Karuna Naidoo
Associate, London
Biography
Overview
Karuna Naidoo is an associate in our global M&A and Corporate practice based in London. She is a member of our EMEA Private Equity team.
Karuna focuses on advising private equity sponsors and other financial investors on a range of complex cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, co-investments, minority and growth capital investments.
Bars and Courts
New York
Education
LLM
New York University School of Law
LLB
University of Kwazulu-Natal
Languages
English
Experience
Karuna's experience includes representation of:
KPS Capital Partners and its portfolio companies on:
- its approximately $2.7 billion acquisition of the Europe, Middle East and Africa food, aerosol and promotional packaging business from Crown Holdings*;
- its €1.38 billion acquisition of the global aluminum rolling business of Norsk Hydro ASA*; and
- its acquisition of Euskal Forging*.
Apollo Global Management, Inc. and its portfolio companies on:
- its acquisition of a majority stake in AS Graanul Invest*;
- its acquisition of a majority stake in and subsequent take-private of Reno De Medici S.p.A*.; and
- its acquisition of Fiskeby International Holding AB*.
General Atlantic and its portfolio companies on numerous transactions, including:
- its investment in Crehana*;
- its investment in Mollie*; and
- its investment in dLocal and in its initial public offering*.
KKR and its portfolio companies in transactions, including:
- in Telxius Towers's €7.7 billion sale of its telecommunications tower unit to American Tower Corporation*; and
- its sale of its 40% stake in Telxius Towers's to the other shareholder, Pontel Participaciones*.
*Experience prior to joining White & Case
