Paul Seppi

Prior to joining Kirkland, Paul was involved in the following matters:

• AstraZeneca on its $39 billion acquisition of Alexion
• Bain Capital Credit and ICG on their acquisition of joint control over, and subsequent sale of, Study Group
• BDT Capital Partners on the acquisition by its portfolio company Culligan of Waterlogic
• CapVest Partners on its €10 billion acquisition of STADA from Bain Capital and Cinven, as well as its acquisition of Recochem and the acquisition by its portfolio company Natra of Bredabest
• CK Hutchison on the £16.5 billion merger between Three UK (its UK telecommunications business) and Vodafone UK
• CK Hutchison on the €10 billion sale of its European telecommunications tower assets to Cellnex
• CMA CGM on the public offer by its subsidiary CEVA Logistics for Wincanton and its €5 billion acquisition of Bolloré Logistics
• Comcast Corporation on its $65 billion bid for the global assets of 21st Century Fox
• CVC Capital Partners on various matters, including its sale of Formula One Group to Liberty Media and its investment in Spectrum Medical Group
• Franklin Templeton on its $925 million acquisition of Putnam Investments
• Hutchison Ports on an investigation into a contractual joint venture combining various container port terminal businesses
• Insight Partners on 70+ technology sector investments, including in OpenAI, Anthropic and SignUp Software, as well as the acquisition by its portfolio company Comply365 of six aviation software companies
• Kaleyra, Inc. on its sale to Tata Communications
• London Stock Exchange Group on its $27 billion acquisition of Refinitiv
• PAI Partners on the combination of its portfolio company EMG with Gravity Media
• Permira funds on their acquisition of a 50% interest in Grobest
• Searchlight Capital Partners on its joint offer to acquire Hyve Group, as well as the sale of Flowbird to EasyPark
• TBG AG on its sale of Megger to ESCO Technologies
• Uber on its acquisition of Trendyol Go
• A consortium including ANTA and FountainVest on the €4.6 billion acquisition of Amer Sports
• A global food company on its European regulatory strategy, including in relation to RPM, excessive pricing, information exchange, refusal to supply, rebates and parallel trade
• Several companies on antitrust investigations before the Hong Kong Competition Commission
• Two global investment banks in relation to the worldwide investigations into the Libor/Euribor and FX cartel investigations