Kirkland Advises Blue Owl on Joint Venture with Covivio to Acquire Thales Sites in Vélizy
Kirkland & Ellis advised funds managed by Blue Owl Capital, an alternative asset manager on its joint venture with Covivio, a leading European operator, to acquire the sites of Thales, a major player in the defence and aerospace sectors, currently owned by Covivio in Vélizy-Meudon. The transaction values the entire site at €503 million.
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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Celyn Evans, Irfan Ahmed, Shaun Chung, Euan Alston, Ben Zelouf, Max Collins, Guillaume Nivault, Armand Centauri and Amanda Levi-Acobas; financial services regulatory lawyers Thomas Woodhead, Raluca Dumitru, Deirdre Haugh, Emma Reid, Sky Kim, Charlotte Chopping, Najma Ahmad, Irena Efstathiou, Harry McGovern and Terry Yiangou; technology & IP transactions lawyers Emma Flett, Jacqueline Clover and Stephen Coudounaris; investment funds lawyers Thibaut Partsch, Yanru Tao, Mary Beth Houlihan, Raffaella Colosimo and Alok Dangi; sustainability lawyers Dan D’Ambrosio and Erin Sculthorpe; tax lawyers Mavnick Nerwal, Meredith Levy, Nadine Gelli, Frixos Hatjantonas, Joe Riddle and Chloe Rowan; debt finance lawyers Kazik Michalski and Mai Huynh; and real estate lawyers David Rosenberg and Andy Van Noord.
