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M&A - London

We have extensive experience advising in a wide variety of sectors but have particular expertise in the energy/natural resources/commodities, life sciences and high technology industries. We have acted for almost all parties in such transactions, including buyers, sellers, investors, shareholder groups, boards of directors and financial advisers. The focus of the group is advising on cross border English law governed multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Our recent experience includes:

  • Represented J.Aron & Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., in connection with its acquisition of the international commodities trading business of Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc
  • Represented Nafta Moskva in the disposal of a blocking stake in Sibir Energy plc to Gazprom Neft in the amount of $742 million
  • Represented Singapore listed Olam International, a leading global integrated supply chain manager of agricultural products and food ingredients, in the acquisition of Crown Flour Mills in Nigeria for a purchase price of $108 million
  • Represented Luxottica Group SpA in the consolidation of its Sunglass Hut companies and in the merger of the Sunglass Hut UK Group with Optika Holdings Limited, the holding company of the David Clulow chain of opticians
  • Represented Nippon Oil Exploration and Production UK Limited, the UK subsidiary of Tokyo-listed Nippon Oil Corporation, in an exchange with Stratic Energy (UK) Limited of Nippon's licence interests in two blocks in the Cairgorm oil field for Stratic's licence interest in four blocks in the Bowmore oil field
  • Represented IntegraScreen Holdings Limited in the sale of its Gulf and Asia based enhanced due diligence business to World Check Group
  • Represented World-Check Group in its sale to Spectrum Equity Investors
  • Represented Porton Capital and the UK Government in the sale of Acolyte Biomedica to 3M Corp

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