Kirkland Advises Thoma Bravo on £3.1 Billion Offer for Sophos Group PLC

Kirkland & Ellis advised Surf Buyer Limited, a newly formed company owned by funds managed by Thoma Bravo, on the £3.1 billion recommended cash acquisition of Sophos Group PLC.

A team from Kirkland & Ellis advised on all aspects of the transaction including public M&A, corporate and financing, drawn from our London and Chicago offices.

The Kirkland team was led by London M&A partners David Holdsworth, David Higgins and David D’Souza, supported by associates Adrian Duncan and Peter Hyams; Chicago M&A partners Gerald Nowak, Corey Fox, Bradley Reed and Amelia Davis, supported by associates Bridget Tully Vrabel and Tyler Neal; Chicago debt finance partners Francesco Penati and Maureen Dixon and London debt finance partners Kirsteen Nicol and Stephen Lucas.

Sophos is a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity solutions spanning endpoint, next-generation firewall, cloud security, server security, managed threat response, and more.