Ani Kusheva

In recognition of her work, Ms. Kusheva has been named to The Best Lawyers in the UK. Her recent experience includes advising, among others:

• International Paper Company in its:
  • US$9.9 billion contested all-equity possible offer to acquire U.K.-based DS Smith Plc
  • US$508 million sale of its interests in the joint venture Ilim Group
  • US$812 million sale of its pulp and paper mill in Kwidzyn, Poland, to Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG
  • acquisition of two packaging businesses in northwestern France and Portugal from DS Smith Plc
  • unsolicited US$10.7 billion proposal to acquire Dublin-based Smurfit Kappa Group plc
  • creation of a 50/50 joint venture with Ilim Pulp via International Paper’s US$650 million acquisition of a 50% interest in Ilim Holding
• Silver Lake Partners, a global leader in technology investing, in connection with its:
  • €500 million (US$565 million) acquisition of Silae, a French cloud-based payroll software provider
  • buyout of Meilleurtaux, a leading financial services provider, from Goldman Sachs PIA
• The Middleby Corporation in its:
  • acquisition of Novy Group, a leading manufacturer of premium residential ventilation hoods and cooktops based in Belgium
  • sale of Fired Earth Limited, a designer and manufacturer of home design products headquartered in London
  • acquisition of a 33% stake in Levens Beheer BV, a manufacturer of industrial kitchen equipment incorporated in the Netherlands
  • acquisition of Sveba Dahlen, a Swedish developer and manufacturer of baking equipment for the commercial foodservice and industrial baking industries; and
  • acquisition of Scanico A/S, a leading manufacturer of industrial cooling and freezing equipment for the food processing industry based in Denmark
• R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company in the sale of its European Global Document Solutions business to Paragon Group Limited
• Armstrong World Industries, Inc. in the US$330 million sale of its EMEA and Pacific Rim businesses to Knauf International Gmbh
• Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited in its strategic investment in the Polish real estate platform Griffin Premium Re. N.V., effected by way of a public tender offer
• Ctrip.com International, Ltd. in its US$1.7 billion acquisition of Skyscanner Holdings Limited
• Ball Corporation in its US$8.4 billion acquisition of Rexam PLC and simultaneous divestiture of US$3.4 billion assets to Ardagh Group
• HellermannTyton Group PLC (a portfolio company of United Kingdom-based Doughty Hanson & Co.) in its US$1.7 billion acquisition by Delphi Automotive PLC
• Lightning Investors Limited, an entity jointly owned by FMR LLC and FIL Limited, in its US$2.7 billion acquisition of the remaining stake in Colt Group S.A.it did not already own
• CJSC Sibur Holding in the US$1 billion sale of its mineral fertilizer business to CJSC Holding Company Siberian Business Union
• DigitalBridge, Inc. in its acquisition of The Abraaj Group’s Latin America private equity platform
• Unitech Corporate Parks plc in the US$349 million sale of the entire issued share capital of its subsidiary Candor Investments Ltd. to an affiliate of Brookfield Property Partners L.P.
• Capgemini S.A., a consulting company based in France, in its US$1.3 billion merger with Kanbay Inc.
• Gazit-Globe, Ltd. in its US$261 million acquisition of an additional 14% stake in Atrium European Real Estate Limited
• FMR LLC and FIL Limited in their US$164 million sale of KVH Co., Ltd. to Colt Group S.A.
• Lucid Markets Trading Limited in the US$176 million sale of a 51% stake to FXCM Inc.
• The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. in its sale of International Derivatives Clearing Group, LLC to LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd.
• Alpha Bank A.E., Greece’s second-largest bank, in connection with its proposed merger with EFG Eurobank A.E.
• Citigroup Inc. in:
  • its US$512 million sale of Citigroup Global Services Limited to Tata Consultancy Services Limited
  • its US$127 million sale of Citi Technology Services Limited to Wipro Limited
  • CitiCapital’s sale of its vendor finance leasing business in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany and Italy to CIT Group Inc.
• CME Group Inc. in its acquisition of Credit Market Analysis Limited
• Neochimiki LV Lavrentiadis S.A. in its €749 million sale of a 74% stake to The Carlyle Group
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals International in its US$392 million sale of certain subsidiaries in Western and Eastern Europe to Meda AB
• SCOR, the French reinsurance company, in relation to:
  • its US$775 million acquisition of Revios Rückversicherung AG
  • the merger of its German and Italian subsidiaries to become a Societas Europaea (a European public company)
  • its US$221 million acquisition of a 47% stake in Irish Reinsurance Partners Ltd. from Highfields Capital Management LP
• Fournier Pharma in its US$1.7 billion acquisition by Solvay Pharmaceuticals
• Citigroup Global Markets Limited as financial advisor to SAGEM SA in its US$7 billion merger with Snecma, which resulted in the privatization of Snecma
• AOL Europe S.à.r.l., a subsidiary of AOL Inc., in its US$97 million acquisition of Goviral A/S