Press Release

Kirkland Advises Advent on Sale of V.Group to STAR Capital-Led Consortium

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Advent on its sale of V.Group, the global provider of mission critical services to the maritime industry, to a consortium led by STAR Capital, including Ackermans & van Haaren (Euronext: ACKB) and others. The transaction is subject to regulatory consents and is expected to complete in early Autumn 2024.

Read V.Group’s press release

The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Dan Clarke, Vincent Bergin and Adrian Maguire and associates Jack Evans and Bing Yi Lim; debt finance partners Leon Daoud and Christopher Shield and associate Tilly Kersley; tax partner Mavnick Nerwal and associate Hugo Coleman; and antitrust partner Alasdair Balfour.