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Overview
Jacob Massey is a senior associate in the Corporate M&A practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office.
Jacob has a broad corporate practice with a particular focus on both infrastructure transactions private mergers and acquisitions. His practice also covers joint ventures, investments and group restructurings, as well as general corporate and commercial advice, for a mix of financial sponsors and multinational corporations.
Education
- University of Aberdeen, DPLP, 2017
- University of Aberdeen, LLB Law, 2016
Representations
Private and Public M&A
- G42, the leading UAE-based artificial intelligence technology holding company, and its majority-owned subsidiary, Khazna Data Centers, in relation to the sale by e& of its stake in Khazna for $2.2 billion and minority investments in Khazna by MGX and Silver Lake.
- BaseCamp Group, European Student Housing Fund I and European Student Housing Fund II on their combined <€1 billion stock-and-cash sale to Xior, the largest purpose-built student housing transaction outside the United States.
- Javelin Global Commodities on its strategic transaction involving a minority equity investment by ITOCHU Corporation.
- Merck GHI, a leading corporate venture capital fund, on multiple matters including investments into Axana, Baseimmune, Evaxion Biotech and Sqilline Business Solutions and Turbine Simulated Cell Technologies.
Private Equity
- STG Partners on the acquisition by Gresham Technologies of S&P Global’s enterprise data management business.
- Metric Capital on its investment into Adalvo, a global B2B generics pharmaceutical company, and subsequent disposal of its stake to Aztiq.
- An Abu Dhabi-based investor, on the outbound investment into a data centre owner and operator.
- Abry Partners on the acquisition of Chambers and Partners, a leading B2B information services provider in the legal sector.
- Oakley Capital on the sale of Ocean Technologies to Lloyds Register.
- Abry Partners on the sale of Options Technology, a leading capital markets infrastructure platform to Vitruvian Partners.
- May River Capital on the acquisition of NDSL Group, a leading battery monitoring and management solutions for data centres, utilities, and telecoms markets.
- NSM Insurance Group on the acquisition of InsurEvo Group, a specialist personal lines travel MGA.
- Azimuth Energy Partners on various investments into M-Flow Technologies, a global developer and supplier of oilfield measurement tools and data systems.
News
- Paul Hastings Advises G42 and Khazna Data Centers on Sale of e&’s $2.2 Billion Stake - April 28th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advised Abry Partners on the Sale of Options Technology to Vitruvian Partners - October 16th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Carlyle Portfolio Co. NSM Insurance Group on InsurEvo Acquisition - August 19th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises Abry Partners and Chambers and Partners in Acquisition of Lamp House Strategy - July 3rd, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Javelin on Agreements with Battery Mineral Resources - February 15th, 2024