Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Westfield Corporation on its sale to Unibail-Rodamco SE, Europe's largest listed commercial property company. The transaction, valued at $24.7 billion, is expected to close in the first half of 2018.

Westfield Corporation has interests in 35 shopping centers in the United States and the United Kingdom, encompassing approximately 6,400 retail outlets. This transaction will create the world's premier developer and operator of flagship shopping destinations.

The Debevoise team is led by partner Nicole Levin Mesard and includes partner Daniel M. Abuhoff; counsel Kyra K. Bromley and Serhat T. Krause; and associate Sydney A. Egnasko.

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