Kirkland & Ellis has taken the lead role for the private equity bidders on the £2.3bn buyout of equipment supplier Aggreko. TDR Capital turned to Kirkland yet again after last year seeking the firm’s counsel on its £6.8bn purchase of ASDA. Partners David Holdsworth and Mark Thompson led for TDR and I Squared Capital, with […]
Reed Smith, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have acted on Daily Mail and General Trust’s (DMGT) £70m acquisition of New Scientist. DMGT instructed co-chair of Reed Smith’s global corporate group Delphine Currie on the purchase, alongside senior associate Daryl Cue and client relationship partner Lawrence Radley. The Daily Mail publisher picked up the […]
Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy acted alongside two US firms on a deal that will see PE powerhouse KKR become a major shareholder of Finland’s biggest electricity distribution company. The two magic circle firms were on the opposite sides of a deal that ended in KKR and Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan […]
Review platform Trustpilot is planning to list on the London Stock Exchange, as the IPO market starts to pick up in the City. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is advising the company on aspects of English and US law. The firm’s team is being led by partners Chris Haynes and US-qualified Steve Thierbach. Morgan Stanley and […]
Travers Smith and Taylor Wessing have won lead mandates on the disposal of one of Ascential’s businesses to Bridgepoint. The sale covers Ascential’s DeHavilland group, a monitoring service for those in the public affairs and policy sector. Travers advised listed media company Ascential, formerly EMAP, on the sale, with a team led by private equity […]
Slaughter and May and Latham & Wakins are among the firms advising on the Issa Brothers’ sterling junk bond sale to fund the acquisition of Asda. The billionaire brothers have sold £2.75bn worth of debt through the bond. Slaughters is acting for Asda with a team led by finance partner Guy O’Keefe, alongside associates Charlie […]
Private equity buyers Bain Capital and Cinven called on Kirkland & Ellis and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for counsel as they bought a division of Swiss life sciences business Lonza. Kirkland took the lead on M&A aspects of the transaction, with a team led by partners Adrian Maguire, Rory Mullarkey, Jacob Traff and Dan Clarke. Freshfields meanwhile […]
Corporate heavyweights, including Kirkland & Ellis and Linklaters, were at the helm as an investor consortium put in a bid for London-listed Signature Aviation. Signature Aviation was formerly known as BBA Aviation and rebranded in 2019 after CVC bought its aerospace manufacturing unit. As a result, the company moved its focus back to flight support […]
Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are acting on ASOS’ £295m acquisition of a clutch of high street brands from collapsed retail group Arcadia. Led by corporate partner Andrew Jolly, Slaughters is at the helm for ASOS which has taken on the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands for £265m, and a further […]
Baker McKenzie and Mayer Brown have helped secure a rescue deal for Paperchase after the business suffered severe disruptions from Covid-19 lockdowns. Following the appointment of administrators from PwC on 28 January, the stationery chain has been sold in a pre-pack administration to Permira Debt Managers. Bakers’ banking and finance partner Geoff O’Dea has taken […]
Four firms, including Freshfields and Linklaters, are set to share in fees totalling over £37m if the sale of FTSE security company G4S goes ahead as planned. The fee estimates for legal advice are noted in Allied Universal’s offer document for G4S, released earlier this month. Since then both Allied and rival bidder GardaWorld have […]
A data dive of the most active stock market advisers since 2005 shows it’s HSF, not the US firms, that are the dark horses of the FTSE.