Daniel Borg

Partner Debt Finance

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

daniel.borg@kirkland.com

Practices

Overview

Incredibly hard-working, super knowledgeable, and his technical knowledge of transactions is quite amazing” - Chambers UK, 2022

Dan Borg is a partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. His practice primarily focuses on advising private equity sponsors across a wide range of complex and multijurisdictional financing transactions, including leveraged finance, public and private holdco financings and restructurings. Dan’s clients include Accel-KKR, Ares, Apollo, Bain Capital, BC Partners, the Carlyle Group, Centerbridge Partners, Cinven, CPPIB, the EP Group, GIC, Hg Capital, Lone Star Funds and Starwood Capital.

Dan has been recognised:

as a "Leading Individual" and praised as being a "key member of the team" in Legal 500 UK (2023)
in the “Up and Coming” category by Chambers UK (2022 and 2023)
as a “Next Generation Partner” in The Legal 500 UK (2022)
as a “Notable Practitioner” in IFLR1000 (2022) for Banking
in The Lawyer “Hot 100” 2020, which celebrates the United Kingdom’s top lawyers acting on the most significant matters with creative flair
by Legal Week, who named Dan to its 2018 list of “Rising Stars: The Next Generation of City Private Equity Talent”

Experience

Lone Star Funds

and affiliates on the €5.2 billion sale of MBCC Group to Sika
on the financing aspects of its €3.17 billion acquisition of BASF's Construction Chemicals business
on the financing aspects of its approximately €1 billion acquisition of Imerys Roofing, one of the leading roofing suppliers in the French construction market, from Imerys, a world leader in mineral-based specialties for industry
in connection with its acquisition of the Xella Group, a German-based market leader in building solutions, from PAI Partners and funds managed by Goldman Sachs’ investment arm. This deal won the “EMEA Leveraged Loan” of the year at the International Financing Review Awards 2017
and their portfolio company Xella, in the financing aspects of the acquisition of URSA a leading European insulation materials manufacturer
in connection with its approximately €1.025 billion acquisition of Stark Group, the largest Nordic distributor of building materials, from Ferguson plc, the world's leading heating and plumbing
and their portfolio company the Stark Group in the financing aspects of the acquisition of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Deutschland GmbH

Bain Capital

and Carlyle on the public takeover offer for OSRAM Licht AG
and Cinven on their €5.3 billion joint public takeover offer for the German pharmaceutical company Stada Arzneimittel AG; to date the largest private equity transaction ever realized in the German market
in its carve-out acquisition from Sealed Air Corp. of Sealed Air’s Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within Sealed Air’s Food Care division for approximately $3.2 billion
in respect of the initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange of its portfolio company, TI Fluid Systems plc
and Advent International, Clessidra and their portfolio company Mercury Bondco plc in connection with the offering of €600.0 million of high yield PIK notes to finance the acquisition by ICBPI of Bassilichi S.p.A. and the merchant acquiring businesses of Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. and Deutsche Bank S.p.A.

Accel-KKR

on its pending majority investment in Symfonia
on the successful public tender offer for Basware Corporation
on the financing aspects of its majority growth investment in NAVTOR, a leading provider of navigational software for the maritime industry
on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Smart Communications
on the refinancing of its portfolio company, Kerridge Commercial Systems Limited, and several add-on acquisitions, including the take-private of EDP plc, a company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange

CPP Investments

and Warburg Pincus on the minority investments in Visma
and Motive Partners on the $1.4 billion investment in FNZ, a global wealth management platform
on the acquisition of an additional minority stake in Visma, a leading provider of business-critical software, in a transaction valuing the business at an enterprise value of $12.2 billion
and its consortium partners on the acquisition of Galileo Global Education, a post-secondary education group

Strategic Value Partners on the cash offer for Nordic Paper

Brookfield on the recommended cash offer for Tritax EuroBox

Strategic Value Partners and APCOA to complete a senior secured notes offering

Strategic Value Partners and Pfleiderer to close a liability management transaction

Sani/Ikos Group on its offering of €350 million of senior secured notes

TPG on the acquisition of Aareon for €3.9 billion

EP Group on its possible offer for International Distribution Services

Starwood Capital Group on its strategic investment in Echelon Data Centres

Brookfield on the recapitalization of Schoeller Allibert

Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of Consilium Safety Group

Brookfield on a series of real estate financings for its Befimmo (Belgium) and Hibernia (Irish) office portfolios, raising approximately €2 billion

Birkenstock Holding and its principal shareholder, L Catterton, on Birkenstock’s $1.5 billion IPO

Triton Partners on the creation and close of Triton IV Continuation Fund

Noble Corporation on its $1.15 billion refinancing of existing credit facilities

Noble on its $600 million offering of senior notes

Bristow Group in its entry into new term loan facilities

STADA Arzneimittel AG, a portfolio company of Bain Capital and Cinven, in its successful offer to exchange €1.4 billion in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 3.5% senior secured notes

Five Arrows, TA Associates and Nordic Capital-Backed RLDatix on the acquisition of Porzio Life Sciences

Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of Wildstone

RLDatix in its acquisition of Galen Healthcare Solutions

Platinum Equity on the acquisition of High Temperature Solutions Business

Triton Partners on the sale of Ewellix

EQT Private Equity on the £650 million acquisition of SPT Labtech

Apex on the c. £1.51 billion recommended all cash acquisition of Sanne Group plc

Starwood Capital on the intention to launch a Public Takeover Offer for CA Immobilien Anlagen AG

Hg Capital on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Personal & Informatik AG

EP Global Commerce on the €6 billion voluntary public takeover offer for METRO AG

Searchlight Capital on the acquisition of a 26% minority stake in Latécoère, a French aeronautics company

BC Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in United Group, a leading media and communication services provider across Southeast Europe, from KKR

Mead Johnson Nutrition in its $17.9 billion sale to Reckitt Benckiser Group plc.

Crestview Partners portfolio company NEP Group Inc., on the financing aspects of its take private acquisition of Avesco plc

GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, in its €2.4 billion acquisition of P3 Logistic Parks, a leading specialist pan-European owner, developer and manager of logistics properties, from TPG Real Estate and Ivanhoé Cambridge.

Thomas H. Lee Partners in respect of its portfolio company, Material Handling Systems, Inc.’s, acquisition of VanRiet Material Handling Systems from Avedon Capital Partners and management

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, London

Associate, 2015–2016

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, London

Director, 2013–2015

Latham & Watkins LLP, London

Associate, 2011–2013

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, London

Associate, 2006–2011

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

2006, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Education

College of Law, LondonLegal Practice Coursewith Distinction2004
College of Law, LondonPost-Graduate Diploma in LawCommendation2003
University College LondonB.Sc.2002

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