Kenan Ceylan

• Advised funds affiliated with EQT Private Capital Asia on:
  • the merger of Tricor and Vistra into a combined company with a market value of up to $6.5 billion
  • the acquisition of IGT Solutions, formerly InterGlobe Technologies, a provider based in India of software services, from an affiliate of Apollo Global Management
  • the sale of the software firm Hexaware Technologies to The Carlyle Group
  • its portfolio company Virtusa’s acquisition of ITmagination
  • acquisition of a controlling beneficial interest in GeBBS, a global provider of healthcare outsourcing solutions, from ChrysCapital
• Advised Kupanda Holdings, an affiliate of TPG Growth, in connection with the sale of Mavin Global to world leading music company, Universal Music Group
• Advised TPG Capital and Francisco Partners in their $4 billion acquisition of Boomi, a leading provider of cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS), from Dell Technologies
• Advised NeoGenomics, Inc. on its acquisition of Inivata Ltd, a global, commercial stage liquid biopsy platform company, headquartered in Cambridge, UK
• Advised the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund in connection with various grant agreements with local trust funds and other environmental and conservation stakeholders in the wider Caribbean region
• Advised certain selling shareholders on the sale of FirstPort, a leading U.K. residential property management company, to Equistone Partners Europe Limited, the European mid-market private equity investor
• Advised certain selling shareholders on the sale of Quotient Sciences, UK-headquartered provider of outsourced drug development services, to Permira, a global private equity firm
• Advised Averna Capital on its investment in ClimateCare, a leading profit with purpose environmental and social impact company headquartered in Oxford, UK
• Advised Sound United LLC, a portfolio company of Charlesbank Capital Partners, on its acquisition of Bowers & Wilkins, a leading designer and manufacturer of luxury home audio speakers, headphones, custom installation products, wireless speakers, and branded audio systems in the automotive and television markets
• Advised Integrated Media Company (IMC), a TPG platform dedicated to the new media ecosystem, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Goal from the DAZN Group
• Advised NeoGenomics Inc. in a strategic collaboration with Inivata for the commercialization of Cambridge, UK-headquartered Inivata’s InVisionFirst-Lung liquid biopsy test in the United States
• Advised Nordic Capital on equity investment matters relating to eResearchTechnology, Inc. (ERT), a leading global data and technology company which minimises risk and uncertainty in clinical trials

Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray:

• Acted for a private equity sponsor on its public-to-private takeover of an AIM-listed services provider
• Acted for a private equity sponsor on its acquisition of an alternative legal services provider
• Acted for a private equity sponsor on its acquisition of a flexible workspace provider
• Acted for a private equity sponsor on its acquisition of a provider of post-trade market infrastructure technology
• Acted for a private equity sponsor on its fund restructuring and liquidity offering to investors 
• Acted for an education investment firm on several acquisitions of premium schools in multiple jurisdictions and on strategic growth investments from private equity sponsors
• Acted for a Main Market listed client on its contested takeover