Recent highlights include advising:

• Astorg, a leading European private equity firm with over €8 billion of assets under management, on the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Acturis Group, a leading supplier of insurance software, from Summit Partners;
• Astorg, on the acquisition alongside the founders and the management team of Third Bridge from IK Partners. Third Bridge is a leading player in the primary research market, serving over 1,000 private equity funds, hedge funds, mutual funds and management consulting firms;
• Astorg, on the acquisition alongside Bridgepoint, of Fenergo, the leading provider of Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) software solutions for financial institutions, from Insight Partners;
• Cabot Financial, a market-leading acquirer and manager of consumer debt, on the acquisitions of Hillesden Securities Limited, Orbit Debt Collection Limited, and Wescot Credit Services Limited;
• COSCO, the Chinese shipping and port company, on the acquisition of a 67% stake in Piraeus Port as part of the Hellenic Republic's high profile privatisation programme in a transaction valued in excess of US$1 billion; 
• Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a leading Korean pharmaceutical company, on the English law aspects of its long-term strategic collaboration partnership with Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd (Meiji), a Japanese pharmaceutical company, with respect to biosimilars;
• Eircom on the sale of a majority stake in Tetra Ireland, a provider of secure communications to the Garda and emergency services, to Motorola at an enterprise value of €130 million
• Eircom on the €300 million sale of Emerald Towers, which owns a portfolio of 650 telecoms towers, to Phoenix Towers International and the associated long term master services agreement
• Eircom on a new partnership with InfraVia Capital Partners (InfraVia) to create a dedicated fibre company, Fibre Networks Ireland Limited focused on the deployment of fibre-to-the-home across the Republic of Ireland
• Fora management on the proposed merger of Fora (owned by Brockton Capital) and The Office Group (owned by Blackstone) which will create the premier flexible workspace company in the UK and Europe
• Haitong International Securities Group, on its recommended cash acquisition of Tokyo-listed Japaninvest Group PLC, which was effected by means of a UK Scheme of Arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006;
• Hanwha Systems Co. on its US$300 million investment in OneWeb, a U.K.-based low earth orbit satellite communications company
• iSmash, the UK's leading tech repair specialists, on a number of equity fundraising rounds;
• Iwoca, a provider of working capital to small businesses, on a number of equity fundraising rounds and on a number of private bond placements;
• Monaco Telecom International on the €260 million acquisition of MTN Cyprus Limited, a leading Cypriot mobile phone operator;
• Monaco Telecom on the €250 million acquisition of Vodafone Malta from Vodafone Group;
• NJJ Capital, on the €322 million acquisition of a controlling stake in Monaco Telecom from Cable and Wireless Communications;
• NJJ Telecom Europe on the €3.2 billion acquisition of eir, the leading Irish telecommunications company, and the associated co-investment arrangements entered into between NJJ, Iliad SA, Anchorage Capital, and Davidson Kemper;
• Salt Mobile SA, on the CHF 0.8 billion (€0.7 billion) sale of a 90% equity interest in the company owning Salt’s passive mobile infrastructure in Switzerland to Spanish tower operator Cellnex Telecom SA. and the associated long-term master services agreement;
• Salt Mobile SA on the €135 million sale of a 10% stake in Swiss Infra Services SA
• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., on its US$310 million acquisition of the handset connectivity and location development operations from London-listed Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited and the related subscription by Samsung for a 4.9% equity stake in CSR plc;
• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., on its acquisition of Nanoradio AB, a Swedish developer of ultra-low-power Wireless LAN chipsets for high-speed wireless access in mobile phones;
• Shuanghui International Holdings Limited, the owner of China’s largest publicly-traded meat processing enterprise, in a US$7.1 billion agreement to acquire Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD), the largest U.S. publicly-traded pork processor and hog producer;
• SICP Investments SPC, on its investments into Magma Global Limited, M-Flow Technologies, Central American Resources Limited, Woodserv Energy Services, and Sendero Drilling Company LLC;
• SilverTree Equity on its acquisition of Agility CIS, a New Zealand based provider of utility customer information and billing systems software for energy retailers;
• Singha, on the acquisition of a 50% stake in Valensina Holding, a leading German fruit juice company;
• SPIE SA, on its acquisitions of Electricity Network Solutions and Scotshield Limited;
• Starwood Capital, on the acquisitions of The Town House Collection Holdings Limited, owner of the Bonham Hotel (Edinburgh) and Blythswood Square Hotel (Glasgow); and
• Strategic Industrial Capital Partners, on the establishment of SICP Investments SPC, an investment platform established as a Cayman segregated portfolio company which provides growth capital to energy companies; and
• Xtralis Management on the US$480 million sale of Xtralis International Holdings Limited to Honeywell Inc.

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