Press Release

Kirkland Advises EP Corporate Group on Possible Offer for International Distributions Services plc

Kirkland & Ellis is advising EP Corporate Group a.s. on the possible offer for the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of International Distributions Services plc (IDS) not already owned by EP Group and its affiliates, namely VESA Equity Investment S.à r.l. The proposal values the entire issued share capital of IDS at approximately £3.5 billion.

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The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Dipak Bhundia, Jiri Peterka and David Higgins and antitrust & competition partner Matthew Sinclair-Thomson.