Mergers and Acquisitions

Our key experience includes advising:

Autonomy, the UK's largest software company, on a recommended cash offer by Hewlett-Packard.

Aviva on the sale of RAC, the UK's second largest roadside assistance provider.

Santander UK on its agreement to acquire parts of the banking businesses of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group which are carried out through its RBS branches in England and Wales and its Natwest branches in Scotland.

Unilever on the sale of Sanex and purchase from Colgate-Palmolive of its laundry detergent brands in Colombia.

Cadbury on the defence of a hostile share and cash offer by Kraft Foods.

British Airways on its merger with Iberia.

Resolution on the acquisition of the AXA UK Life Business.

HM Treasury on the transfer of Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley into public ownership; sale of Bradford & Bingley’s UK and Isle of Man retail business and branch network; and the significant investment in RBS and Lloyds Banking Group.

Prudential on a proposed combination with AIA Group which would have created the leading life insurer in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines.

BHP Billiton on the all share offers for Rio Tinto - the first ever hostile bid for a dual listed company by a dual listed company.