Rebecca Villarreal

Since joining Kirkland, Rebecca has been involved in the following representations:

• HGGC in connection with the sale of a majority stake in Davies, a leading specialist professional services and technology business serving the global insurance market 
• HGGC in connection with its acquisition of Specialist Risk Group, a specialist insurance broker
• Oakhill Advisors in its equity investment in start-up specialty Lloyds insurer Inigo
• SK Capital in a number of transactions, including its acquisition of an interest in Venator Materials Plc
• Lovell Minnick Partners in connection with its investment in insurance services company Charles Taylor
• Davies Group, a portfolio company of HGGC, in its acquisition of Keoghs, a legal services firm for the insurance sector
• Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division on its acquisition of B&B Hotels
• Gazit-Globe Limited in its offer for Atrium European Real Estate Limited
• HGGC in connection with its sale of a minority stake in its portfolio company Davies Group to Alberta Investment Management Corporation
• HGGC in its acquisition of Davies Group, a leading provider of outsourced insurance claims and risk services to the risk and insurance industry
• Summit Partners in its minority investment in Siteimprove A/S, a provider of web governance software
• Summit Partners in its sale of a stake in Welltec International, a provider and developer of well technology and solutions for the oil and gas industry
• PIMCO in connection with its investment in LAR Espana
• Blackstone in carve-out and reorganisation transactions in relation to the O’Flynn Group
• Sun European Partners in its acquisition of the Finlays group, a horticultural business based in Africa and Europe
• Olympus Partners and its portfolio company Liquibox in the acquisition of Maverick Engineering and Maverick Flexibles

Prior to joining Kirkland, Rebecca was involved in the following representations:

• Riverstone Holdings in its acquisition of oil and gas services and technology company Proserv Group.

• Insight Venture Partners in connection with its investment in NNG, a provider of navigation solutions for the automotive market.

• Insight Venture Partners in connection with its investment in B2B Center, an online procurement marketplace in Russia.

• Insight Venture Partners in connection with its investment in BeyondTrust Software, a security solution vendor.

• Insight Venture Partners in connection with its investment in Fanatics, an online retailer of sports merchandise.

• Insight Venture Partners in connection with its investment in Ecova, an energy and sustainability management company.

• Hyperion Group Limited in its acquisition of PGI Group, an insurance underwriting agency.

• BC Partners and Foxtons in Foxtons' initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.

• Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited in senior notes offerings and a public offering of perpetual noncumulative preference shares.

• Warburg Pincus in connection with its investments in Keystone Dental, Inc. and other life sciences companies.

• Keystone Dental, Inc. in connection with its merger with Southern Implants, Inc.

• Highbridge Capital Management's multi-strategy fund in the sale to two investor groups of the fund's equity interests in Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy, LLC, a joint venture formed by the Louis Dreyfus Group and Highbridge Capital Management's multi-strategy fund.

• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited on its offerings of: $2 billion in senior notes, €1 billion and CHF 450 million senior notes and $5 billion of senior notes.

• Hampshire Group, Limited in its acquisition of Rio Garment S.A., a clothing manufacturer.

• CMA CGM Group, a leading worldwide shipping group, in its $945 million high yield bond offering listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and related refinancing of $500 million of existing outstanding senior notes.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher L.L.P., London and New York

• Associate, 2011–2015