Since joining Kirkland, Shaun has worked with clients across a broad range of industries, including the following matters:
- K1 Investment Management on strategic growth investment in Board Intelligence.
- GIC on a circa $15 billion joint venture (JV) with Equinix, Inc. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) to capitalise, acquire and develop a U.S. centric digital infrastructure platform.
- Aleph Capital Partners and Crestview Partners on their equity investment in Saber Interactive, a global leader in interactive entertainment and video game development.
- Thoma Bravo portfolio company, Proofpoint, on the definitive agreement to acquire Tessian.
- Thoma Bravo portfolio company, J.D. Power, on its definitive agreement to acquire Autovista, a leading pan-European and Australian automotive data, analytics and industry insights provider.
- 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.
- Sani/Ikos Group on the strategic partnership agreement with GIC.
- Macquarie Asset Management on the strategic real estate partnership with NTT’s wholesale facilities across Europe and North America.
- EQT Infrastructure on the acquisition of Green Investment Group’s stake in Covanta.
- Fingerpaint Marketing Inc. on the acquisition of Engage In-Health Limited, a global healthcare marketing agency.
- Pamplona Capital Management on the acquisition of Pelsis, a global manufacturer and distributor of pest control products.
- BC Partners on the sale of European pharmaceutical company Pharmathen to Partners Group.
- Hg and Vista Equity Partners on the sale of Allocate, a leading workforce and people management software-as-a-service provider, to RLDatix.
- Preservation Capital on the £100 million acquisition of Parmenion Capital, a provider of investment services and technology solutions for financial advice firms.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Shaun worked with clients across a broad range of industries, including the following matters:
- Brookfield Asset Management on its acquisition of DCI Data Centers.
- Odyssey Private Equity on its investment in Delta Agribusiness and associated bolt-on acquisitions.
- Adamantem Capital on its acquisition of Servian and associated bolt-on acquisitions.
- Hygain, an Adamantem Capital portfolio company, on its bolt-on acquisition of Mitavite.
- Quadrant Private Equity on its investment in Probe Group.
- Bauer Media Australia on its acquisition of Pacific Magazines.
- oOh!media on its acquisition of Adshel.
- Next Capital on its sale of Forest Coach Lines.
- VGI Partners Limited on its initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange.
- Bellamy’s Australia Limited on its entitlement offer.
- Yancoal Australia Limited on its equity raising to fund the acquisition of Coal & Allied.
