Laurent Victor-Michel

Since joining Kirkland, Laurent has worked on the following matters, advising:

• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, on its acquisition of a 50% controlling stake in Opella from Sanofi, for an enterprise value of €16 billion
• Blue Wolf on the acquisition of Synerlab
• EQS Group, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, on the acquisition of Data Legal Drive
• Blue Wolf on the acquisition of seven CDMO sites from Recipharm
• H.I.G. Capital on the acquisition of Alight’s payroll and professional services business
• Warburg Pincus and ArchiMed on the €2.4 billion sale of Polyplus
• Oaktree Capital Management and its portfolio company Boardriders on its sale to Authentic Brands
• Warburg Pincus on the sale of Once For All to GTCR
• GTCR on its acquisition of a majority stake in Worldpay
• MACOM on its acquisition of the key manufacturing facilities, capabilities and technologies of OMMIC SAS
• Triton Partners on the creation and close of Triton IV Continuation Fund
• Thomas H. Lee Partners and Frazier Healthcare Partners on the sale of Adare Biome
• Boardriders on the purchase offer from Authentic Brands
• PAI Partners in a strategic minority investment in its business by Dyal Capital
• Iconic Sports on its Investment in Eagle Football
• Thoma Bravo and its portfolio company Cority on the acquisition of Reporting 21
• GIC on its investment in Unither
• Thoma Bravo on its definitive agreement to acquire ForgeRock
• XPV Water Partners on the recapitalization of its four Fund II water-focused portfolio companies, SG Holdings, Mobiltex, Smart Cover and Metro Farnier
• CPP Investments on the acquisition of a stake in Universal Investment
• UserZoom, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, on the acquisition of Testapic 
• Warburg Pincus:
  • and ArchiMed on the sale of Polyplus
  • and its portfolio company Fortius on the acquisition of Once For All (Attestation Légale)
  • on its investment in Polyplus
  • on the sale of Accelya 
• Consortium and KKR on the $15 billion all-cash acquisition of CyrusOne Inc.
• IVC Evidensia, a portfolio company of EQT Private Equity:
  • on the acquisition of VetOne group
  • on the acquisition of a majority stake in Veternity
• Vitruvian Partners:
  • on the acquisition of a majority interest in the Fotona Group
  • on the sale of Technogroup to 3i-backed Evernex
• Renaissance, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners, on its acquisition of Lalilo
• Thoma Bravo on the acquisition of Calypso Technology, Inc. from Bridgepoint and Summit Partners
• InPost S.A. on the €565 million proposed acquisition of Mondial Relay 
• Trinseo on the €1.137 billion contemplated acquisition of Arkema’s PMMA business
• iCIMS, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, on its acquisition of EASYRECRUE
• Appfire, a portfolio company of Silversmith Capital Partners, on its acquisition of Innovalog 
• Apex Fund Management, a Genstar portfolio company, on its acquisition of the FundRock Group
• Antin Infrastructure Partners on its reinvestment in Eurofiber, including the sale of a minority stake to PGGM
• Technicolor on its successful comprehensive financial restructuring
• A bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung on the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG
• Continental Grain Company on its investment in Ceva Santé Animale
• Vista Equity Partners-backed Mediaocean, on the acquisition of MBS, the leading media management software provider in France

Prior to joining Kirkland, Laurent worked on the following matters, advising:

• CVC Capital Partners on the sale of its stake in Delachaux to CDPQ and the Delachaux Family
• SIX Group on the £2.14 billion sale of SIX Payment Services Ltd to Worldline
• Apax Partner-backed Unilabs on the acquisition of France-based medical biology laboratory operators Biopath, Polibio and SFMTBIO
• Atlas Merchant Capital on the acquisition of a stake in French broker Kepler Cheuvreux
• L’Oreal on the sale of the Body Shop to Natura and the acquisition of La Roche-Posay thermal station
• The consortium of Partners Group and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) on the £1.57 billion acquisition of Cerba Healthcare Group
• Montagu Private Equity on the sale of St Hubert to the consortium consisting of Beijing Sanyuan Foods & Co. Ltd and Fosun International Limited
• Apax Partners Midmarket SAS on its acquisition of Ciprés Assurance, and the acquisition of Inseec (and subsequent acquisition of French education assets of the Laureate group)
• Goldman Sachs PE on the acquisition of French insurance broker Meilleurtaux.com, French pharmaceutical group HRA in consortium with Astorg and French software company Talentsoft
• Providence Private Equity Partners on the acquisition of French education group Studialis from Bregal
• Apollo Global Management on its €2.95 billion acquisition of Verallia

Linklaters LLP, Paris

• Partner (2017–2018)
• Counsel (2016–2017)
• Associate (2006–2016)

French Navy

• Surface Warfare Officer (2004–2005)