Kirkland Advises I Squared Capital in Acquisition of Viridian

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP represented I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager, and recipient of Private Equity International’s Infrastructure Investor Global Fund Manager of the Year award, which announced today its agreement to acquire Viridian Group Holdings Limited from Arcapita. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More information is available here.

The Kirkland team included corporate partners David Arnold and Carl Bradshaw, associates Cillian Moynihan and trainee solicitors Eleanor Harley and Sarika Shah; capital markets partner William Burke and associates Gilles Teerlinck and Corentine Delobel; debt finance partner Samuel Norris and associates Susannah Amini, Daniel Lindsey and Alexander van der Gaag and trainee solicitor Zoe Woodhouse; and tax partner Jane Scobie and associate Jason Pegnall.

Credit Suisse acted as financial adviser to I Squared Capital. Evercore acted as financial adviser to the selling shareholders alongside Houlihan Lokey, and White & Case LLP was the company’s and selling shareholders legal adviser.