M&A

A significant part of our work is advising corporates, private capital funds, founders and family offices on complex, high-value and cross-border public and private M&A transactions. 

We bring a full service offering to these transactions, with our corporate practice supported by leading practices in Finance, Tax, share schemes, Competition, regulation and commercial contracts. We also pride ourselves on a partner-led approach to client service and transaction execution.

Most of our transactional work has a cross-border element. As an independent firm, we coordinate multijurisdictional transactions by working with the overseas firm or firms best suited for the matter in question.

Work highlights include advising:

• Peter Hargreaves, the co-founder and largest shareholder of FTSE 100 company Hargreaves Lansdown plc, in respect of the £5.4bn 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;
• Preqin, a leading private markets data solutions provider, on its sale to global investment manager BlackRock for £2.55bn;
• Exponent on its successful exit from Isio, having previously advised on its carve-out from KPMG - the first spin out from the Big 4;
• Banco de Sabadell S.A., a Spanish listed multinational financial services company, on the sale of TSB Banking Group plc to Banco Santander for £2.65bn;
• Pandox AB on its recommended €1.4bn offer for Dalata Hotel Group plc; and
• Valterra Platinum, a South-African incorporated platinum group metals mining, production and marketing company, on its listing on London Stock Exchange’s Main Market.