Kirkland Advises Sun European Partners on Sale of Dreams

Kirkland & Ellis is advising an affiliate of Sun European Partners, LLP on the sale of Dreams, a leading specialty bed retailer in the United Kingdom, to Tempur Sealy International. The transaction price is approximately $475 million. Dreams has developed a successful multi-channel sales strategy, with over 200 brick and mortar retail locations, an industry-leading online channel, as well as manufacturing and delivery assets.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Tom McCarthy and David Higgins, associate Chris Connolly and trainee Richard Birch.  The team also included regulatory partner Lisa Cawley and associate Callum Wright, debt finance partners Alexander van der Gaag and Susannah Amini, tax partner Tim Lowe and associate Anthony Antioch and antitrust partner Mark Gardner and associate Sandeep Ravikumar.