Sion Davies
Overview
Sion Davies is a partner in Kirkland’s London office, and is a member of the Firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. Sion advises on the full spectrum of competition law, with a particular focus on representing clients in merger control proceedings before the UK Competition and Markets Authority, the European Commission and other competition authorities around the world. Sion has particular experience in coordinating international merger control and foreign investment processes on large global transactions. Sion is ranked by Who’s Who Legal 2023 as a ‘Future Leader’, and is recognised for his “superb analytical skills, practical business judgment, and excellent understanding of merger control rules”.
Experience
Representative Matters
Francisco Partners on its carveout acquisition of commercial insurance company PrimeOne
Truelink Capital on the acquisition of GES From Viad Corp
Patient Square on the strategic investment in CorroHealth
KKR on the investment in Enilive
Ares on the partnership with ENGIE for a 2.7 GW portfolio of U.S. renewables and storage assets
HGGC on the sale of AMI to Thomas H. Lee Partners
GTCR-backed Cloudbreak Health on the acquisition of Voyce
Blackstone on the majority investment in Chartis
TA Associates-backed Riskonnect on the acquisition of Camms
Diamond Offshore Drilling on the acquisition by Noble for $1.6 billion
PowerSchool on the sale to Bain Capital for $5.6 billion
GTCR on the acquisition of Surmodics Private for $627 million
Blackstone on the acquisition of Winthrop Technologies
TA Associates and Berkshire-backed PDQ on the acquisition of CODA Intelligence
Financial creditors of Celsa Group on the first Spanish restructuring plan
Francisco Partners on the acquisition of The Weather Company from IBM
Warburg Pincus on the sale of its remaining stake in Reiss to NEXT plc
Noble Corporation on its $3.4 billion all-stock merger of equals with Maersk Drilling, involving conditional Phase 1 CMA clearance and other international merger control approvals
ByBox on the unconditional Phase 1 CMA clearance in connection with its acquisition of Pelipod from BT Group plc
Strategic Value Partners and its portfolio company Pfeiderer on the European Commission’s Phase 2 investigation in connection with Kronospan’s proposed acquisition of Pfleiderer’s Eastern European business
Tronox Limited on the European Commission’s Phase II investigation of its $2.2 billion acquisition of Cristal’s titanium dioxide business
Infineon Technologies on its $10 billion acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor
Delphi Technologies PLC on its $3.3 billion sale to BorgWarner Inc.
Apex on its:
- acquisition of various operating businesses of MJ Hudson Group plc
- c. £1.51 billion recommended all cash acquisition of Sanne Group plc
- acquisition of the fund services and third-party management company business operations of Maitland International Holdings plc
- acquisition of Pacific Fund Systems
Bain Capital on its joint public takeover offer with Carlyle for OSRAM Licht AG
Bain Capital Private Equity and Vista Equity Partners in the combination of Superion, TriTech and Aptean's public sector and healthcare businesses
BC Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in United Group, a leading media and communication services provider across Southeast Europe, from KKR
BMC Software, Inc. on its $8.3 billion sale to KKR
Cerberus Capital on the sale of Staples Solutions’ activities in certain European countries to Lyreco
Clayton Dubilier & Rice and KKR in their $5.3 billion joint acquisition of Cloudera
EQT on its acquisition of Dellner Couplers
Francisco Partners on its approximately $1.7 billion acquisition of Sumo Logic
Francisco Partners and its portfolio companies on a number of acquisitions
Hellman & Friedman on its approximate $1 billion acquisition of Cordis from Cardinal Health
Gen II Fund Services on the acquisition of Crestbridge
GIC on the $1 billion acquisition of Equinix Inc’s pan-European hyperscale data centre business
GIC on the €950 million buyout acquisition of a pan-European logistics platform from Apollo
GTCR on its acquisition of a 55% stake in Worldpay, in a transaction valuing the business at $18.5 billion
Madison Dearborn Partners and its portfolio companies on a number of transactions
Rhône Capital on the acquisition of a 45% interest in Maxam from Advent International
Patient Square Capital on its $7.1 billion acquisition of Syneos Health, Inc. together with Elliott Investment Management and Veritas Capital Management
TA Associates on its acquisition of Unit4 together with Partners Group
TA Associates on its acquisition of Ivanti
TA Associates and its portfolio companies on a number of transactions
Warburg Pincus on its minority investment in Visma, a leading provider of business-critical software, in a transaction valuing the business at an enterprise value of $12.2 billion
Warburg Pincus on its co-investment with Permira in the combined group of Tilney Smith & Williamson
Warburg Pincus on the sale of Once For All to GTCR
Vista Equity Partners on its acquisition of joint control of Allocate Software with Hg Capital
Vista Equity Partners on its $4.75 billion sale of Marketo to Adobe
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2016, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Languages
- English
- Welsh
Education
- King's College LondonPost-Graduate Diploma in EU Competition Lawwith Distinction2018
- Kaplan Law SchoolLPCwith Distinction2014
- College of Law, LondonGraduate Diploma in Lawwith Distinction2012
- Exeter UniversityHistoryFirst Class Honours2011