Corporate transactions tax
Examples of our recent work include:
CSN
Advising CSN on its £6.6bn pre-conditional offer for UK steelmaker Corus plc.
HeidelbergCement
Advising HeidelbergCement on its £8bn takeover of UK building materials company Hanson plc.
ICAP plc
Advising ICAP plc on the acquisition of The Link Asset and Securities Company Limited, a leading global equity derivatives broker, for up to £280m.
IHS Inc
Advising IHS Inc on its $183.5m acquisition of Jane’s Information Group (Holdings) Limited, which publishes trade publications for the defence sector.
Kroenke Sports Enterprises
Advising Kroenke Sports Enterprises on its acquisition of shares in Arsenal Holdings plc and 50 per cent of Arsenal broadband.
Marriott
Advising Marriott on its participation in a hotels joint venture with Whitbread and the subsequent sale of the joint venture company to Royal Bank of Scotland for £951m.
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd
Advising Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd, alongside Paul Weiss, on its $1.6bn acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Lucite International Group Ltd.
Oaktree Capital
Advising Oaktree Capital on the public to private acquisition of Richmond Foods plc.
Pernod Ricard
Advising Pernod Ricard on its takeover of Allied Domecq for £7bn and on its acquisition of Swedish company Vin & Sprit, makers of Absolut vodka, for €5.6bn.
Pret a Manger
Advising the selling shareholders on the sale of Pret a Manger to Bridgepoint for £345m.
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