Private Equity

Our key experience includes advising:

Global Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of London Gatwick Airport.

Songbird Estates on the placing and compensatory open offer, preference share issue and new credit facility.

Public Sector Pension Investment Board as a consortium member on the acquisition of Angel Trains.

Castle HoldCo 4, the parent company of Countrywide, on a scheme of arrangement from loan note holders.

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) on a recommended cash offer for Biffa plc, the integrated waste management business, by WasteAcquisitionco Limited, a newly incorporated company formed by funds advised by GIP, Montagu Private Equity and UCIL.

First Reserve Corporation on the recommended offer for Abbot Group, an oil equipment, services and distribution company, for approximately £906 million.

Apollo Funds on their offer to acquire Countrywide which values Countrywide at £1,008 million.

Terra Firma on the sale by Waste Recycling Group of its waste disposal business for £1.4 billion.

Eurazeo as part of an integrated team including Bredin Prat, Hengeler Mueller, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo and Uría Menéndez, on the acquisition of Europcar, the leading European car rental firm (EUR 3.1 billion).