Cécile Kuehn is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department.

She advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including private equity, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. 

Prior to qualification, Cécile trained in the firm’s London office, gaining experience in leveraged finance and corporate transactions as well as restructuring and special situations matters. 

She has spent time on secondment at private equity firm The Carlyle Group, where she worked with European buyout, technology, infrastructure, and energy funds. Cécile was also seconded to private equity firm Bain Capital, where she worked with the European private equity fund from September 2023 to May 2024.

Cécile’s experience includes advising:

  • Ares Management on the acquisition of SLR Global, a UK-based ESG consultancy and advisory business
  • Authentic Brands Group (ABG) on its majority acquisition of DB Ventures, a UK-based investment vehicle of David Beckham
  • KSL Capital Partners on the acquisition of Third Space, a London-based luxury health club operator
  • Odyssey Investment Partners on the sale of Tysers, a UK-based international insurance broker, to AUB Group Limited
  • OPEN Health, a portfolio company of Astorg Partners, on
    • The acquisition of Acsel Health, a management consulting business specializing in the life sciences industry
    • The acquisition of The CM Group, a medical communications platform
  • Vertical Aerospace Group, a UK-based engineering and aeronautical business developing electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, on its business combination with Broadstone Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company
  • The Carlyle Group on 
    • The sale of Assala Energy to Maurel & Prom
    • The sale of a majority stake in Officine Maccaferri to Ambienta

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • MSc in Taxation, University of Oxford, 2018
  • Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction), BPP Law School, London, 2018
  • BSc, University of Tuebingen, 2016

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • German