Kenney, Alayna

Alayna Kenney

Associate

alayna.kenney@lw.com
    Kenney, Alayna

    Alayna Kenney

    Associate

    alayna.kenney@lw.com

    Profile

    Alayna Kenney is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm ’s Corporate Department.

    Ms. Kenney advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, and general corporate matters.

    Ms. Kenney has spent time in-house on secondment to Nord Anglia Education and, prior to joining the firm, in the legal team of a FTSE-100 company, listed in London and New York.

    Experience

    Ms. Kenney’s experience includes advising:

    • Ericsson/Cradlepoint on its acquisition of Ericom Software
    • RWE on its partnership with Masdar to co-develop an offshore wind development project at Dogger Bank South
    • Farfetch on the proposed acquisition of 47.5% of YOOX Net-a-Porter from Richemont
    • Threads, on its divestment of a majority stake to Chalhoub
    • The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in luxury, streetwear, and sportswear retailer END
    • Eleusis, a life science company dedicated to unlocking the full therapeutic power of psychedelics, on multiple matters, including its:
      • Acquisition of Kalypso Wellness Centers, a leading provider of ketamine infusion therapies in the United States, and certain intellectual property
      • US$446 million merger with Silver Spike Acquisition Corp.
      • Sale to Beckley Psytech
    • Nordic Capital on its US$846 million acquisition of Advanz Pharma
    • Ligand Pharmaceuticals on its sale of Vernalis (R&D) Limited, a UK-based fragment and structure-based drug discovery research company, to HitGen

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • LPC, BPP Law School, 2019
    • GDL, BPP Law School, 2018
    • BA in History, University of Durham, 2016
      First-Class Honours

    Languages Spoken

    • English

    Practices