KKR Buys Infrastructure Group John Laing for $2.8B Related Stories May 18, 2021 May 14, 2021 April 30, 2021 KKR & Co. has agreed to buy John Laing Group Plc for about 2 billion pounds ($2.8 billion), partnering with another investor to secure a global infrastructure portfolio with potential for further growth. A sign hangs from a crane working on the Barts Square development, operated by Carillion Plc., in London, U.K., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Carillion, a U.K. construction company with government contracts in everything from hospitals to the HS2 high-speed rail project, filed for compulsory liquidation after failing in a last-ditch effort to shore up finances and get a government bailout. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg