Christopher Shield

Consortium of CVC Private Equity Funds, Nordic Capital and ADIA on the £5.4 billion recommended cash acquisition of Hargreaves Lansdown

Helmerich & Payne in its $2 billion acquisition of KCA Deutag

Advent on the sale of V.Group to a consortium led by STAR Capital

Bain Capital Tech Opportunities on its majority investment in finova and its simultaneous acquisition of MSO

Charlesbank Capital Partners on its investment in Perspective Financial Group

Morrisons and its shareholder Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on entering into an agreement to sell petrol forecourts to MFG and take a minority stake

Bain Capital on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Eleda

TPG Rise Climate on the financing aspects of its definitive agreement to purchase a majority stake in A-Gas from KKR

Advent International on the committed financing to support its acquisition of a majority shareholding in Zimmermann

IDEMIA Group on the amendment and extension of its revolving credit facility and cross-border TLB facilities

Zentiva Group on the amendment and extension of its €1.825 billion European TLB facility and €145 million revolving credit facility

STADA Arzneimittel AG, a portfolio company of Bain Capital and Cinven, in its successful offer to exchange €1.4 billion in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 3.5% Senior Secured Notes

Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. and its shareholders Bain Capital and NB Renaissance Partners in connection with the financing aspects of the proposed acquisition of Be Shaping the Future S.p.A. 

Bain Capital on the financing for the acquisition of a majority stake in House of HR 

Bain Capital on the sale of Geometric Results, Inc. to PRO Unlimited 

Summit Partners on the sale of Viroclinics-DDL, a virology contract research organisation, to Cerba Healthcare 

EW Healthcare Partners and other shareholders on the €750 million sale of EUSA Pharma to Recordati

Cobham on the c. £2.57 billion recommended all cash acquisition of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc

EW Healthcare Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Laboratoires Majorelle 

Advent International and its portfolio company V.Group, a leading marine services provider, on V.Group's successful debt and equity restructuring 

TDR Capital on the acquisition of BPP, a global leader in professional and vocational education 

Preservation Capital on the £100 million acquisition of Parmenion Capital, a provider of investment services and technology solutions for financial advice firms

Montagu Private Equity on the acquisition of the Education Software Solutions business of Capita plc. and on the agreement to invest in ParentPay

Bain Capital Private Equity and its consortium partners on the €2.1 billion proposed public takeover of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj

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

Advent International on the financing aspects of its investment in the Hermes Group businesses in the UK and Germany

Bain Capital and NB Renaissance Partners in connection with the financing for their acquisition of Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.

Atnahs Pharma on the acquisition of established hypertension medicines from AztraZeneca

The bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung on the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG

Advent International on the financing aspects of its acquisition of Industria Chimica Emiliana

Blackstone on the recommended £4.77 billion cash offer for Merlin Entertainments, a global leader in location-based, family entertainment

Bain Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in Maesa, a global beauty brand incubator

Nexi S.p.A. and Mercury UK Holdco Limited on the Initial Public Offering of the ordinary shares of Nexi S.p.A., the largest IPO in Europe to date in 2019

CapVest and Core Assets on their acquisition of Partnerships in Children’s Services, one of the largest independent fostering agencies in the UK

Triton Partners on its acquisition of Sunweb Group, a leading European online travel operator

Advent International on the financing aspects of its €1.919 billion acquisition of leading European generics business Zentiva from global biopharmaceutical company Sanofi

Bain Capital Private Equity on its acquisition of Bugaboo International, a Dutch design company that develops and produces mobility products

Bain Capital and its portfolio company European Fintyre Distribution Ltd on the financing aspects of its acquisition of REIFF Reifen und Autotechnik GmbH, the leading independent multi-channel tyre distributor in Germany

Bain Capital and Cinven on their EUR 5.4 billion joint public takeover of the German pharmaceutical company Stada Arzneimittel AG; to date the largest private equity transaction ever realized in the German market

Bain Capital Private Equity on its acquisition of leading Italian tyre wholesaler Fintyre. Bain acquired the stake through its Europe IV Fund from London private equity firm BlueGem Capital Partners

Advent International, Bain Capital and Clessidra and their portfolio company Mercury Bondco plc in connection with the offering of €600.0 million of high yield PIK notes to finance the acquisition by ICBPI of Bassilichi S.p.A. and the merchant acquiring businesses of Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. and Deutsche Bank S.p.A.

CapVest/IBA Molecular on the carve-out acquisition from Mallinckrodt Plc of its global nuclear imaging radiopharmaceuticals division

Bain Capital Private Equity on the acquisition of MSX International (MSXI)

Bain Capital on the US$3.1 billion sale of Brakes Group to Sysco

TPG Growth LLC on the acquisition of Frank Recruitment Group Limited (FRG)

Allen & Overy LLP, London, UK

• Associate, 2008–2009

DLA Piper UK LLP, Leeds, UK

• Associate, 2005–2008

Cobbetts LLP, Leeds, UK

• Trainee Solicitor, 2003–2005