Kirkland & Ellis advised IK Partners, a leading European private equity firm, with teams across Northern Europe focusing on the mid-market segment, on the sale of a controlling interest in the firm to Wendel, one of Europe’s leading listed investment firms.

The Kirkland team was led by investment funds partners James King, Jeremy Leggate and Daniel Lavon-Krien and corporate partners Adrian Duncan, Gregory Scott and Ben Hai, and included corporate partners Vincent Ponsonnaille and Emmanuel Enrici; investment funds partner David Pritchett and associates Toby Karenowski, Hannah Wilson and Tejaswini Krishnaprasad; corporate associates Julian Holland and Adam Diouri; tax partner Nadine Gelli and associate Krishan Patel; antitrust & competition partner Mark Gardner; and regulatory partner Julian Hui and associate Kate McDermott.