Celyn Evans

Since joining Kirkland, Celyn's representative matters include advising: 

• advising Rhône Capital on the acquisition of a 45% interest in Maxam from Advent International;

• advising GIC as part of a consortium acquiring a 55% a stake in the real estate assets of French multinational hotel group AccorHotels for approximately €4.4 billion;

• advising Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, one of the largest global hospitality companies, on its sale of its European vacation rental business to Platinum Equity for approximately US$1.3 billion;

• advising Marguerite Adviser S.A. on the sale by The Marguerite Fund of a portfolio of five European infrastructure assets to Pantheon; and

• advising GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, on its €2.4 billion acquisition of P3 Logistic Parks, a leading specialist pan-European owner, developer and manager of logistics properties, from TPG Real Estate and Ivanhoé Cambridge.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Celyn’s representative matters include advising:

• advising PSP Investments on the termination of the Isolux Infrastructure / ROADIS joint venture with Isolux Corsan;

• advising AIMCo, Allianz, EDF Invest and Hastings on their acquisition of Porterbrook Rail;

• advising Qatar Holdings on its investment in a consortium acquiring 50 percent of Amex’s Global Business Travel Division;

• advising Investec plc on the sale of a stake in Investec Asset Management to a team of senior fund managers;

• advising Rothesay Life on the acquisition of pension buyout house Paternoster;

• advising Serco Group plc on the disposal of its nuclear technical consulting business to Amec plc;

• advising RIT Capital Partners plc on its joint venture with the Edmond de Rothschild Group where RIT acquired a stake in the Capital Holdings Funds;

• advising RIT Capital Partners plc on its investment in Corsair Capital, a private equity firm focused on financial services;

• advising SABMiller plc on its takeover by Anheuser-Busch InBev;

• advising Brookfield and QIA on the takeover of Canary Wharf; and

• advising AREA Property Partners and Delancey on their acquisition of Minerva plc.

Linklaters LLP, London

• Managing Associate, Linklaters London, 2014–2016

• Managing Associate, Linklaters New York, 2013–2014

• Associate, 2009–2013

• Trainee Solicitor, 2007–2009