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Overview
Silas Raggett is an associate in the Corporate Department of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office.
Silas has a broad corporate practice with a particular focus on both public and private mergers and acquisitions. His practice also covers joint ventures, early-stage and minority equity investments and group restructurings, as well as general corporate and commercial advice, for a mix of financial sponsors and multinational corporations.
Silas has also spent time on secondment at JPMorgan Chase, within the Office of Legal Obligations.
Education
- BPP University Law School, LPC, 2020
- Nottingham Law School, GDL, 2019
- University of Nottingham, BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations, 2018
Representations
Private and Public M&A
- The shareholders of The Co-Operative Bank on the £780 million sale to Coventry Building Society.
- City Football Group, the owner and operator of football clubs across the world including Manchester City and New York City FC, on multiple matters.
- STG Partners on the take-private of Gresham Technologies plc, a bespoke software company in the data integrity and control, banking integration, payments and cash management sectors.
- G42, the leading UAE-based artificial intelligence technology holding company, on multiple matters.
- M42, a global health leader powered by artificial intelligence, technology and genomics, on the strategic investment in longevity biotech leader Juvenescence.
- Eircom on the partnership with InfraVia Capital Partners to create a dedicated fibre company, Fibre Networks Ireland Limited.
- Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd., a South Korean shareholder in OneWeb, on the proposed combination with Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat.
- The Government of Jamaica on the Jamalco joint venture.
Private Equity
- Gresham Technologies, a portfolio company of STG Partners, on the significant investment in TaxCalc, a leading provider of tax and accountancy software.
- Abry Partners on the sale of Options Technology, a leading capital markets infrastructure platform to Vitruvian Partners.
- Oakley Capital on multiple matters, including the sale of Ocean Technologies to Lloyds Register.
- Francisco Partners on multiple matters, including the acquisition of Macrobond.
- Abry Partners on the acquisition of Aker Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-grade data infrastructure for regulated industries.
- Vector Capital on the acquisition of Riverbed Technology.
- May River Capital on certain portfolio bolt-on acquisitions in the U.K.