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Overview
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.
Members
McCarthy, Kevin (Head of Department)
Barr, Matilda
Bassett, Natasha
Berman, Jonathan
Boore, Gemma
Breen, Susan
Browning, Remy
Bryson, Ross
Chandler, Laura
Cridland, Lucinda
Duggan, Jade
Freshwater, Clare
Goldsborough, Daniel
Green, Alex
Greenaway, Daniel
Grogan, Tom
Herdman-Smith, Rowena
Higgins, Kate
Howes, Emma
Howes, Sarah
Jacobson, Laurence
Joseph, Georgia
Kellett, Lydia
Keyse, Alison
Last, Amy
Maund, Leanne
McMaster, Stuart
McVeigh, Nicholas
Meer, Nadim
Nathan, Larry
Nouril, Michael
Paterson, James
Perkins, Sam
Phillips, Tom
Poster, Dean
Richards, Gary
Rimmington, Andrew
Sender, Saul
Shabbir, Sam
Skoulding, John
Spencer, James
Stephens, Niki
Style, Simon
Tyler, Richard
Whitton, Tom
Williamson, Pippa
Wilson, Charlotte
Wolfin, Andrew
Wood, Bridget
Clients
Al Mirqab Capital SPC
Allen Lane Limited
Brookfield
Capco
CBRE
Cineworld Group plc
Direct Ferries
Frutarom Industries Ltd
Fusion Global
Helical plc
Hydra Industries Acquisition Corporation
JPJ Group
Minor International
nGAGE Specialist Recruitment Limited
Quotient Bioresearch Group Limited
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc.
Sports Shield consortium
Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.
Stylus Media Group
The Intertain Group Limited
Victory Electronic Cigarettes Corporation
Woodford Investment Management LLP
Industries
Commercial and Professional Services
Energy and Natural Resources
Fashion and Retail
Financial Services
Hotel and Leisure
Manufacturing
Media and Entertainment
Real Estate
Real Estate Tax
Recruitment Services
Restaurants and Bars
Technology