Shahrzad Sadjadi

Since joining Kirkland, Shahrzad’s experience has included the following matters, advising:

• Genstar Capital on its investment in Likewize
• Evolution AB on the acquisition of Galaxy Gaming
• KKR on the acquisition of Janney Montgomery Scott
• Arbor’s Steelite on the acquisition of Utopia Tableware
• TPG on the acquisition of Aareon for €3.9 billion
• iQor Holdings Inc. on the sale of a majority stake in the company to Mill Point Capital LLC
• Anaplan on the acquisition of Fluence Technologies
• Vestar Capital Partners on the completion of a $1.2 billion continuation fund transaction
• Flexpoint Ford’s GeoVera Insurance Holdings on the sale of MGA to SageSure
• Quinbrook on the close of its $600 million Quinbrook’s Valley of Fire Continuation Fund
• Ingersoll Rand on the acquisition of ILC Dover for $2.3 billion
• Nordic Capital on its investment in One Inc
• British American Tobacco in a series of UK proceedings against Philip Morris
• HARMAN International on the acquisition of Roon
• Gryphon Investors on the sale of Potter Electric Signal Company to KKR
• Advent International on:
  • the acquisition of Nuvei for $6.3 billion
  • the acquisition by Cobham Group of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc.
  • its investment in the Hermes Group businesses in the UK and Germany
• InPost S.A. on its €565 million acquisition of Mondial Relay, the leading French e-commerce out-of-home parcel delivery platform
• A bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung on the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG
• BC Partners on:
  • the sale of Aenova to Kühne Holding
  • the sale of Presidio to Clayton Dubilier & Rice
  • the sale of IMA Group to BDT & MSD Partners
  • the acquisition of a significant stake in Valtech, a global digital services and business transformation agency
  • the €3 billion acquisition of Fedrigoni, a leading global producer of self-adhesive labels and fibre-based packaging products, alongside Bain Capital
  • the sale of a minority stake in PetSmart to Apollo
• Presidio, a portfolio company of BC Partners, on its acquisition of Arkphire, a leading IT product procurement and services company
• KKR on:
  • on its investment in Avantus
  • its investment in Cotiviti
  • the acquisition of CIRCOR International, Inc. in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion
  • the $15 billion all-cash acquisition, alongside a consortium, of CyrusOne Inc.
  • its $5.3 billion joint acquisition alongside Clayton, Dubilier & Rice of Cloudera, Inc.
  • its $1.3 billion acquisition of Chase Corporation
  • the acquisition of CoolIT Systems
  • its investment in Charter Next Generation
  • its investment, as part of a consortium, in GreenSky
• KKR and its portfolio company The Crosby Group on The Crosby Group’s combination with KITO Corporation
• Bettcher Industries, a portfolio company of KKR, on its acquisition of Frontmatec from Axcel
• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners on:
  • its entry into a consortium that acquired Renewables Portfolio for $1.5 billion and secured a first-of-its-kind production tax credit transfer
  • its $1 billion investment in Invenergy Renewables Holdings LLC
  • the acquisition by IRG Acquisition Holdings LLC of AEP’s $1.5 billion Renewables Portfolio
• Blackstone on:
  • the acquisition of a majority stake in VFS Global, a global leader in visa outsourcing services
  • the sale by Blackstone Energy Partners of Ulterra Drilling Technologies to Patterson-UTI Energy
  • the acquisition of Moonbug Entertainment Ltd.
  • its investment in Interplex
• GTCR and its portfolio company, Simpli.fi, on a significant equity investment in Simpli.fi from private equity funds managed by Blackstone. The investment, which would be made through Blackstone’s flagship private equity vehicle, values the company at approximately $1.5 billion
• Vector Capital on its acquisition of a majority interest in WatchGuard Technologies
• Warburg Pincus on an investment in Quantum Health
• Thoma Bravo on:
  • its acquisition of a majority stake in Hypergene
  • its acquisition of Coupa Software for an enterprise value of $8 billion
  • the $10.4 billion acquisition of Anaplan, Inc.
  • its acquisition of SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. for approximately $6.9 billion
  • its portfolio company Adenza’s agreement to be acquired by Nasdaq, Inc. for $10.5 billion in cash and shares of common stock
  • the acquisition of UserTesting
  • the sale of Barracuda to KKR
  • the acquisition of Magnet Forensics
  • its strategic growth investment in Circle Cardiovascular Imaging
• Thoma Bravo and its portfolio company Veriforce on the acquisition of CHAS.
• Thoma Bravo and Madison Dearborn Partners on the sale of Syntellis Performance Solutions
• Kofax on the recommended all cash acquisition of Tungsten Corporation plc
• Bain Capital Private Equity and Cinven on the CHF 4.2 billion definitive agreement to acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients
• Cinven on its public acquisition offer for all outstanding shares of SYNLAB AG
• Energy Capital Partners on its definitive agreements with Bridgepoint Group plc to build a €57 billion global alternatives asset manager
• TJC on its acquisition of a majority stake of Delrin
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management on the redomiciliation and restructuring of its non-U.S. investment structure to Luxembourg
• Likewize and Genstar on their definitive agreement regarding Genstar’s strategic investment in Likewize
• Donuts Inc. on its acquisition of Afilias, Inc
• Donuts, Inc. on its sale to Ethos Capital
  
• L Catterton on its agreement to acquire a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group
• LyondellBasell on its definitive agreement with Sasol to form a 50/50 polyethylene joint venture through which LyondellBasell acquired 50% of select assets in Louisiana for a total consideration of $2 billion
• MRC on its establishment of a joint venture with Penske Media Corporation of P-MRC Holdings, LLC
• Oak Hill Advisors on its equity investment in start-up specialty Lloyds insurer Inigo
• SK Capital on its acquisition of a stake in Venator Materials PLC from Huntsman Corporation
• Oakley Capital on the sale of WebPros to CVC
• Vector Capital on its acquisition of a majority interest in WatchGuard Technologies
• Cascade Investment L.L.C on its acquisition of a controlling interest in Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world's leading luxury hospitality company

Prior to joining Kirkland, Shahrzad’s experience included the following matters, advising:

• The Walt Disney Company in its $71 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox, involving merger clearances in the EU and more than twenty jurisdictions
• Abbott Laboratories in its $25 billion acquisition of St. Jude Medical, involving merger clearances in the EU and several other jurisdictions
• Google in various global matters, including abuse of dominance investigations in the EU and India
• AB InBev in the creation of its joint venture with Anadolu Efes in Russia and Ukraine
• Merger control in the energy, medical, pharmaceutical, FMCG, and other sectors in the EU, UK, and other jurisdictions
• Advising clients in relation to cartel investigations
• Compliance advice including in the context of pre-transaction dealings, hold separate requirements, and competitor and distribution agreements
• Antitrust advice in connection with IP litigation

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

• Associate (2015–2019)
• Stagiaire (2014–2015)

Hearing Office, DG Competition, European Commission

• Stagiaire (2013–2014)