James Whybrow is a corporate associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. James has experience in numerous areas of corporate law, including the structuring of private equity deals, leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions and strategic corporate advisory matters. Before joining Kirkland, James spent time on secondment at Bain Capital Private Equity.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, James has worked on the following matters, advising:
Advent International on its acquisition of a majority stake in Reckitt’s Essential Home Portfolio
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on its acquisition of a 50% controlling stake in Opella from Sanofi, for an enterprise value of €16 billion
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Morrisons on the sale of 337 Morrisons petrol forecourts (including fuel, convenience retail kiosk and ancillary services) and more than 400 sites for electric vehicle charging development to Motor Fuel Group
Bain Capital Tech Opportunities on its majority investment in finova and its simultaneous acquisition of MSO
Prior to joining Kirkland, James worked on the following matters, advising:
Advent International and its portfolio company, Planet, on the acquisition of Avantio
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on the acquisition of OCS, as part of its simultaneous acquisition of Atalian
PAI Partners on the acquisition of HKA
Berkshire Partners on the sale of VetStrategy to IVC, with Berkshire’s reinvestment in IVC
SoftBank on its $200 million investment in OneWeb
SoftBank on the proposed $40 billion sale of Arm to NVIDIA
Prior Experience
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, London
Morrison & Foerster LLP, London
Gowling WLG LLP, Birmingham
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2019, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
The University of LawLPCwith Distinction2017
The University of LawM.Sc., Law, Business and Managementwith Distinction2017
