Ashley Young

Prior to joining Willkie in 2019, Ashley was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Ashley has advised on the following significant matters:

• Searchlight Capital Partners in connection with a £500 million consortium investment in RSK Group Limited, a leading provider of environmental consulting and engineering solutions

• Hanover Investors on its acquisition of New Era Energy, a leading UK distributor of liquid fuels and related consumables

• Freshstream on its investment in MCR Group, a rapidly growing outsourced services company based in Ireland
• Searchlight Capital Partners in its joint offer to acquire Hyve Group plc, a UK-based organizer of international trade exhibitions and conferences
• Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited on the separation of its business and launch of a Managing General Underwriter
• Bain Capital Credit on the refinancing in relation to Vitruvian Partners acquisition of Meriplex, a leading provider of managed IT, cybersecurity and SD-WAN solutions
• Bain Capital Credit on the refinancing in relation to EMK Capital’s acquisition of Outright Games, a UK videogames developer and publisher
• Freshstream in its investment in Smartwater, a leading technology-led security risk management company
• Searchlight Capital Partners in its agreement to acquire a majority stake in Celestyal Cruises
• Apex Group (a Genstar portfolio company) on its public-to-private takeover of Sanne Group Plc
• Bain Capital Credit in its acquisition of GAIL’s Bakery
• Searchlight Capital Partners on the sale of its significant stake in EOLO, an Italian broadband provider, to Partners Group
• Freshstream on the sale of leading UK holiday resort business Away Resorts to CVC Capital Partners
• BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB and Mediobanca on the refinancing of Ramsay Santé’s senior syndicated debt
• CapVest Partners on its agreement to sell portfolio company Eight Fifty Food Group to Sofina Food Inc.
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its acquisition of the Creditinfo Group in partnership with its founder and management team
• Atlas Holdings in its acquisition of global contractor Permasteelisa
• Bregal Freshstream in connection with the financing aspects of a number of its portfolio companies
• Searchlight Capital Partners on its acquisition and subsequent disposal of Global Risk Partners, a leading UK based insurance brokerage business
• A world-renowned luxury brand and fashion house on various financing matters, including in connection with certain sustainability targets
• Searchlight Capital Partners on its take private of Opus Group AB, a Sweden-based technology-driven global leader in the vehicle inspection and intelligent vehicle support markets
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners in its acquisition of SiPM, in partnership with management and its founding partners
• Bain Capital Credit in connection with its acquisition of GE Capital's Commercial Lending and Leasing portfolios in Australia and New Zealand*
• Bain Capital Credit in connection with the purchase of JP Morgan's Global Special Opportunities Group comprising debt and equity assets in North America, Europe and Asia*
• The special committee of NASDAQ-listed Focus Media in connection with a US$3.7 billion acquisition by Focus Media's chairman, The Carlyle Group, FountainVest, CITIC Capital and China Everbright. This deal was named "2013 Private Equity Deal of the Year" by China Law & Practice, "2014 Private Equity Deal of the Year" by IFLR and "2014 Global M&A deal of the Year: China private equity' by The American Lawyer*
• The 7 Days Group Holdings Limited consortium (comprising of founders, existing shareholders and sponsors including The Carlyle Group and Sequoia Capital China) on the financing aspects of their proposal to acquire the 7 Days Inn Group in a going-private transaction*

_{* Ashley advised on these matters prior to joining Willkie.}