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Helping you execute transactions with legal precision backed by commercial understanding

Businesses have many opportunities to accelerate growth, often through consolidation, diversification and the creation of synergies.

When it comes to complex and cross-border transactions, we understand the importance of big picture thinking with a focus on detail. We can help you with deals across diverse markets, bringing legal clarity backed by commercial and real-world perspectives.

Along with acquisitions and disposals, our team has extensive experience in joint ventures and strategic alliances, spin-outs and carve-outs, foreign direct investment (FDI), and private equity transactions among other areas.

Alongside core M&A considerations, our integrated teams can provide you with seamless advice across antitrust, financing, regulatory, real estate, environmental, employment, and commercial matters.

Our clients range from listed and unlisted companies, state-owned corporations, and private and institutional investors to financial intermediaries, insurers, private equity houses, high-growth companies, and family offices around the world.

With expertise spanning multiple industries including aerospace, commodities, projects and construction, energy and resources, insurance and financial services, shipping, ports and terminals, and logistics we provide strategic support to clients worldwide.

OUR EXPERIENCE IN MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

European Agribusiness Sale to Global Food Processing Group
Advising Victoria Gorup on its sale of Sojaprotein, a leading European provider of non-GMO soy ingredients, to Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), the global food processing and commodities trading corporation.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Insurance Sector Transactions for UK Insurance Provider
Advising Markerstudy Group, a major UK insurance provider, on its acquisitions of the Brightside Group, an insurance broking firm, CIS General Insurance Limited, the Co-op’s insurance underwriting business, and on the sale of Beagle Street, a life and critical illness insurance provider, to OneFamily.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Insurance & Reinsurance
Merger of Two Leading Global Workforce Solutions Companies
Advising Competentia AS, a global workforce management specialist, on its merger with Airswift Global Limited, the global workforce solutions provider, to create one of the world's largest engineering workforce solutions providers.
Multiple Jurisdictions
European Agribusiness Sale to Global Food Processing Group
Advising Victoria Gorup on its sale of Sojaprotein, a leading European provider of non-GMO soy ingredients, to Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), the global food processing and commodities trading corporation.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Merger of Two Leading Global Workforce Solutions Companies
Advising Competentia AS, a global workforce management specialist, on its merger with Airswift Global Limited, the global workforce solutions provider, to create one of the world's largest engineering workforce solutions providers.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Transatlantic Insurance Intermediary Acquisition for S&P 500 Listed Insurance Broker
Advising, as specialist counsel, Brown & Brown, a S&P 500 listed insurance brokerage firm, on its US$1.96bn acquisition of Global Risk Partners, one of the UK's largest independent insurance intermediaries.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Insurance & Reinsurance
Sale of Mining Technology Company for The Founding Shareholders
Advising the founding shareholders of Micromine, an Australian mining tech company, in relation to Potentia Capital’s AU$1.3bn sale of the company to Weir Group Australia.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Acquisition of an Australian Fund Manager for Asset Management Group
Advising ASX listed Prime Financial Group on its acquisition of Lincoln Indicators, a leading Australian investment research, portfolio, platform and funds management business.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Shipping Management Services Provider Acquisition for Middle Eastern Energy Company
Advising Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on its award-winning US$1bn acquisition of Navig8, an international shipping pool operator and commercial management company.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Oil & Gas Logistics
Insurance Sector Transactions for UK Insurance Provider
Advising Markerstudy Group, a major UK insurance provider, on its acquisitions of the Brightside Group, an insurance broking firm, CIS General Insurance Limited, the Co-op’s insurance underwriting business, and on the sale of Beagle Street, a life and critical illness insurance provider, to OneFamily.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Insurance & Reinsurance
UK Insurance Provider’s Strategic Stake Sale
Advising a market leading insurtech and its management team, on the sale of a large stake in the company to a leading private equity firm.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Insurance & Reinsurance
Market-Altering Merger in the Global Maritime Insurance industry
Advising Standard Club, a global mutual P&I insurer for shipowners, operators and charterers, on its merger with North P&I to create NorthStandard, a leading maritime mutual cover provider.
Marine and Logistics Services Company LBO for Middle Eastern Investment Fund
Advising Shuaa Capital, the UAE's leading asset management and investment banking platform, in connection with the leveraged buy-out of Allianz Marine and Logistics Services Holding, a leading offshore oilfield services company.
Multiple Jurisdictions
Shipping
Strategic Offshore Drilling Acquisition for Middle Eastern Drilling Company
Advising Gulf Drilling International Limited, Qatar's leading onshore and offshore drilling company, on its acquisition of Seadrill's Qatar business and various key assets.
Multiple Jurisdictions