Briony Pollard

• Advent International and portfolio company IRCA on the acquisition of the trade and assets of Ireland-based Kerry’s Sweet Ingredients Portfolio 
• Advent International on the (a) acquisition of Transaction Services Group and numerous add-on acquisitions; (b) acquisition of Williams Lea Tag from DHL (and onward sale of the Tag business); (c) acquisition of a co-controlling stake in Planet Payment Group
• Advent International and portfolio company Laird on the carve-out sale of Connected Vehicle Solutions, Connectivity, Performance Materials and Thermal Systems divisions
• A private equity-owned marketing data and analytics business on the merger and carve-out and sale of its Health division to a US-based health information technology provider
• Cobham (a portfolio company of Advent International) on the carve-out and sale of its: (a) Aerospace Connectivity division to TransDigm Group Inc. for $965m; and (b) Aviation Services UK division 
• Transaction Services Group (a portfolio company of Advent International) on the merger with Clearent (also a portfolio company of Advent International) to form Xplor Technologies
• M&G; Catalyst as lead investor in the $168m Series B fundraising of Vaccitech, a spin-out from the University of Oxford which co-invented the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, and on the IPO of Vaccitech
• A multi-asset alternative investment firm on the (a) $4bn acquisition of 60% of a marketing data and analytics business; and (b) the £1.2bn take private of a digital insurance company
• Bain Capital Credit on its bid to acquire LV=
• General Atlantic on its minority investment in Greensill and subsequent sell down to Softbank, its strategic investment in Kiwi.com and PropertyFinder
• VINCI Airports on its acquisition of a majority stake in Gatwick Airport from Global Infrastructure Partners
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board on the acquisition by its portfolio company (Busy Bees) of the Treetops Nurseries Group
• THI Investments on the acquisition of WJ Group
• Sanofi on the acquisition of Kymab
• Montagu Private Equity on the acquisition of ISI Emerging Markets Group
• SoftBank Vision Fund in its Series E minority investment in GetYourGuide
• PSP as part of a consortium on the $10 billion carve out acquisition of Nestlé Skin Health
• Providence Equity on numerous European transactions, including its acquisition of Node4 Group
• OMERS Private Equity on a number of transactions, including (a) sale of Civica; and (b) on the acquisition of Alexander Mann Solutions
• The seller of the iconic Ritz Hotel in London
• Antin Infrastructure Partners on the sale of Kellas Midstream
• Wejo Limited, a connected vehicle data business, on its $1.1 billion business combination with Virtuoso Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by Virtuoso Sponsor LLC
• Lee Equity Partners in its investment in the McLarens insurance business
• Campbell Soup Company in its sale of the Kettle Foods business to Valeo
• Mid-Europa Partners on its sale of Walmark to STADA AG
• The joint official liquidators of ABRAAJ Investment Management Limited
• TCV as lead investor on its acquisition of Retail Merchant Services
• Apple Inc. in relation to various technology acquisitions

_{*Briony advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.}