of Singapore
  • the sale of its Italian retail banking business to Mediobanca
• Permira on the sale of All3Media to Discovery Communications and Liberty Global
• CVC on the sale of the Hozelock Group

Clifford Chance LLP, London and New York

• Partner, 2021
• Secondment to The Blackstone Group International Partners LLP, 2017
• Senior Associate, 2016–2021
• Associate, 2012–2016
• Secondment to CVC Capital Partners LLP, 2012
• Trainee Solicitor, 2010–2012