Varnika Chawla

Since joining Kirkland, Varnika has been involved in the following matters:

• Pollen Street Capital on its over £1 billion capital raise.
• TDR Capital on the c. £563 million recommended offer for Arrow Global Group.
• I Squared and TDR Capital on the £2.322 billion recommended cash acquisition of Aggreko.
• Vitruvian Partners on the establishment of their €4 billion growth equity fund VIP IV.
• JPMorgan on credit fund formation issues.
• HPS Investment Partners on its investment into the UK wealth management division of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Varnika worked on the following matters:

• Advised on the tax structuring of a £1.4 billion acquisition of a publicly listed student accommodation company by another.
• Advised on the tax aspects of the purchase of a luxury hotel property in the UK by a French boutique hotel group worth £13 million.
• Advised two Luxembourg funds on the changes to the UK non-resident capital gains tax regime.
• Advised one of the UK’s largest consumer goods retailers in a £50 million stamp duty land tax dispute with HMRC before the First Tier Tribunal.
• Advised a listed blue chip company on stamp duty land tax issues relating to its commercial premises on 21 sites in the UK.
• Represented a UK-based international charity in its amicus petition on an environmental rights issue before US courts.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

• Trainee Solicitor, 2018–2020