Kirkland Advises Bidding Consortium Led by Advent, Cinven and RAG-Stiftung on Acquisition of Elevator Division of Thyssenkrupp AG

Kirkland & Ellis advised the bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung (RAG foundation) on the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG. This is expected to be the largest-ever European buyout transaction to date. thyssenkrupp will reinvest part of the purchase price in a reverse stake in the elevator technology business. thyssenkrupp Elevator is a leading international provider of elevator technology with operations in more than 1,000 locations worldwide. Headquartered in Germany, the Group generated revenues of €8.0 billon in the financial year 2018/2019. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2020, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

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The Kirkland team was led by Private Equity/M&A partners Benjamin Leyendecker, Philip Goj and Adrian Maguire, and included Private Equity/M&A partners Attila Oldag, Mark Aschenbrenner, David Higgins, Jacob Traff, Volkmar Bruckner and Rongjing Zhao; finance partners Chris Shield and Hugh O'Sullivan; capital markets partners Matthew Merkle, Michael Taufner and Shawn Anderson; tax partners Oded Schein, Daniel Hiemer, Sara Zablotney and Russel Light; competition partners Sarah Jordan, Matthew Sinclair-Thomson and Annie Herdman; IP & technologies partner Emma Flett and Joanna Thomson; internal trade partner Shawn Cooley supported by private equity/M&A associates Sebastian Häfele, Samuel Frommelt, Angelina Seelbach, Christina Albath and David Huthmacher.