Daniel Borg

Kirkland & Ellis

Few firms come close to Kirkland & Ellis in terms of what the US firm can offer in leveraged finance. Rising star Daniel Borg is a core part of that offering, having joined Kirkland from Weil Gotshal three years ago. Within that time he has quickly taken the reins of key financing relationships for Lone Star Funds, EP Group and Accel-KKR, while also leading on deals for Bain Capital, Cinven and Centerbridge. These credentials have seen Borg take an active role in the training of junior lawyers, as Kirkland continues to pile on the pressure in the City’s legal market.

Deal-wise, last year Borg was called on by EP Global Commerce as it announced its €6bn (£5.14bn) voluntary public takeover offer for German retailer Metro. The transaction followed quickly on from 2018’s €5bn take private of another German company, Stada, by Bain and Cinven, in which Borg also took a leading role for the acquirers.

While there have been few German public-to-private deals requiring English law advice, Borg has been at the heart of those that have in recent years; also coming to the aid of Lone Star Funds last year as it sought to buy the German building business of construction giant Saint-Gobain.