James Hunn

James has advised with clients across a range of industries and sectors, including on the following matters:

• Carlisle Companies Incorporated on the sale of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies.

• GIC on its investment in Hotel Investment Partners.

• Accel-KKR and Kerridge Commercial Systems on the take of KCS to CapVest.

• A private investor on its investment in European data centre assets.

• GIC on its partnership with BlackRock Alternatives Real Estate, British Airways’ New Airways Pensions Scheme and REEF Group for the development of Tribeca, Kings Cross, London, a life sciences quarter.

• Travelodge on its high-yield refinancing and shareholder distribution.

• GIC on its establishment of a €400 million joint venture platform with Melcombe Partners, a UK-based asset manager and adviser.

• GIC on the acquisition of a logistics portfolio located in northeast England.

• Macquarie Asset Management on a strategic real estate partnership for data centres with NTT across Europe and North America. 

• A sovereign wealth fund on the acquisition of a pan-European logistics portfolio for over €3 billion from EQT Exeter.

• A next generation media company backed by Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs and Blackstone on the acquisition of Moonbug Entertainment Ltd., the digital-first, global children’s entertainment company.

• Ares on the £400 million preferred equity investment in McLaren Group.

• Thoma Bravo on the acquisition of Calypso Technology, Inc. from Bridgepoint and Summit Partners.

• HPS Investment Partners on its investment into the UK wealth management division of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

• GIC on its joint venture with Melcombe Partners to acquire and develop urban logistics properties in Europe. 

• Genius Sports Group on its $1.5 billion business combination with dMY Technology Group, Inc. II.

• Summit Partners on its minority investment in LearnUpon, a cloud-based learning management system.

• Metaswitch Networks, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners and leading provider of virtualised network software and voice, data and communications solutions for operators, on its sale to Microsoft Corporation.

• GLP on the acquisition of Goodman Group’s Central and Eastern Europe logistics real estate portfolio.

• Blackstone on the £4.66 billion acquisition of iQ Student Accommodation.

• Summit Partners on its investment in Odoo, a provider of open source business software for small and medium sized businesses.

• An ad hoc group of bondholders with respect to the equity and debt restructuring of Lebara Group.

• A minority shareholder on its participation in Helios Towers’ initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.

• Al Rayyan Tourism Investment Company on the acquisition of Sheraton Istanbul City Centre Hotel and JW Marriott Istanbul Bosphorus.

• Blackstone on its acquisition of the business and assets of Murka, a developer and promoter of social casino gaming applications for mobile devices and social media, based in Cyprus and Ukraine.

• Funds advised by Apax Partners on the acquisition of Genius Sports, a London based global leader in sport data technology, distribution and commercialisation services.

• Funds advised by Apax Partners on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Healthium MedTech Private Limited (‘Healthium’), a leading India-based medical devices company.

• Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, one of the largest global hospitality companies, on its agreement to sell its European vacation rental business to Platinum Equity for approximately US$1.3 billion. 

• Pinnacle Investment Management Limited’s takeover bid for Hunter Hall International Limited.*

• JELD-WEN’s acquisition of Kolder Group and Wollongong Glass.*

• Sony Life’s investment in ClearView Wealth Limited by way of a share acquisition from Crescent Capital Partners.*

• Crescent Capital Partners’ sale of Breezway Louvre Windows.*

• Crescent Capital Partners’ acquisition of the MyHealth Medical business and associated bolt-on acquisitions.*

• ClearView Wealth Limited’s 2016 capital raising of approximately AUD$50 million.*

• Healthscope Limited’s acquisition of the Hunter Valley Private Hospital.*

*Matters prior to joining Kirkland

Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney, Australia

• Lawyer, 2014–2017