Jay Swain

Prior to joining Kirkland, Jay worked on the following, advising:

• Blackstone and Sixth Street on the sale of specialist mortgage lender Kensington Mortgages to Barclays Bank UK PLC for GBP 2.3 billion.
• Cinven on its majority investment in Alter Domus, a leading global provider of end-to-end tech-enabled fund administration and corporate services.
• CVC on:
  
  • Stock Spirits’ acquisition of the Clan Campbell Blended Scotch Whisky brand from Pernod Ricard.
  • its strategic investment in the Six Nations Rugby Championship, alongside its participating national rugby unions.
  • its primary series D investment and secondary acquisition of existing shares in Acronis, a Swiss-headquartered global cyber security business.
  • the acquisition of a majority interest in System C healthcare, the UK’s leading health and social care software company, and System C's acquisition of WellSky.
  • the acquisition of a majority interest in Medivet, a leading veterinary care provider in the UK, Germany and Spain.
  • the acquisition of a majority interest in Rayner, the global ophthalmology business.
  • its strategic investment in PRO14 Rugby.
  • its significant minority investment in GEMS Education.
  • the English law equity financing of the take-private of Nasdaq Stockholm-listed Ahlsell AB by CVC Fund VII in an offer that valued Ahlsell at USD 2.65 billion.
• CPPIB on:
  
  • its investment in Ceramtec alongside BC Partners.
  • the sale to APG of its stake in Interparking, a leading pan European car park owner and operator.
  • the rollover of its investment alongside Bridgepoint in Dorna Sports, a Spanish sports management company that possesses exclusive rights to promote and manage MotoGP and the Superbike World Championships.
  • its investment, together with Allianz Capital Partners, in the Spanish gas distribution business of Gas Natural Fenosa.
• Advent on:
  
  • ICE’s acquisition of NZP, a supplier of biopharmaceutical products, from Archer Capital.
  • Zentiva’s acquisition of the CEE and CIS business of global pharmaceutical company Alvogen.
• PSP on:
  
  • its investment alongside Sandbrook Capital and IMCO in NeXtWind, a German renewable energy company.
  • its investment alongside Sandbrook Capital in Havfram, an offshore wind services company based in Norway.
• OTPP on its acquisition of a majority interest in Seven Investment Management, a leading UK wealth manager, from Caledonia Investments plc.
• GIC on:
  
  • its minority investment in Verisure alongside Hellman & Friedman.
  • its series A investment into Checkout.com, a leading international provider of online payment solutions, as well as further investments in future rounds.

Freshfields LLP

• Senior Associate, 2021–2025
• Associate, 2016–2021
• Trainee Solicitor, 2014–2016