US giant Kirkland & Ellis has bagged its first instruction from UK private equity house Bridgepoint Capital after advising on its acqui-
sition of contact-lens maker Rodenstock from Permira, in a deal worth more than A500m (£339m).

Munich head Volker Kullman led the team on the deal, which will close this month, along with German private equity partners Christian Zuleger and Frank Becker and London banking partner John Markland.