MergerLinks - Chris Connolly

Cover Image Chris Connolly

Chris Connolly

Partner at Kirkland & Ellis

Lawyer

London

Deal Bio

Total Deals17

Valued Deals13

Total Value£54,472M

Avg. Deal Size£4,190M

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Computer Hardware

PublicSchemeMajorityAcquisition

Arm Holdings

target

Arm Holdings

Softbank Group Corp

bidder

Softbank Group Corp

£23,673m

55 dealmakers

United KingdomUnited States

PublicAcquisitionMerger

target

Regal Entertainment Group

Cineworld Group

bidder

Cineworld Group

£4,310m

12 dealmakers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Restaurants and Bars

PrivateDisposalMajority

Costa Coffee

target

Costa Coffee

The Coca-cola Company

bidder

The Coca-cola Company

£3,900m

58 dealmakers

Offshore Drilling and Other Services

PublicMergerPrivate Equity

Rowan Companies

target

Rowan Companies

Ensco

bidder

Ensco

£1,884m

41 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionMajorityCross Border

CINEPLEX

target

CINEPLEX

Cineworld Group

bidder

Cineworld Group

£1,574m

63 dealmakers

PublicMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

Grubhub

target

Grubhub

Just Eat

bidder

Just Eat

£5,744m

81 dealmakers

Multi-Utilities

AcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityDomesticPublic

Aggreko

target

Aggreko

Tdr Capital

bidder

Tdr Capital

£2,322m

78 dealmakers

Diversified Industrials

MajorityPublicCross BorderAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Pinnacle Renewable Energy

target

Pinnacle Renewable Energy

Drax Group

bidder

Drax Group

£422m

47 dealmakers

Insurance Brokers

PrivatePrivate EquityAcquisitionDomesticMajority

Davies Group

target

Davies Group

Bc Partners

bidder

Bc Partners

value n/a

82 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityAcquisitionPublic

Sanne Group

target

Sanne Group

Apex Group

bidder

Apex Group

£1,510m

52 dealmakers

Specialty Retailers

Cross BorderMajorityAcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

DREAMS

target

DREAMS

Tempur Sealy

bidder

Tempur Sealy

£335m

55 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPrivate EquityPublic

Ultra Electronics Holdings

target

Ultra Electronics Holdings

Advent International Corporation

bidder

Advent International Corporation

£2,570m

69 dealmakers

Telecommunications infrastructure

MinorityCross BorderPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Cityfibre Infrastructure Holdings

target

Cityfibre Infrastructure Holdings

Mubadala Investment Company

bidder

Mubadala Investment Company

£825m

26 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateCross BorderPrivate Equity

WILDSTONE

target

WILDSTONE

Antin Infrastructure Partners

bidder

Antin Infrastructure Partners

value n/a

47 dealmakers

Risk and Compliance

AcquisitionPrivatePrivate EquityMajorityCross Border

CHAS

target

CHAS

Thoma Bravo

bidder

Thoma Bravo

value n/a

21 dealmakers

MajorityCross BorderAcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

Pacific Fund Systems

target

Pacific Fund Systems

Apex Group

bidder

Apex Group

value n/a

5 dealmakers

Investment Banking

AcquisitionCross BorderMajorityPublicTender OfferPrivate EquityPrivatisation

Hargreaves Lansdown

target

Hargreaves Lansdown

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (adia)

bidder

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (adia)

£5,400m

69 dealmakers

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