Recent private M&A and JV experience:

• Piraeus Bank S.A. on its acquisition of a 90.01% stake in the parent company of Ethniki Insurance from CVC  Capital Partners Fund VII
• HSBC on its c.€1.6 billion disposal of its French retail banking business to CCF, a subsidiary of My Money Group (which is under the control of funds advised by Cerberus Capital Management)*
• Compass Group on its acquisition of CH&CO from Equistone Partners Europe, management and other shareholders for an initial enterprise value of £475m, with an additional earn out over two years following closing*
• Apple on its acquisition of photo editing company Pixelmator*
• APG and Global Infrastructure Partners on the consortium arrangements of its acquisition of a stake in Peel Ports Group from DWS Infrastructure*
• DAZN Group and Access Industries on the carve out and sale of a majority stake in its digital football-focused platforms business to Integrated Media Company, a TPG Capital portfolio company*
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board on its sale of indirect minority interests in Brussels Airport to New South Wales Treasury Corporation and the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan (through a StepStone managed vehicle)*
• Smiths Group plc on its £2.35 billion Class1 Disposal of its Smiths Medical division to Nasdaq listed, ICU Medical, Inc and its related share buyback programme*
• Fuller, Smith & Turner on its £250m Class1 Disposal of its beer business to Asahi*
• Mercuria Energy, a global commodities trading house, on its buyback of ChemChina's (China's largest chemical group) minority stake in Mercuria and related joint venture arrangements*
• TCV as lead investor of Alllca Bank's £100 million Series C Investment Round*
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board in relation to its portfolio activities relating to Birmingham and Bristol Airport*
• Octopus Energy Group on its strategic partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board*
• Flutter Entertainment plc on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Adjarabet, an online betting and gaming company in Georgia*

Recent public M&A experience:

• DWS Infrastructure on its £595m cash acquisition of Stagecoach Group plc, following a competitive public to private process*
• GXO Logistics, Inc. on its £965m cash and shares acquisition of Clipper Logistics pie* 
• Barrick Gold Corporation on its $18bn all share acquisition of Randgold Resources Limited*
• DP World PLC (formerly listed in Dubai) in relation to its $13.9 billion takeover by Port & Free Zone World FZE (a wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai World)*

Recent IPO and capital raising experience:

• Deliveroo PLC on its £1.5 billion IPO and listing on the London Stock Exchange with a US-tech-style dual-class share structure*
• Trainline PLC on its £1.68 billion IPO and premium listing on the London Stock Exchange*
• Cosan S.A. in respect of its c.$1.15 billion IPO of Raizen S.A., its renewable energy joint venture with Royal-DutchShell on the B3 S.A. Brasil, Balsa, Balcao*
• DAZN Group on a number of equity investment matters*

* Denotes prior firm experience