Fiona Constant-Lotz is an associate in the Antitrust and Competition Team based in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Fiona has experience over a wide range of EU and French competition law matters, including multi-jurisdictional merger control, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, industry investigations and general competition compliance.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Fiona worked on the following matters:
Arsenal Capital Partners on the sale of Airnov Intermediate Holdings Corp to Colorcon, Inc., a portfolio company of Berwind Private Equity
Noble Corp. in its $3.4 billion all-stock merger of equals with Maersk Drilling, a provider of drilling services to energy companies
Hellman & Friedman on the $10.2 billion acquisition of Zendesk by an investor group
EQT on the £650 million acquisition of SPT Labtech
EQT on the €6.8 billion acquisition of Baring Private Equity Asia, a leading private markets investment firm
Huntsman Corporation in the $718 million sale of its Textile Effects division to Archroma
KKR on The Crosby Goup’s business combination with Kito Corporation
American Securities in its acquisition of Hexion, a global producer of adhesives, resins and specialty materials
Antin Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Wildstone, a leading owner of independent outdoor media infrastructure in the UK, from DigitalBridge Group
BC Partners in its joint ownership agreement with Bain Capital Equity for the €3 billion acquisition of Fedrigoni, a leading global producer of self-adhesive labels and fibre-based packaging products
TA Associates in its investment in iCIMS, a provider of cloud-based talent acquisition solutions
Francisco Partners in the acquisition of the healthcare data and analytics assets from IBM that were part of the Watson Health business
Prior to joining Kirkland, Fiona worked on the following matters:
EssilorLuxottica on the €7.2 billion acquisition of GrandVision
PSA Group on the €40 billion merger with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Advising several clients in relation to antitrust complaints against Big Tech companies before the European Commission, French Competition Authority and U.K. Competition & Markets Authority
Advising several clients in relation to cartel investigations before the French Competition Authority
Clerk & Government Experience
European Commission, DG Competition, Cartels Unit, Brussels2018
Prior Experience
Geradin Partners, Brussels
Associate, 2020–2021
Linklaters LLP, Paris
Trainee Lawyer, 2020
Latham & Watkins LLP, Paris
Trainee Lawyer, 2019
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2021, Avocat à la Cour (France)
Languages
English
French
Education
Ecole de Formation du Barreau de ParisCertificat d’aptitude à la profession d’avocat2020
King's College LondonLL.M., Competition LawMerit2019
Lille Catholic UniversityMaster II Pratique du droit des affaires2018
EDHEC Business SchoolProgramme Grande École, Law and Management2018