Biography
Laura Kayani is a partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice based in London, focusing on Private Equity.
Laura advises private equity sponsors, strategic investors and portfolio companies on a broad range of complex transactions, including investments, acquisitions, disposals, carve-outs, co-investments, restructurings and equity incentive arrangements.
Experience
Select experience includes:
- 3i on the sale of MPM to Partners Group.
- Avista on its:
- acquisition of Terrats Medical, a leading global provider of dental prosthetics, including abutments and implants, from Miura Partners.*
- investment in French consumer healthcare company Cooper Consumer Health alongside CVC, Charterhouse and the Damier Group.*
- joint acquisition with VHC Investco of Vision Healthcare, one of Europe’s fastest-growing omni-channel and direct-to-consumer health care companies.*
- sale of Trimb Healthcare, a leading consumer health care company based in Stockholm, for SEK 3.4 billion.*
- Partners Group on its:
- investment in Exus, a leading European infrastructure asset management firm focused on the renewable energy sector.*
- €1.6 billion acquisition of Pharmathen, a European pharmaceutical company, from BC Partners.*
- acquisition of a major equity stake in Rovensa, a leading Portuguese-headquartered provider of specialty crop nutrition, biocontrol and protection products, from Bridgepoint.*
- Advent and its portfolio company NIQ on the strategic combination with GfK and associated divestment.*
- Astorg on the demerger of Fastmarkets from Delinian, formerly known as Euromoney Institutional Investor plc.*
- Intermediate Capital Group and its portfolio company Law Business Research (LBR) on LBR's merger with ALM Media, forming a global provider of legal intelligence, analysis and networking solutions.*
- Bridgepoint on its acquisition of Monica Vinader Limited, an award-winning British demi-fine luxury jewellery brand.*
- Avista Healthcare Partners and Nordic Capital and Swiss pharmaceutical company Acino on the sale of Acino to ADQ.*
- Pulsant, one of the leading nationwide providers of data centre and cloud infrastructure in the UK, on its sale from Oak Hill Capital and Scottish Equity Partners to Antin Infrastructure Partners.*
- Axcel on its acquisition of Phase One, a technology business specialising in high-end digital imaging software and equipment.*
- Epiris on:
- its acquisition of Diamorph AB (publ), a supplier of advanced material solutions, from shareholders including Serendipity Group and Investment AB Latour (publ) as majority shareholders.*
- its acquisition of Bonhams, the global auction house, from private shareholders.*
- Ares Management on the sale of its portfolio company Cordium – a leading provider of governance, risk and compliance services – to ACA Compliance Group.*
- 3i on the acquisition of MPM.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case