Celyn Evans

Since joining Kirkland, Celyn's representative matters include: 

• Advising Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division on its acquisition of B&B Hotels; 

• Advising GIC on the $1 billion acquisition of Equinix Inc’s pan European hyperscale data centre business;

• 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 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