Niklas
Ahlklo

Niklas Ahlklo is a counsel in the Corporate Department and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Niklas represents private equity firms and financial sponsors in all forms of cross-border leveraged M&A and portfolio transactions, including restructuring advice.

Niklas’s notable experience includes advising:

• EQT on a variety of transactions including:
  • its CHF 10.2 billion acquisition of leading global skincare company Nestlé Skin Health (n/k/a Galderma Holdings SA)
  • its $5.3 billion acquisition of Covanta Holding Corporation, its acquisition of Green Investment Group’s stake in Covanta, and in the carve-out of Covanta’s European operations to create a standalone Waste-to-Energy platform
  • its combination of IVC and Evidensia to create leading European veterinary care provider IVC Evidensia; EQT’s additional substantial investment and renewed long-term commitment in the company and EQT’s sale of a minority interest in IVC Evidensia to an investor group, valuing IVC at €3 billion
  • its portfolio company Recipharm in its acquisitions of Arranta Bio, a prominent advanced therapy CDMO, and Vibalogics, a virotherapy CDMO
  • its sale of a 9.9% minority stake in Anticimex, a global pest control specialist, to GIC
  • its acquisition of Industrial & Financial Systems AB (IFS AB), a leading software provider, alongside TA Associates
  • its acquisition of Acumatica, a U.S.-based and fast-growing SaaS company
  • its sale of a significant minority interest in Independent Vetcare Limited (IVC) to Nestlé
  • its acquisition of Dellner Couplers, a global niche market leader in products for passenger rail rolling stock
  • its acquisition of Bluestep Bank, a leading specialist mortgage lender, and BlueStep Bank in its acquisition of Bank2 ASA
  • its portfolio company Dometic Group on the divestment of its medical business to Navis Capital Partners
• Triton on a variety of transactions including:
  • the formation of Triton IV Continuation Fund
  • its sale of Polygon Holding AB to funds managed by AEA Investors LP
  • its acquisition of Aleris, one of the leading healthcare companies in the Nordics, and Aleris in its acquisition of Proliva
  • its sale of Ovako to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, a global market leader in steel production
• Pure Fishing, a portfolio company of Sycamore Partners, on its acquisition of Svendsen Sport
• Davidson Kempner European Partners on its joint venture in relation to the Urban Pubs & Bars business
• A next generation media company backed by Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs and Blackstone on its acquisition of Moonbug Entertainment Ltd.
• Patient Square Capital on its investment in Apollo Therapeutics, a portfolio-based biopharmaceutical company
• Inflexion on its re-investment in the British Engineering Services Group, a specialist in engineering testing, inspection and consultancy services
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan on the sale of OTPP's majority investment in Helly Hansen to Canadian Tire Corporation for C$985 million
• NKT Cables on its acquisition of ABB High Voltage Cables, a wholly-owned business of the ABB Group, including the committed investment in a cable-laying vessel, total enterprise value amounting to EUR 836m
• PAI Partners on its acquisition of Atos Medical from EQT
• Unilever on its acquisition of Blueair, a Sweden-based manufacturer of air purification systems
• Microsoft on its:
  • S.$2.5bn acquisition of game developer Mojang, the creator of the Minecraft video-game franchise
  • acquisition of Donya Labs, creator of Simplygon and a leading provider of automatic 3D data-optimisation solutions
• The buyer consortium consisting of State Super, Sunsuper and SAFE on its acquisition of A Train AB, the high-speed rail operator of Arlandabanan, from Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund
• News Limited on its acquisition of Diakrit International Ltd
• Goldman Sachs on its acquisition of Swedish exchange technology from Pantor