Ian Barratt

Since joining Kirkland, Ian has worked on the following matters, advising:

• Warburg Pincus on the investment in Aztec Group
• KKR on the acquisition of WPP’s full equity position in FGS Global (FGS)
• KKR on the acquisition of a majority stake in Accountor Software
• KKR on the acquisition of Superstruct Entertainment
• Apax Partners and Fremman Capital-backed Palex Medical on the acquisition financing for the acquisition of Duomed
• KKR on the financing for its investment in Immedica Pharma
• KKR on the acquisition of nexeye
• KPS Capital Partners on the acquisition of Sport Group
• KKR-backed IVIRMA Global to complete its €1.25 billion refinancing
• KKR-backed April to complete €1.4 billion refinancing
• AA, TowerBrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus on Stonepeak’s investment in AA
• Apax on the financing for the acquisitions of OCS and Finwave
• Apax Partners LLP on the financing for the proposed acquisition of Kin and Carta
• Apax Partners LLP on the financing for the acquisition of Palex Medical
• Apax on the unitranche financing for its announced acquisition of WGSN Ltd
• Apax and Fremman Capital on the syndicated loan financing for their announced acquisition of Palex Medical

Prior to joining Kirkland, Ian worked on the following matters, advising:

• KKR on the financing of its acquisition of April Group
• KKR Health Care Strategic Growth Fund on the financing of its acquisition of Clinisupplies
• KKR on the financing for its acquisition of Accell Group
• Apax on the financing for its acquisition of Lutech
• KKR on the financing for its acquisition of IVIRMA
• Apax and Warburg Pincus on the financing for their acquisition of T-Mobile Netherlands
• Cinven, KKR and Providence on the financing of their public takeover of MasMovil, a leading Spanish telecom provider
• KKR on the financing of its acquisition of Coty Inc.’s professional beauty and retail haircare business
• KKR on the financing for its acquisition of Unilever’s spreads business
• Apax on the financing of its acquisition of Orange Switzerland
• KKR and Stefano Pessina on the financing of their acquisition of Alliance Boots plc; the Alliance Boots acquisition was the first take-private of a FTSE 100 company and largest ever European buyout transaction based on value
• Apax, Blackstone, KKR, Permira and Providence on the financing of their acquisition of TDC A/S; prior to completion of the Alliance Boots transaction the TDC acquisition was the largest private equity takeover in Europe