Macfarlanes is advising Peter Hargreaves, the co-founder and largest shareholder of FTSE 100 company Hargreaves Lansdown plc, in respect of the recommended takeover of Hargreaves Lansdown by the buyout consortium led by CVC, together with Nordic Capital and Platinum Ivy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, in a transaction attributing a value to Hargreaves Lansdown of £5.443bn.