Alasdair Balfour

Since joining Kirkland, Alasdair has worked on the following matters:

• BETA Technologies to raise more than $300 million of equity capital
• Blackstone in the sale of Lightstone Generation, an operator of power plants, to Energy Capital Partners
• Wendel on the partnership agreement and majority acquisition of Monroe Capital
• GLP Capital Partners on the acquisition by Ares to create a global real estate alternative asset platform
• Blackstone on the majority investment in Chartis
• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners on the $1 billion investment in a portfolio of wind and solar projects with NextEra Energy Resources
• General Catalyst’s Commure on the take-private of Augmedix
• Arbor’s Steelite on the acquisition of Utopia Tableware
• Arcus on the sale of Constellation Cold Logistics to EQT
• Advent on the sale of V.Group to a consortium led by STAR Capital
• TDR Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Asda
• HanesBrands on the $1.2 billion sale of Champion
• Perficient on the $3 billion acquisition by EQT
• Castlelake on the strategic partnership with Brookfield
• Hyundai Motor Group on the acquisition of a controlling interest in Motional
• Lyra Bidco on the acquisition of Hipgnosis
• CD&R on the PIPE investment for Resideo’s acquisition of Snap One
• Blackstone on the acquisition of Winthrop Technologies
• Advent on the acquisition of Nuvei for $6.3 billion
• Morrisons and its shareholder Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on entering into an agreement to sell petrol forecourts to MFG and take a minority stake
• GIP on its acquisition by BlackRock
• Daseke on its $1.1 billion acquisition by TFI International
• Blackstone on the acquisition of Rover for $2.3 billion
• Hipgnosis Songs Capital on its proposed acquisition of 29 music catalogs from SONG
• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners on its entry into a consortium that acquires Renewables Portfolio for $1.5 billion and secures a first-of-its-kind production tax credit transfer
• Beacon Rail on its acquisition of Mitsui Rail Capital Europe
• Global Infrastructure Partners on its investment in RIO Grande LNG
• Gen II Fund Services on the acquisition of Crestbridge
• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners on its $1 billion investment in Invenergy Renewables Holdings LLC
• FTV Capital and Bregal Sagemount on its strategic growth investment in Neptune Flood Incorporated
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management on the redomiciliation and restructuring of its non-U.S. investment structure to Luxembourg
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on the $7 billion take-private acquisition of Focus Financial Partners
• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners (BIP) on the acquisition by IRG Acquisition Holdings LLC of AEP’s $1.5 billion Renewables Portfolio
• Advised Hipgnosis Song Management on the acquisition of Justin Bieber’s catalog
• Allwyn AG on the acquisition of Camelot UK Lotteries Limited

Prior to joining Kirkland, Alasdair was involved in the following matters:

• Blackstone and Refinitiv on the sale of Refinitiv to London Stock Exchange Group
• Bridgepoint on its sale of Element Materials Technology to Temasek
• PAI Partners on its acquisitions of Addo Food Group and Winterbotham Darby
• Exponent Private Equity on the merger of Photobox and Albelli
• Blackstone on its acquisition of Luminor
• Tullett Prebon on its acquisition of ICAP
• Cobham on its acquisition by Advent
• GSK on the sale of Lucozade and Ribena to Suntory
• P&O on the sale of P&O Princess Cruises to Carnival and the competing bid by Royal Caribbean
• AstraZeneca on the merger of its and Novartis’ agribusiness to form Syngenta
• Lloyds Banking Group on its acquisitions of the MBNA credit card business and Embark and the formation of its wealth management JV with Schroders
• BTG on its acquisition by Boston Scientific
• Aviva on its acquisition of Friends Life
• Jefferson Smurfit on its acquisition of Kappa Packaging
• Murphy Oil on the sale of Murco to Motor Fuel Group
• Capital Radio on its acquisition of GWR
• Asahi as divestment buyer on Anheuser Busch’s acquisition of SABMiller
• AJ Gallagher as divestment buyer on Marsh’s acquisition of JLT
• Fidelity as divestment buyer on Mastercard’s acquisition of Nets
• BAE Systems on the CMA investigation of the proposed removal of remedies imposed on its acquisition of GEC
• Malaysia Airlines on the global air cargo investigations and litigation
• A Japanese auto components supplier on the global auto parts investigations and litigation
• RBS and NatWest on the SME banking market investigation

Partner, Allen & Overy, 2013–2022

Partner, Fried Frank, 2010–2013

Partner, Olswang, 2007–2010

Associate, Freshfields, 1996–2007