Kirkland & Ellis is advising Wendel on entering exclusive negotiations with the intent to acquire the Scalian Group from Cobepa. Scalian Group is a leading European consulting firm in digital transformation, project management and operational performance.

The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Vincent Ponsonnaille and Emmanuel Enrici and associate Lucy Bower; tax partner Nadine Gelli and associate Louise Chappey; and antitrust partners Thomas Wilson and Philipp Gnatzy and associate Fiona Constant-Lotz.