Stephen Cooke

• T  +44 (0)20 7090 3261 (Direct line)
• E  stephen.cooke@slaughterandmay.com

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

Stephen heads our Mergers and Acquisitions practice. He has a general corporate and M&A practice, with particular experience in takeover bids and other Stock Exchange related work and acts for a number of listed companies, including Aggreko, British Airways, Diageo, John Wood Group and Ultra Electronics.

His recent work includes advising:

• Cadbury on the hostile offer by Kraft
• British Airways on its proposed merger with Iberia and its abortive merger with Qantas
• Emerson Electric on its offer for Chloride Group
• Travis Perkins on its offer for BSS
  
• Minerva on the hostile offer by KiFin
  
• Associated British Ports on the competitive offers by the Admiral and Britannia consortia
• Cazenove on the merger of its investment banking business with JPMorgan
• PSA on its offer for P&O
• Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund on its offer for Canary Wharf
• Diageo on its acquisition of Seagram's drinks business and its disposals of Pillsbury, Burger King and Malibu

Stephen worked in our former New York office from 1989 to 1990. He is the author of 'Takeovers' (PLC Publications 1997).

Stephen is named by Who's Who Legal  as one of the top ten lawyers worldwide in both the M&A and Corporate Governance categories and is listed as a leading individual in a number of other directories.

Stephen is a member of the corporate partnerships board of Great Ormond Street Hospital.