Public Takeovers and Mergers

Our key experience includes advising:

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

British Airways on its merger with Iberia.

Greencore on a recommended merger with Northern Foods.

Charter on a recommended cash and share offer by Colfax Corporation.

Reckitt Benckiser on a recommended cash offer for SSL International.

Tomkins on a recommended cash offer by a consortium.

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

Resolution on a recommended cash and share offer for Friends Provident.

Banco Santander on its recommended exchange offer for Alliance & Leicester.

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.

Akzo Nobel on a recommended cash offer for ICI.

Reuters Group on its combination with The Thomson Corporation - the first UK-Canadian dual listing.