Jennifer F. Wilson
Overview
Jenny Wilson is a partner in Kirkland’s London Technology & IP Transactions Practice. Jenny’s practice is focused primarily on intellectual property and technology-related transactions. Jenny is experienced in advising clients in the complex intellectual property, information technology and data protection issues that arise in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, private equity investments, financings, secured lending, bankruptcies and restructurings. Jenny also has in-depth experience in advising on separation matters in carve-out transactions, including in relation to transitional service arrangements.
Jenny has a keen interest in privacy law and advises clients across various industry sectors (including software, social gaming, travel and tourism) on the General Data Protection Regulation and related legislation. In addition to her private practice experience, Jenny spent two years as an in-house IP lawyer with Virgin Enterprises Limited, where she worked closely with the brand and investment teams in overseeing the protection and licensing of the Virgin brand internationally across Virgin’s diverse portfolio of companies.
Experience
Representative Matters
FundRock on the acquisition of Nikko Asset Management Luxembourg
Zellis Group, a portfolio company of Apax, on the acquisition of Benify
Warburg Pincus on the formation of its $4 billion inaugural capital solutions fund
Apex Group on the acquisition of GAM’s Management Company activities
Thoma Bravo on the acquisition of Darktrace Private
Bain Capital Tech Opportunities on its majority investment in finova and its simultaneous acquisition of MSO
Apex Group on the acquisition of various operating businesses of MJ Hudson Group plc
Apax Partners and Healthium on the sale of Clinisupplies
TPG Rise Climate in the formation of Rubicon Carbon as a next generation carbon solutions provider
Warburg Pincus and its portfolio company Citeline (formerly Pharma Intelligence) on the merger of equals with Norstella to form an end-to-end life sciences solutions provider
Apax Partners on Recommended Cash Offer for EcoOnline Holding AS
Apex Fund Management, a portfolio company of TA Associates and Genstar, on the acquisition of the Maitland fund services business
GIC on the £694 million acquisition of a 75% stake in the majority of Paddington Central assets from British Land
Nordic Capital on the acquisition of Ascot Lloyd, an independent UK financial and planning advisor
Bain Capital on the sale of Geometric Results, Inc. to PRO Unlimited
CPP Investments and Motive Partners on the $1.4 billion investment in FNZ, a global wealth management platform
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
Metaswitch Networks, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners and leading provider of virtualised network software and voice, data and communications solutions for operators, on its sale to Microsoft Corporation
GLP on the acquisition of Goodman Group’s Central and Eastern Europe logistics real estate portfolio
Tokio Marine HCC on its acquisition of GCube
Thomas H. Lee Partners on the acquisition of AutoStore from EQT
United Group on its definitive agreement to acquire Tele2 Croatia
Advanced Computer Software, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company and the UK’s third largest software company, on its acquisition of leading legacy modernisation solutions provider Modern Systems
Francisco Partners on its acquisition of EG, a leading Scandinavian software company, from Axcel for DKK 3.7 billion
Vista Equity Partners and its portfolio company Granicus on the acquisition of Firmstep, a provider for software for local authorities
Certify, a portfolio company of K1 Investment Management, on its merger with Chrome River Technologies, another global provider of travel, expense and invoice management software
Danaher Corporation, a global science and technology innovator, on its definitive agreement with General Electric to acquire the BioPharma division of GE Life Sciences for a cash purchase price of $21.4 billion
Apax VIII, a fund advised by Apax Partners and AssuredPartners, on the sale of AssuredPartners, a leading US insurance brokerage, to an investor group led by GTCR
Nordic Capital on its acquisition of Orchid Orthopedic Solutions from Altor Equity Partners
EQT Partners on its sale of leading medical device company HTL-Strefa to Investindustrial
Blackstone and Telereal Trillium on the £1.46 billion privatisation of Network Rail’s commercial estate
GIC as part of a consortium acquiring a 55% a stake in the real estate assets of French multinational hotel group AccorHotels for approximately €4.4 billion
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, one of the largest global hospitality companies, on its sale of its European vacation rental business to Platinum Equity for approximately US$1.3 billion
Vector Capital on its investment in Cloudsense, a leading commerce software as a service provider with operations across the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific
Goldman Sachs, Park Square and NGA Human Resources on the sale of NGA’s UK mid-market and small and medium business divisions
Advised Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) on the General Data Protection Regulation aspects of its acquisition of the Wirtgen Group, a manufacturer of road construction equipment, for approximately $5.2 billion
Bain Capital and Cinven on their EUR 5.3 billion joint public takeover offer for the German pharmaceutical company Stada Arzneimittel AG; to date the largest private equity transaction ever realized in the German market
Prior Experience
Virgin Enterprises Limited
- Intellectual Property Lawyer, 2014–2016
Dundas & Wilson LLP, London
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Solicitor, 2012–2013
Dundas & Wilson LLP, Edinburgh
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Trainee Solicitor, 2010–2012
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Thought Leadership
Publications
Co-author, “The Final Piece to the Schrems II Puzzle? UK Parliament Approves New International Data Transfer Mechanisms, Plus Signs of a Breakthrough on Transatlantic Data Flows from the EU”, Kirkland Alert, April 2022
Co-author, “Schrems Strikes Again: EU–US Privacy Shield Suffers Same Fate as Its Predecessor”, Computer and Telecommunications Law Review, Volume 26, Issue 6, 2020
Co-author, “Artificial Intelligence: Is Johnny 5 Alive? Key Bits and Bytes from the UK’s Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Inquiry”, Computer and Telecommunications Law Review, April 2017
Co-author, “What does Brexit mean for your organisation’s data protection?”, Bond.org.uk Brexit Blog, April 2017
Co-author, "Things That Go Bump in the Night: Confronting Data Protection Monsters in the M&A Closet," BNA's World Data Protection Report, Volume 16, Number 12, December 2016
Seminars
“Introduction to the EU and UK GDPR for Restructuring Attorneys”, New York, April 2022
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2012, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of Scotland
Education
- University of Glasgow School of LawDip LP2010
- University of EdinburghLL.B.(Hons.), First Class Honours2009
- National University of SingaporeInternational Exchange Year2008