EXPERIENCE

Cian’s recent representative matters include advising:

• GIC in:
  • its establishment of a €400 million joint venture platform with Melcombe Partners, a U.K.-based asset manager and adviser
  • the £694 million acquisition of a 75% stake in the majority of Paddington Central assets from British Land
  • its $525 million joint venture with Equinix to develop and operate two xScale™ data centers in South Korea
  • its $3.9 billion additional joint ventures with Equinix to expand the xScale™ data center program
  • its joint venture with Kennedy Wilson to acquire and manage urban logistics properties in the U.K., Ireland and Spain, targeting total assets of $1 billion
  • its joint venture with Melcombe Partners to acquire and develop urban logistics properties in Europe
  • the over $1 billion co-investment with Equinix to develop and operate xScale™ data centers in Japan
  • the €950 million buyout acquisition of a pan-European logistics platform from Apollo
  • the $1 billion acquisition of Equinix's pan European hyperscale data center business
• Blackstone:
  • in the £4.66 billion acquisition of iQ Student Accommodation
  • in the recommended £4.77 billion cash offer for Merlin Entertainments, a global leader in location-based, family entertainment
  • in its acquisition of the business and assets of Murka, a developer and promoter of social casino gaming applications for mobile devices and social media, based in Cyprus and Ukraine
  • in its acquisition of a portfolio of European logistics assets from Marathon (in partnership with Industrial Securities, part of MARCOL) for €492 million
  • and Telereal Trillium in the £1.46 billion privatization of Network Rail’s commercial estate
• Brookfield in:
  • the all-cash voluntary public takeover offer for Befimmo, a real estate investor focused on office buildings and co-working spaces in Brussels and Luxembourg
  • its acquisition and financing of the SACO (Serviced Apartment Company) platform from Oaktree Capital Management
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in its:
  • $700 million capital solution to Sony Music Group, an affiliate of Sony Group Corporation, for investments in the music industry
  • $6.3 billion acquisition of International Game Technology’s gaming and digital business IGT Gaming and Everi Holdings
• Enstar Group, a Bermuda-based insurance company, in its $5.1 billion sale to Sixth Street and other institutional investors
• Brighton Park Capital in its $112 million investment in PortSwigger
• RXO in its $1.025 billion acquisition of Coyote Logistics from UPS
• Noble Corporation in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Diamond Offshore Drilling
• Apollo Global Management as a lender to Ardagh Group in connection with its €1.0 billion plus financing to refinance Ardagh’s 2025 notes and bond buyback
• La Doria S.p.A., a portfolio company of Investindustrial, in its issuance of €525 million of senior secured floating rate notes
• The Ardonagh Group in its offering of $1 billion of senior notes, $750 million of senior secured notes and €500 million of senior secured notes
• Investindustrial in the financing aspects of its:
  • investment in Fassi Group
  • acquisition, alongside The Bagnoli Family, of Forno d'Asolo from BC Partners
• United Group, which is majority-owned by BC Partners, in its €1.7 billion refinancing, which included fixed and floating rate senior secured notes and senior holdco pay-if-you-can PIK notes
• Fedrigoni, portfolio company of Bain Capital and BC Partners, in its offering of €665 million of high-yield bonds
• General Atlantic in its acquisition of:
  • Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure with approximately $12.5 billion in AUM
  • a majority stake in Joe & the Juice
• TA Associates and Warburg Pincus in their joint acquisition of Epassi Group, and in Epassi’s combination with Exercite
• Beacon Rail in its definitive agreement to acquire Mitsui Rail Capital Europe
• Galderma in a private placement round of approximately $1 billion for newly issued shares
• The Lycra Company in the completion of a comprehensive debt refinancing
• Travelodge in its high-yield refinancing and shareholder distribution
• Noble in its $600 million offering of senior notes
• A sovereign wealth fund in the acquisition of a pan-European logistics portfolio for over €3 billion from EQT Exeter
• TPG Real Estate in:
  • its strategic joint venture with Gatehouse Bank
  • its c. €300 million acquisition of Témpore Properties, a Spanish Real Estate Investment Trust
• Consortium and KKR in the $15 billion all-cash acquisition of CyrusOne Inc. a premier global data centre REIT
• Cushman & Wakefield in the launch of an underwritten public offering of 12,500,000 ordinary shares
• Thoma Bravo in the strategic investment in Condeco, a global leader in workspace scheduling technology
• Eagle Street Partners in the formation of a joint venture with Harrison Street to acquire and develop a 554-residential-unit multiphase development at East Road in Dublin, Ireland
• SK Capital in the formation of a consortium with Heubach Group and the subsequent acquisition of Clariant's Pigments business
• Hg in:
  • an innovative £455 million NAV financing of the portfolio of Hg Saturn, a 2018-vintage fund with £1.5 billion in commitments
  • the £425 million financing of Hg Genesis 8 portfolio
• Thomas H. Lee Partners and AutoStore in the $2.8 billion sale of a 40% stake of AutoStore to SoftBank
• Preservation Capital in the £100 million acquisition of Parmenion Capital, a provider of investment services and technology solutions for financial advice firms
• SOF-12 Cambridge BidCo Limited, owned by Starwood Funds, in the c. £467.9 million recommended cash offer for RDI REIT
• AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets in the acquisition of the Kadans Science Partner platform
• Orion Capital Managers in the aborted £400 million acquisition of a portfolio of sevenretail parks from Hammerson plc
• Oakley Capital in:
  • in the financing aspects of its investment in Steer Automotive Group
  • the sale of WebPros to CVC
• An EQT-led consortium in the CHF 10.2 billion exclusive negotiations to acquire Nestlé Skin Health, a leading global skincare company
• A consortium consisting of Apax, Warburg Pincus, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in the $3.4 billion take private of Inmarsat, a British satellite communications group
• Funds advised by Apax Partners in the acquisition of Genius Sports, a London based global leader in sport data technology, distribution and commercialization services
• Ares in the acquisition of a portfolio of mixed use commercial properties across Europe
• GLP in:
  • its acquisition of European logistics business IDI Gazeley from Brookfield Asset Management for approximately US$2.8 billion. Gazeley is one of the leading owners and operators of logistics facilities in Europe with a portfolio of over 3 million sq meters in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands
  • its bid for Logicor
• Goldman Sachs, Park Square and NGA Human Resources in the sale of NGA’s UK mid-market and small and medium business divisions to Bain Capital Private Equity
• TDR Capital, Sun Capital and their portfolio company Keepmoat Limited on the sale of Keepmoat’s regeneration arm to energy and services provider