 Ashurst Articles Ashurst and Sacker & Partners may not have taken the main roles on Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co's (KKR's) £11bn takeover of Alliance Boots, but their involvement on behalf of the pension fund's trustees certainly proved crucial. The pair advised the trustees on last-minute talks with KKR to guarantee the future of the retailer's pension fund in an instruction that not only demonstrates the growing pressure on private equity deals in the UK but the increasing power of pensions funds in takeovers in general. 
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