London—KKR's €6.825 billion acquisition of Unilever's spreads business has won European Private Equity Deal of the Year at The Deal Awards Europe 2018. The award went to KKR, Dentons and the other advisory teams involved.

Dentons advised KKR on the transaction, which completed earlier this year, alongside Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Stephen Levy and Joe Altendorff, both partners in Dentons' Corporate team in London, led the Dentons team which included a range of the Firm's legal departments and many of its international offices.

Stephen Levy said, "We are delighted to have played an instrumental part in this high profile deal, and for KKR, us and all the firms involved to be recognised in this way."

Dentons is a longstanding adviser to global investment firm KKR, having advised it on the Trainline, Travelopia and A-Gas acquisitions and also having recently advised KKR-backed Calsonic Kansei on the €6.2 billion purchase of Fiat Chrysler's Magneti Marelli.

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