Sham Khan
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Overview
Sham Khan is a corporate associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Sham has experience in a range of corporate matters, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, public offerings, group reorganisations and advisory work.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Sham has worked on the following matters:
- KKR on its acquisition of Telecom Italia’s fixed-line network for €22 billion
- GIC (sovereign wealth fund) on:
- its joint venture with Melcombe Partners to acquire and develop urban logistics properties in Europe
- the acquisition of a pan-European logistics portfolio for over €3 billion from EQT Exeter
- its partnership with BlackRock Alternatives Real Estate, British Airways’ New Airways Pensions Scheme and REEF Group for the development of Tribeca, Kings Cross, London, a life sciences quarter
- Blackstone and the consortium consisting of Scape Living and iQSA on £969 million recommended cash offer for GCP Student Living plcs
- Bain Capital on management equity arrangements for the Engineering Group
- Apax Partners on the €350 million public-to-private of EcoOnline, a Norwegian SaaS provider listed on Euronext Growth
- Apax Partners and its portfolio company EcoOnline on the acquisition of the software division of UK-headquartered Alcumus, a provider of risk management solutions
Prior to joining Kirkland, Sham worked on the following matters:
- Assisting the management team of Deloitte’s restructuring arm on its sale to Teneo
- Assisting on a secondary fundraise by Supermarket Income REIT plc by way of a private placement, offer for subscription and placing programme
- Assisting on the acquisition by Graphite Capital of a software testing and quality engineering consultancy through a management buy-out
- A private Qatari investor on the acquisition of The Ritz
Prior Experience
Macfarlanes LLP, London
- Trainee Solicitor, 2019–2021
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2021, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Languages
- English
- Bengali
Education
- BPP Law School, LondonLL.M., Commercial Legal Practicewith Distinction2019
- University College LondonLL.B.(Hons)2016
News &
Insights
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Consortium Led by KKR on Acquisition of Telecom Italia’s Fixed Line Network
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Apax and its Portfolio Company EcoOnline on Acquisition of Alcumus’s Software Business
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Apax Partners on Recommended Cash Offer for EcoOnline Holding AS