Nicholas Page Partner

Partner

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Nicholas advises on a range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including strategic M&A (particularly in the financial services sector), private equity, joint ventures and restructurings.

He acts for clients across a variety of sectors, and has a particular focus on GP and asset manager M&A. Much of his work has a cross-border element and in 2018 he spent a year on secondment at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York.

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Recent work

Arcmont Asset Management

Advising Arcmont Asset Management on its sale to Nuveen, the investment manager of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America Fund (TIAA).

Partners Group and Duke Street

Advising Partners Group and Duke Street on their sale of specialist care provider Voyage Care to Wren House.

Epiris

Advising Epiris on the sale of wealth management company Saunderson House to Rathbone Brothers Plc for a total consideration of £150m and on its acquisition of the majority of the business and assets of Casual Dining Group (the operator of the Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas restaurant brands) out of administration.

Deloitte

Advising the restructuring team of Deloitte on their sale to Teneo, a global CEO advisory business backed by CVC.

Graphite Capital

Advising Graphite Capital on its acquisitions of Ten10, the nGAGE group, New World Trading Co. and Beck & Pollitzer.

H2 Equity Partners

Advising H2 Equity Partners on its carve-out acquisition of Acal BFi from discoverIE Group.

Charme Capital Partners

Advising Charme Capital Partners on various acquisitions, including its acquisition of a majority stake in Prism Healthcare.

August Equity

Advising August Equity on its investment in Anderson Anderson & Brown, an accountancy and business services group.

Caledonia Investments PLC

Advising Caledonia Investments PLC on its acquisition of a stake in BioAgilytix, a US-based pharmaceuticals services business, and on the subsequent sale of such stake and reinvestment into the business alongside a consortium of sponsors.

Perrigo Company PLC

Advising Perrigo Company PLC on the sale of its Rosemont Pharmaceuticals business to a UK-based private equity firm for £156m.

Neptune Oil & Gas

Advising the Neptune management team on the formation of Neptune Oil & Gas, backed by Carlyle, CVC and the China Investment Corporation

Schroders

Advising Schroders on its acquisition of the wealth management business of C. Hoare & Co.

LCM Partners

Advising LCM Partners in relation to the acquisition by Brookfield Asset Management of a strategic interest in Link Financial Group.

IPGL

Advising IPGL on various matters, including its sale of City Index to Gain Capital Inc.

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Conversion from preference to ordinary shares invalid

Dominic Sedghi, Nicholas Page, Alex Edmondson, Richard Burrows 29 Mar 2023

The High Court has held that a conversion of preference shares into ordinary shares was invalid because it amounted to a variation of class rights that had not been properly approved.

Purchasing businesses out of administration

Nicholas Page, Simon Beale, Michael Sweeney 01 Dec 2020

Transactions to acquire businesses out of administration have several features that make them distinct from typical M&A deals and the buyer will generally need to accept a higher...