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Lyndsey Laverack

Partner

London +44 20 7067 2348

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  • About

    Lyndsey Laverack is a partner in the global private equity practice, based in London. Lyndsey focuses her practice on private equity and cross-border M&A. She regularly represents private equity and other investment funds and REITs on transactions in privately held companies, including acquisitions and disposals, control and minority equity investments, and complex joint ventures. Lyndsey has experience across a range of heavily regulated sectors including life sciences and financial services and she has particular expertise with equity investments into both development and standing operational real estate and social infrastructure assets.

    Lyndsey is recognized by Legal 500 in the M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals category. One client remarked “Lyndsey Laverack is one of the best M&A and private equity lawyers with whom I have ever worked. While her current practice has a focus on corporate real estate, the breadth of her wider experience ensures she is well placed to advise on a wide range of complex corporate and private equity transactions.”

    Lyndsey was seconded to KKR Real Estate from February to October 2019.

    Areas of Expertise

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  • Representative Matters
    • A private equity sponsor on its acquisition of a UK PBSA portfolio and associated management arrangements.
    • Northwood Investors on the Sale of 20 Gracechurch Street in London.
    • Apollo on its agreement to acquire Miller Homes, one of the UK’s leading homebuilders.
    • Fortress Investment Group on the acquisition of Punch Pubs & Co.
    • KKR on its logistics development joint venture with Mirastar, which entailed the creation of a pan-European real estate holding platform and associated management arrangements and seed acquisitions.
    • A large global senior housing owner on its UK operating agreements.
    • King Street on the financing of a hotel and apartment complex in Mayfair, London.
    • KKR on its disposal of five purpose-built student housing assets.
    • Macquarie Capital Principle Finance on its joint venture arrangements with Sun Hung Kai & Co and DPK Quay Limited in relation to the acquisition of 17 Columbus Courtyard from CWT International Limited.
    • KKR on its forward funding of a logistics development in Dublin, Ireland and associated management arrangements.
    • KKR on its hospitality joint venture with EXCEM, which involved the creation of a pan-European real estate holding platform and associated management arrangements and seed acquisitions.
    • KKR on its disposal via forward sale of certain purpose-built student housing assets in the Netherlands.
    • KKR on its acquisition of a majority stake in Velero Immobilien AG, a residential real estate asset manager in Germany.
    • Cityhold Office Partnership S.à r.l (managed by Nuveen) on a real estate joint venture and numerous associated forward purchases of commercial real estate and related leasing arrangements.
    • Tai United Holdings, a Chinese company, on its €112 million acquisition of Buckingham Gate, a residential property development in London.
    • AP1 and AP2, two Swedish pension funds, on their €4 billion real estate joint venture with TIAA and associated investment advisory arrangements.
    • AP1 on its €6 billion consortium acquisition of Fortum Distribution AB (an electricity distribution network) and associated joint venture arrangements.
    • A corporate venture investment vehicle on its investment in the Series D round of a hospitality and real estate venture.

    General Corporate Experience

    • Wex, Inc., a leading financial technology solutions provider, on its buy-out of a joint venture partner in a European fuel cards business.
    • Hoffmann-La Roche on its acquisition of the novel TMEM16A potentiator portfolio from Enterprise Therapeutics, for treatment of cystic fibrosis and other respiratory diseases.
    • A global asset manager on the sale of its 50% interest in a UK-based energy derivatives trading platform.
    • LSC Communications, Inc. (NYSE), one of the world’s largest commercial printing businesses, on the sale of certain European subsidiaries to the Walstead Group for a headline figure of US$48 million (subject to customary adjustments).
    • Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE) on the sale of its language solutions business to SDL plc.
    • A.T. Kearney, Inc. on the establishment of a joint venture with (amongst others) Cenex (Centre of Excellence forLow Carbon and Fuel Cell technologies) relating to the provision of data services (including with respect to the electric vehicle and other distributed power sources).
    • Bank of Cyprus plc on the US$90 million disposal of its interest in Marfin Diversified Strategy Fund plc.
    • Genworth Financial, Inc. on the £475 million disposal of its UK LPI business to Axa.
    • Welltower Inc. on its £153 million acquisition of Gracewell Care Homes and associated development arrangements.
    • Goodbaby International Holdings Ltd., a Chinese company, on its €70 million acquisition of Cybex.
    • A U.S. private equity sponsor on numerous UK investments and add-on acquisitions at portfolio company level.
    • A hedge fund on its shareholder arrangements and documentation.
    • A global institutional alternative asset manager on its US$100 million investment in the metals and mining sector in Africa.
    • Aujan Industries Co., LLC on its US$980 million joint venture with the Coca-Cola Company and connected reorganization.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • BPP Law School, G.D.L., 2006
    • University of Oxford, B.A., 2005
        • Hons
    Bar Admissions
    • Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
    Pro Bono
    • Worked on projects for KIND (Kids in Need of Defense), which assists undocumented minors in securing British citizenship.
    • Worked on projects for an Emerging Enterprises Pro Bono Program which provided free legal support to eligible small and medium-sized for-profit enterprises and market-focused NGOs and non profits that have a clear social impact in developing countries across Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
    Accolades
    • Legal 500 UK, “Next Generation Partner” for Commercial Property: Investment and recommended for M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals (2022-2024)
    • Women in Business Law EMEA Awards, Awarded “Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year” (2023)
    • Best Lawyers in the UK, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2023)
    • Women in Business Law Europe Awards, shortlisted for “M&A Lawyer of the Year” and “Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” (2021)
    • Law.com, publisher of Legal Week, “Rising Stars: The UK’s Best Up and Coming Female Lawyers”(2021)

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