Michelle Kirkland

Consumer Products

• Amazon (leads the relationship with the Corporate Transactions team), supervising all UK Corporate Governance and Company Secretarial work.
• French Connection on its disposal of women’s clothing and homeware brand Toast to Danish company Bestseller.
• Nestlé, while on secondment and afterwards, on its three largest commercial contracts, and subsequent UK corporate advice, including on reorganisations and a sustainability related joint venture.
• Japanese listed company Nagatanien on its acquisition of Chaucer Foods.
• German company Talem on a potential disposal of a food business in North Africa and the UAE.
• The individual shareholders of Hi-Spirits on its sale to US company Sazerac.
• Apollo on its bid for Unilever’s global spreads business.

Hotel & Leisure

• US company Advance Publications on its c. €1bn multijurisdictional acquisition of the Stage Entertainment Group, coordinating 100 lawyers across eight jurisdictions. Continuing advice to Advance and its subsidiaries, including Condé
• Nast on matters of English law and other multijurisdictional projects.
• Hong Kong based Neon Eight on its proposed acquisition of Les Ambassadeurs Casino in Mayfair.
• Thai company DTGO on its c, £500m acquisition of a 17-hotel portfolio from Marathon, related hotel management and franchise agreements, financings and other post-Completion work.
• Invesco Real Estate on its acquisition of the Andaz hotel in Amsterdam, post-Completion and Covid-19 related matters.
• Ennismore on hotel management agreements (and related documentation) in connection with Hoxton Chicago.

TMC

• French infrastructure investor Marguerite on its investment into and financing of the EllaLink Transatlantic Sub-sea Cable.
• System providing high capacity fibre from Portugal to Brazil, with points of presence in (amongst other places) Spain, Madeira and Cabo Verde.
• EllaLink on its high value commercial arrangements, including financing related matters, and advice in connection with its supply contracts and multi-jurisdictional customer contracts.
• SSE on the c. £380m sale to Infracapital of a 50% stake in SSE Telecoms, which operates a 12,000km fibre network.

Charities and Not-for-Profit

• Pride in London on its incorporation as a Community Interest Company in 2012 and lead point of contact thereafter on all corporate, commercial and other legal advice.
• Sydell Group on the incorporation of a charity, Bow Street Police Museum, at the NoMad hotel London, located on the site of the Bow Street Police Station and Magistrates Court.
• Travalyst on its incorporation as a not-for-profit, and transfer of assets from Sussex Royal.
• Barclays Overseas Benevolent Fund on the transfer of its assets to the Bank Workers Charity and its subsequent winding up.
• BT Benevolent Fund on its corporate governance and trust arrangements.