London—Dentons is delighted to announce the appointment of Kathryn Alexander as a partner into its Corporate team in London. She joins the firm today (14 April).

Kathryn joins Dentons from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where she specialised in leading large and complex private equity real estate deals. She has experience leading both private M&A and joint venture transactions across the UK and Europe, and has worked with some of the world's largest and most recognisable private equity firms.

Paul Jarvis, CEO of Dentons' UKIME region, said: "Kathryn is a high-calibre, private equity real estate specialist with the skills and experience to support the Firm's continued expansion into more private equity transactional work."

Darren Acres, Co-Head of Dentons' UK Corporate practice, said: "In addition to expanding Dentons' presence in the private equity real estate market, Kathryn's hire will support our core Private Equity practice, where we see significant opportunities for growth."

Kathryn was recently part of the team that represented Blackstone Real Estate in connection with its acquisition of an 80% stake in a c.€1 billion pan-European logistics portfolio owned by Johannesburg-listed Burstone Group. She also advised Blackstone Real Estate in connection with its sale of a 35% stake in Hotel Investment Partners (HIP), a leading owner of resort hotels in Southern Europe, to global investment firm GIC, in a deal that valued HIP at more than €4 billion.

Other notable deals include advising Brookfield Asset Management on a joint venture with Logistik Service to invest €500 million in lberian logistics opportunities, and advising on the €600 million acquisition of 150 Avenue de Champs Elysées by Brookfield-backed French fund Cheval Paris from Groupama Immobilier.

Rob Thompson, Head of Dentons' UKIME Real Estate group, said: "We are delighted that Kathryn is joining us – this is a core strategic hire aligned with the growth plans of both the Real Estate and Corporate teams, and to our wider strategy across UKIME and Europe."

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