Andy Ryde

• T  +44 (0)20 7090 3480 (Direct line)
• E  andy.ryde@slaughterandmay.com

• London 
• One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY

Andy is active in all fields of corporate and commercial law, with a particular emphasis on corporate acquisitions and disposals, public takeovers and mergers, stock exchange matters, private equity deals and equity capital markets transactions.

His clients include:

• large listed companies such as Marks & Spencer and RSA
• other listed companies such as BBA Aviation, Charter, Helphire, International Personal Finance, Provident Financial, Regus and Vitec
• overseas multinationals such as GE, Moody's, Texas Instruments and RenaissanceRe

Highlights include advising:

• Charter International plc, valued at approximately £1.3 billion, on a proposed offer by Melrose plc
• BBA Aviation plc on its non-pre-emptive placing of 43,200,455 new ordinary shares priced at £2.05 per share, to raise gross proceeds of approximately £88.6 million
• GE Capital on an agreement to sell an 18.6% stake in Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S to Spanish banking group, Grupo Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria for US$3.776 billion
• JSM Indochina Ltd on the proposed sale of all of its Cambodian assets to Hongkong Land (Singapore) Pte Limited, comprising two separate disposals for an aggregate consideration of US$35.65 million

Andy is named as a leading individual for 'Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability' in both Chambers UK, 2012  and Chambers Europe, 2011; and for Corporate/M&A in Chambers Global, 2011.

He is the author of a chapter on share dealings in the 'Practitioner’s Guide on Takeovers and Mergers'.