Addleshaw Goddard is leading for DIY retailer Homebase as it collapses into administration. On the other side of the table, Browne Jacobson is advising The Range’s owner CDS Superstores in its acquisition of the Homebase brand, a move that safeguards nearly 1,500 jobs. Addleshaws’ team for Homebase is led by Manchester-based restructuring partner Tim Taylor. […]
A&O Shearman and Paul Hastings have scored roles on Macquarie’s sale of AGS airports operating in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton. The asset manager instructed A&O Shearman to lead on the seller side of the transaction. On the other side, Paul Hastings is leading for longstanding client PSP Investments and AviAlliance as the buyers. A&O’s team […]
Freshfields is leading on the UK Government’s investment arm’s sale of shares in NatWest Group, while Linklaters is advising its longstanding bank client on the transaction. The Linklaters team is headed by corporate partner Lucy Reeve and managing associate Mackenzie Hewett. Linklaters is leveraging its enduring relationship with the UK bank. A few months back, […]
Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May are advising on SIX Group’s acquisition of Aquis Exchange. On the sell side, Slaughters is working with Aquis on the transaction that is expected to complete in Q2 of 2025. SIX, a Swiss stock exchange group, agreed to buy Aquis, a London-headquartered equities trading company, with a cash offer […]
Latham & Watkins is acting for mining giant Anglo American, a relatively new relationship struck by the US firm’s London office. A team from Latham is advising Anglo American in the sale of its minority interest in Jellinbah to investment management giant Zashvin. Latham’s team was led by London corporate partners Sam Newhouse and Emily […]
Kirkland & Ellis is leading for KKR in its acquisition of a 25 per cent stake in Eni’s biofuel business. The Kirkland team is led by London corporate partners Toby Parkinson, Sara Pickersgill, Nick Appleton, Serra Tar and associates Claudia Carr, Melissa Sawyer and Shaun Boyle. They are supported by debt finance partners Sinead O’Shea, […]
Frasers Group has enlisted the support of White & Case in its attempt to put Mike Ashley in charge of online fashion retailer Boohoo. This week, Frasers Group published an open letter to Boohoo, claiming the latter is in the midst of a “leadership crisis”. Frasers Group is Boohoo’s largest shareholder and said that its […]
A raft of corporate heavyweights are acting on Clayton Dubilier & Rice’s (CD&R) €16bn acquisition of Opella, a subsidiary of the French pharmaceutical group Sanofi. CD&R will acquire a 50 per cent controlling stake in the business in one of the largest private equity deals in Europe this year. Kirkland & Ellis is leading for […]
Linklaters, with the former managing partner of Shearman & Sterling at the helm, is acting for long-standing client Rio Tinto in its all-cash acquisition of Arcadium Lithium. The magic circle firm’s transatlantic team was led by New York partners George Casey, Pierre-Emmanuel Perais and London partners James Inglis and Lisa Chang. The team was supported […]
A&O Shearman and Eversheds Sutherland have both taken lead roles on the IPO of workplace wellbeing company Optima Health after its demerger from compliance software business Marlowe. Historic connections to Optima Health’s former parent companies won both firms a slice of work for their newly AIM listed client. Legacy A&O is a longstanding adviser to […]
Morrison Foerster and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom are leading for longstanding client Visa in its acquisition of Cambridge-headquartered fraud-fighting outfit, Featurespace. MoFo is leading for Visa on the corporate side of the deal, while Skadden is advising on antitrust matters. MoFo’s deal team is led by London managing partner Andrew Boyd and corporate […]
Pinsent Masons is representing its longstanding client Everton FC on its sale to Friedkin Group. Blue Heaven Holdings has agreed to sell its 94 per cent stake in the Merseyside club, subject to approvals. Pinsents is leading for Everton FC, while Northridge is advising the seller and Proskauer Rose is on call for The Friedkin […]