Mishcon de Reya LLP, Corporate/M&A

About

Provided by Mishcon de Reya LLP

Corporate act for both public and private companies and institutional investors, with a particular strength in acting for sources of wealth - entrepreneurial/business owners, HNW/UHNWI, private equity and family offices. The work we do is bespoke, focussing on the space where business, corporate and private affairs collide.

We work across a broad range of sectors, advising on matters including company sales and purchases; recommended takeovers; private equity transactions and restructurings. Some of our recent experience includes:

Advising online gambling operator JPJ Group plc on the completion of its c. £490m acquisition of Reunited Target Newco Limited, the holding company of the Gamesys group.
Advising DraftKings on its three-way business combination with SBTech and Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. resulting in a combined entity with in excess of $3billion market capitalisation.
Advising Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc, a subsidiary of Sompo Holdings, on the sale of its specialist UK insurance subsidiary Sompo Canopius to private equity firm Centerbridge Partners for $952m.
Advising Capital & Counties Properties on the sale of the Empress State Building for £250m to The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.
Advising Hydra Industries Acquisition Corporation (now known as Inspired Entertainment Inc.) on the £200m acquisition of London based Inspired Gaming Group and its affiliates from funds managed by Vitruvian Partners LLP and its co-investors.

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million - London (Firms)

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Mishcon de Reya maintains a practice that represents entrepreneurs and private equity firms, among others, on deals with values in the hundreds of millions. It advises across the full spectrum of corporate transactions, with particular activity in the gaming, real estate and technology sectors. Mishcon de Reya has an active international presence, with experience in cross-border matters involving the USA, Africa and the Middle East, and throughout Europe.

Notable practitioners

Kevin McCarthy is chair of the corporate group.

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Work Highlights

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Mishcon de Reya acted for Autovista Group and its management team on the sale of Autovista Group to JD Power, in a transaction valued at EUR710 million.

Strengths

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"Our matter carries some real complexity, and the Mishcon team is able to grasp it all and handle it in the best, smoothest and most client-favourable way, while still being fair and reasonable."