Florian N. Kamp

FLORIAN KAMP regularly advises leading private equity firms and their portfolio companies, focusing on complex cross-border transactions, including M&A, take-privates, hybrid capital, minority investments, divestitures, carve-outs, co-investments and strategic joint ventures. He has also counselled several leading private equity sponsors in a wide range of debt financing matters throughout the life cycle of portfolio companies relating to the initial acquisitions, refinancings, add-on financings and exits.

Florian has advised on a broad range of transactions across Europe, including the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, France, Sweden, Greece, Poland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, as well as in Brazil and the U.S. He works with clients investing in a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing and industrials, financial services, technology, infrastructure, energy and retail.

Prior to joining Sidley in 2023, Florian was a member of the corporate team at another international U.S. law firm.

Recent examples of Florian’s work include advising:

• Apollo Funds in their strategic minority equity investment in Charles Monat Associates.
• Apollo-managed funds in their acquisition of a majority stake in Kelvion, a leading global provider of energy-efficient heat exchange and cooling solutions, from funds advised by Triton Partners.
• Athora Holding Ltd. in its approximately £5.7 billion acquisition of Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited (pending).
• Evri, a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in its merger with DHL eCommerce, the e-commerce logistics specialist of DHL Group.
• A leading U.S. private equity investment fund with respect to its investment into a UK-based global FinTech company.
• Apollo and certain other shareholders on the sale of the share capital of German bank Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB) to TARGO Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of leading French cooperative bank Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale.
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. in:
  
  
  • their acquisition of the Netherlands-based equipment leasing specialist Beequip B.V. from NIBC;
  • their minority equity investment in AUTODOC SE;
  • the sale of Summit Leasing Slovenia, a leasing company in Slovenia and Croatia;
  • the acquisition and financing of Miller Homes, a leading UK homebuilder;
  • the negotiation of a transformative long-term supply agreement for its German portfolio company with a top-tier U.S. automotive OEM; and
  • the sale of a permanent magnet manufacturer to another private equity sponsor.

• Stonepeak on its agreement with the AA, the leading provider of roadside assistance services in the UK and a successful insurance business, and the AA’s majority shareholders, TowerBrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus. Per the agreement, Stonepeak will invest £450 million in the AA through a combination of common and preferred equity at an enterprise value of approximately £4 billion.
• Bridgepoint Group with respect to its investment into a global cybersecurity and data protection technology company.
• U.S. private equity sponsor in:
  • carve-out acquisition of EMEA food business from a U.S. listed company and related financing, co-investment, and management incentive arrangements;
  • sale of Dutch automotive supplier to a strategic buyer; and
  • acquisition of UK luxury goods manufacturing business from another private equity sponsor.
• European private equity sponsor in take-private of Italian digital infrastructure business, subsequent add-on acquisition, and related co-invest arrangements with EU infrastructure fund.
• Blackstone in investment in Swedish food and beverage business and subsequent U.S. IPO
• KKR in sale of minority interest in Spanish renewables business to leading sustainable energy investment company.
• U.S. private equity sponsor in two minority investments in Brazilian digital identification and digital healthcare platform businesses.
• Several U.S. private equity sponsors (including Apollo) in leveraged finance transactions, including a €1.8 billion acquisition financing (consisting of a first lien term loan facility, a revolving facility, and high-yield bonds), a £1.0 billion acquisition financing (consisting of fixed and floating rate high-yield bonds and a revolving facility), a €350 million incremental term loan as well as add-on financings and refinancings (including in relation to a US$250 million first lien term and revolving facilities).

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.