Karen Hendy
Head of Corporate
London
Corporate
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Our award-winning Mergers and Acquisitions team advises on and co-ordinates acquisitions and disposals for businesses of all sizes - globally.
Our dedicated Transactional Services team will ensure your due diligence exercises are focused and efficient giving you commercial value.
Recent transactions include;
- Fintech company Ebury Partners on a £350m investment by Santander;
- Stella McCartney in connection with the high profile buyout of her existing joint venture arrangements with Kering and the subsequent entry into a new partnership with the French conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton;
- Sports Direct on its acquisition of House of Fraser out of administration;
- Metal Technology Co on its acquisition of Swedish based Sandvik Powder Solutions AB;
- Globe-Trotter on the sale of a majority stake to the private equity firm Oakley Capital;
- Kudan Inc. on its multi-jurisdictional investment and eventual acquisition of artificial intelligence business Artisense Corporation;
- Cove Programs on its merger with Ascent Underwriting
- Howden on its acquisition of Punter Southall Health and Protection Holdings and its trading subsidiaries
- Dialog Semiconductor on its c. €4.9bn sale to Japan’s Renesas; and
- Wave Optics on its $500m sale to Snap Inc., the NASDAQ listed owner of Snapchat
KEY CONTACTS
Private equity and investments
Private equity and investments
Capital markets
Corporate advisory
Corporate insurance
Joint ventures
Mergers and acquisitions
Our award-winning Mergers and Acquisitions team advises on and co-ordinates acquisitions and disposals for businesses of all sizes - globally.
Our dedicated Transactional Services team will ensure your due diligence exercises are focused and efficient giving you commercial value.
Recent transactions include;
- Fintech company Ebury Partners on a £350m investment by Santander;
- Stella McCartney in connection with the high profile buyout of her existing joint venture arrangements with Kering and the subsequent entry into a new partnership with the French conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton;
- Sports Direct on its acquisition of House of Fraser out of administration;
- Metal Technology Co on its acquisition of Swedish based Sandvik Powder Solutions AB;
- Globe-Trotter on the sale of a majority stake to the private equity firm Oakley Capital;
- Kudan Inc. on its multi-jurisdictional investment and eventual acquisition of artificial intelligence business Artisense Corporation;
- Cove Programs on its merger with Ascent Underwriting
- Howden on its acquisition of Punter Southall Health and Protection Holdings and its trading subsidiaries
- Dialog Semiconductor on its c. €4.9bn sale to Japan’s Renesas; and
- Wave Optics on its $500m sale to Snap Inc., the NASDAQ listed owner of Snapchat
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