Ben Seymour

Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

London +44 20 7953 2786

Ben Seymour

Practices

Overview

Ben Seymour is a corporate associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

Ben has experience advising private equity sponsors and private companies on a broad range of corporate law matters, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, public-to-private takeovers, group reorganisations and general corporate governance work.

Apollo and Oaktree-backed ABC Technologies on the £1 billion recommended cash acquisition of TI Fluid Systems

Apollo on the reorganisation and refinancing of its portfolio company, The Restaurant Group

Consortium of CVC Private Equity Funds, Nordic Capital and ADIA on the £5.4 billion recommended cash acquisition of Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Cineworld group and its UK subsidiaries on their financial and leasehold restructuring, implemented by way of four UK restructuring plans

Trainee Solicitor, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, 2023–2025

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2025, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Education

  • University of Law, LondonLegal Practice Coursewith Distinction2023
  • University of Law, LondonGraduate Diploma in Lawwith Distinction2022
  • University of OxfordB.A., Philosophy, Politics and Economics2021