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Paul Hastings Represents Starwood Capital Group in Acquisition of De Vere Venues

London - Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised Starwood Capital Group on their acquisition of De Vere Venues (

), with a team in London led by partner

David Ryland

with associates

Mark Rajbenbach

,

Michael James

and

Denize Akbulut

, partner

Justin Jowitt

and associate

Rebecca Coveney

on finance issues, and associate

Jiten Tank

on tax issues.

This follows Starwood’s acquisition of Four Pillars Hotels in January, on which Paul Hastings also advised (

). The team on that transaction was also led by David Ryland and included partner

Garrett Hayes

and associates Mark Rajbenbach, Michael James and

George Weston

.

Paul Hastings was instructed on both these matters following the arrival of David Ryland, who joined the firm November 2013. David and his team also advised Starwood Capital on its acquisition last year of the Principal Hayley Group of 23 landmark City Centre hotels in the UK and Europe.

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