Macfarlanes advises Siris on £673m recommended bid for Equiniti Group plc

Siris is a leading private equity firm that invests primarily in technology companies with mission-critical products and services, and has raised nearly $6bn in cumulative capital commitments. Equiniti is an international technology-led services and payments specialist, with over 5,000 employees across 120 countries supporting 36 million people. 

The transaction, which is subject to Equiniti shareholder approval as well as customary regulatory and other conditions, is expected to complete in the fourth quarter of 2021.

The Macfarlanes team was led by corporate and M&A partners Richard Burrows and Tom Rose, alongside finance partner Kirstie Hutchinson.

The team also included corporate and M&A solicitors Annie McElwain and Henry Cooksey, finance senior solicitor Chris Page and solicitor Kelly Armstrong, derivatives and trading partner Chris Acton, senior counsel Robert Daniell and solicitor Edward Karsten, competition partner Malcolm Walton and senior solicitor Andrew Morrison, commercial solicitor Rosie Duckworth, financial services regulatory partner Andrew Henderson and solicitor Dan Esam, tax and reward partner Jeremy Moncrieff, senior counsels Rasmus Berglund and Saba Palizi, senior solicitor Laura Foley and solicitor Helen Broadbridge, employment partner Seán Lavin and solicitor Ashleigh Inder, and pensions partner Camilla Barry, senior counsel Sheamal Samarasekera and senior solicitor Leanne Carter.