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Lyndsey Laverack

Partner, Corporate Department

London

Telefon: +44-20-3023-5130
Fax: +44-20-3023-5430

Overview

Lyndsey Laverack is a partner in the Private Equity and Real Estate practices of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office.

Lyndsey focuses her practice on private equity and cross-border M&A. She regularly represents private equity and other investment funds and REITs on transactions in privately held companies, including acquisitions and disposals, control and minority equity investments, and complex joint ventures. Lyndsey has experience across a range of sectors and asset classes, and she has particular expertise with equity investments into both development and standing operational real estate and infrastructure assets, including senior living, data centers, logistics, hotels and hospitality, student housing and other residential, and offices. Lyndsey’s practice is wide geographically, and she has experience with transactions in most European jurisdictions, the Middle East and Africa.

Lyndsey is recognized by Legal 500 in the M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals category and is named as a Next Generation Partner for Commercial Property: Investment. She was named by Woman in Business Law EMEA Awards as Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year in 2023 and shortlisted for the same award and for Real Estate Lawyer of the Year in 2021. She was included on the Law.com Rising Stars: The UK’s Best Up and Coming Female Lawyers 2021 list and is named in Best Lawyers in the UK, Mergers and Acquisitions Law.

Lyndsey was seconded to KKR Real Estate in 2019.

Accolades

  • Legal 500 UK, Next Generation Partner for Commercial Property: Investment (2025-26) and recommended for M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals (2022-24)
  • Women in Business Law EMEA Awards, Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year (2023)
  • Best Lawyers in the UK, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2023)
  • Women in Business Law Europe Awards, shortlisted for M&A Lawyer of the Year and Real Estate Lawyer of the Year (2021)
  • Law.com, publisher of Legal Week, Rising Stars: The UK’s Best Up and Coming Female Lawyers (2021)

Education

  • BPP Law School, G.D.L., 2006
  • University of Oxford, B.A. Hons, 2005

Representations

Real Estate & Infrastructure 

  • Apollo on its acquisition of a U.K. PBSA portfolio and associated management arrangements.
  • Northwood Investors on the sale of 20 Gracechurch Street in London.
  • Apollo on its agreement to acquire Miller Homes, one of the U.K.’s leading homebuilders.
  • Fortress Investment Group on the acquisition of Punch Pubs.
  • KKR on its logistics development joint venture with Mirastar, which entailed the creation of a pan-European real estate holding platform and associated management arrangements and seed acquisitions.
  • A U.S. REIT on multiple acquisitions of senior living portfolios and RIDEA-compliant restructurings.
  • SATEAA Al Tameer for Real Estate Development & Investment on its management agreements with an international luxury hotel operator in respect of a portfolio of hotels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • A large infrastructure investor based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on multiple telecoms and data center investments across the Middle East and Africa.
  • King Street on the financing of a hotel and apartment complex in Mayfair, London.
  • KKR on its disposal of a portfolio of purpose-built student housing assets.
  • Macquarie Capital Principle Finance on its joint venture arrangements with Sun Hung Kai & Co and DPK Quay Limited in relation to the acquisition of 17 Columbus Courtyard from CWT International Limited.
  • KKR on its forward funding of a logistics development in Dublin, Ireland, and associated management arrangements.
  • KKR on its hospitality joint venture with EXCEM, which involved the creation of a pan-European real estate holding platform and associated management arrangements and seed acquisitions.
  • KKR on its disposal via forward sale of certain purpose-built student housing assets in the Netherlands.
  • KKR on its acquisition of a majority stake in Velero Immobilien AG, a residential real estate asset manager in Germany.
  • Cityhold Office Partnership S.à r.l (managed by Nuveen) on a real estate joint venture and numerous associated forward purchases of commercial real estate and related leasing arrangements.
  • Tai United Holdings on its €112 million acquisition of Buckingham Gate, a residential property development in London.
  • AP1 and AP2, two Swedish pension funds, on their €4 billion real estate joint venture with TIAA and associated investment advisory arrangements.
  • AP1 on its €6 billion consortium acquisition of electricity distribution network Fortum Distribution AB and associated joint venture arrangements.
  • A corporate venture investment vehicle on its investment in the Series D round of a hospitality and real estate venture.

Representative Private Equity Experience (non-Real Estate)

  • Wex, a leading financial technology solutions provider, on its buyout of a joint venture partner in a European fuel cards business.
  • Hoffmann-La Roche on its acquisition of the novel TMEM16A potentiator portfolio from Enterprise Therapeutics, for treatment of cystic fibrosis and other respiratory diseases.
  • A global asset manager on the sale of its 50% interest in a U.K.-based energy derivatives trading platform.
  • LSC Communications (NYSE), one of the world’s largest commercial printing businesses, on the sale of certain European subsidiaries to the Walstead Group for a headline figure of $48 million (subject to customary adjustments).
  • Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE) on the sale of its language solutions business to SDL.
  • A.T. Kearney on the establishment of a joint venture with (amongst others) Cenex (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies) relating to the provision of data services, including with respect to the electric vehicle and other distributed power sources.
  • Bank of Cyprus on the $90 million disposal of its interest in Marfin Diversified Strategy Fund plc.
  • Genworth Financial on the £475 million disposal of its U.K. LPI business to Axa.
  • Goodbaby International Holdings, a Chinese company, on its €70 million acquisition of Cybex.
  • Aujan Industries on its $980 million joint venture with the Coca-Cola Company and connected reorganization.

Matters may have been handled prior to joining Paul Hastings.

Involvement

Pro Bono

  • Worked on projects for KIND (Kids in Need of Defense), which assists undocumented minors in securing British citizenship.

Languages

Englisch


Admissions

England and Wales Solicitor


Education

BPP University Law School, GDL 2006

University of Oxford, B.A. 2005