Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Pierre-André Dubois is the partner in charge of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP's UK intellectual property and competition law group. The group's practice covers all aspects of IP and IT law as well as UK and EU competition law. He is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and a barrister and solicitor in Canada. He obtained his LLB (common and civil law) (First Class Honours) in 1984. He advises clients on all competition related issues and has represented clients before the European Commission, the UK Competition Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office and other national competition authorities. In 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, Pierre was recommended as a leading lawyer by PLC Which Lawyer? Global 50.

Recent transactions include representing Bain Capital in its acquisition of the Bath and Kitchen Business of American Standard and its acquisition of Brake Brothers; representing Daikin Industries with respect to the acquisition of OYL Industries Behard (two of the largest air conditioning manufacturers in the world); representing Syniverse Technologies Inc in relation to its acquisition of the data-clearing business of the BSG Group (a '3 to 2' merger cleared in phase II without conditions); representing CCMP Capital in its acquisition of the pump business of the Linde Group; representing Société de Mecanique in its sale to SKF (cleared in Phase II without conditions); representing KEMET Corporation in relation to its acquisition of the tantalum capacitors business of EPCOS AG and its acquisition of Arcotronics; representing Solutia Inc in its acquisition of the joint venture interest in Flexsys; representing Bain Capital in the club deal for the acquisition of the semiconductor business of Philips (now known as NXP); representing Madison Dearborn Partners in relation to its acquisition of VWR; interventions on behalf of third parties in a number of cases including Nokia/NAVTEQ and Tom Tom/Tele Atlas; and representing various third parties in current patent ambush and FRAND-related investigations before the European Commission.