Aram Valesyan

Since joining Kirkland, Aram has worked on the following matters, advising:

• BC Partners on entering exclusive negotiations to acquire Biogaran
• Advent on the acquisition of a majority stake in Reckitt’s Essential Home
• A consortium led by Starwood Capital Group, Sixth Street and SSW Partners, and which also includes QIA, Warburg Pincus, and the Founders, on its $7.1 billion proposal to privatise ESR from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• Summa Equity on its investment in EA Technology
• TPG Rise Climate and GIC on their acquisition of Techem Group for approximately €6.7 billion
• Brookfield on its £557 million recommended cash acquisition of Tritax EuroBox plc
• Arcus portfolio company Constellation Cold Logistics on the acquisition financing for Nordic cold-storage business Agri-Norcold
• Arcus on the sale of Constellation Cold Logistics to EQT

Prior to joining Kirkland, Aram worked on the following matters, advising:

• EQT Infrastructure on the financing of its joint venture with T-Mobile to acquire Lumos
• Eroski, a leading Spanish supermarket operator, on its refinancing, including the issuance of €500 million senior secured bonds
• EQT Infrastructure portfolio company Lumos in its $1.1 billion sustainability-linked infrastructure debt financing
• EQT Infrastructure on the financing of its acquisition of Trescal, a global leader in calibration laboratories
• Antin Infrastructure Partners and PGGM-backed Eurofiber on its €1.5 billion sustainability-linked refinancing
• EQT and EQT Infrastructure on various bid processes and portfolio company financing matters
• The funders to Cityfibre, backed by Antin Infrastructure Partners, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Mubadala and Interogo, on its up to £4.9 billion refinancing
• A global large-cap private equity house on the capital call fund financing for its flagship PE fund

Clifford Chance LLP, London, 2021–2024

MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Auckland, 2019–2021