Linklaters LLP

Corporate

Kanyaka is a corporate partner based in London who advises on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters across different sectors but with a focus on the insurance sector. She has a broad base of experience including public and private M&A, equities, general corporate advisory and, more recently, transactional and advisory work in the insurance sector, including Part VII insurance business transfers and Solvency II expertise. 

Kanyaka has spent time in the firm’s Sao Paulo and Tokyo offices as well as on secondment to Vodafone and Aviva.

Recent experience includes advising: AXA on the sale of its UK Life & Savings businesses which included 3 separate sales to the Phoenix Group, Standard Life and LCCG; Aviva on its corporate reorganisation following its acquisition of Friends Life, including on two Part VII transfers (confidential), and on Solvency II matters; Britvic on its successful defence against a takeover bid by AG Barr, and on a cash placing to fund an acquisition; various investors on the sale of House of Fraser to Sanpower; Aviva on its disposal of its Turkish non-life business to a private equity consortium and the sale of Aviva Investors Central European Properties Sarl and its subsidiaries to Lone Star Capital Investments Sarl (confidential); AXA on its partnership with the Africa Internet Group.

English and Hindi

Kanyaka studied law at the National Law School of India University.