Dentons has advised Denver based private equity firm KSL Capital Partners, LLC, on its disposal of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin hotel group to Frasers Hospitality UK Holdings Limited. The Malmaison and Hotel du Vin hotel group consists of 29 lifestyle and boutique hotels in prime locations throughout the UK. The transaction completed earlier today.

The Dentons team was led by Matthew Tinger, Partner and Head of Corporate Real Estate in London, and included Max Moore (Senior Associate, Corporate), Catherine Astruc (Partner, Banking), Jason Sheard (Partner, Real Estate) and Mark Daliere (Partner, Hotels) together with a large team of assistants from across the Firm.

Watson Farley & Williams acted for Frasers Hospitality UK Holdings Limited on the sale. The Watson Farley & Williams team was led by Felicity Jones, assisted by Richard O'Brien (Corporate), Gary Ritter (Real Estate) and Ranjeev Kumar (Finance).

Matt Tinger commented, "The UK hotel market continues to be extremely active and we are delighted to have assisted KSL with the sale of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin group of hotels having acquired the portfolio for them in March 2013, and most recently advised them on the acquisition of the Village Urban Resorts hotel group from De Vere in November 2014."