Ayca Yilmaz

Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

London +44 20 7469 2284

Ayca Yilmaz

Practices

Overview

Ayca Yilmaz is a corporate associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Prior to joining Kirkland, Ayca worked at an international law firm in Istanbul, representing Turkish and foreign clients in principally cross-border transactions. Ayca’s practice concentrates on all areas of corporate law, including the structuring of private equity deals, leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, divestures and commercial contracts.

Beauty Industry Group (an HGGC portfolio company) in its acquisition of Beauty Works, one of the UK’s leading hair extension brands (2019).

Gazit-Globe Limited on the recommended €1.4 billion offer for Atrium European Real Estate Limited (2019).

MSX International (a Bain Capital portfolio company) in its acquisition of De Poel, the UK’s leading Managed Service Provider (2018).

Apax Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in matchesfashion.com, a UK-based luxury fashion brand (2017).

Oaktree Capital Management on the sale of its Spanish student housing business to GSA (2017).

Vitruvian Partners on its acquisition of Phlexglobal, a leading technology company in the clinical trials industry, from Bridgepoint Development Capital (2016).

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2017New York
  • 2012Istanbul

Languages

  • English
  • Turkish

Education

  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.M.2016
  • Galatasaray UniversityLL.B.2011