Our Mergers & Acquisitions Work

• Americas
• Asia Pacific
• Middle East
• UK & Europe

• Global telecommunications network assets acquisition

  Advising a global telecommunications carrier and network integrator on its cross border acquisition of a fellow network integrator including significant network assets in North America, Europe and Asia

  United States

  USD 130 million carve-out electronics business acquisition

  Acting for leading listed UK electrocomponents distributor on the USD 130 million multi-jurisdictional acquisition of a carve-out business from US multilateral

  United States

• Insurance Australia Group non-life insurer acquisition

  Advising Insurance Australia Group in relation to its acquisition of a 30% stake in AAA Assurance Corporation, a Vietnamese non-life insurer

  Australia

  Pharmaceutical acquisitions in China

  Acting for a major pharmaceutical distribution company in its China M&A transactions and PRC regulatory work

  China

  Advising on a Hong Kong investment holding company's acquisitions

  Advising a Hong Kong based investment holding company in connection with various M&A related transactions in its investment in a commercial bank in China, consumer bank in Indonesia and Thailand and upstream oil and gas interests in Indonesia

  Hong Kong

  Lipi Data Systems manufacturing company acquisition

  Advising Mumbai based Lipi Data Systems on its acquisition of PBT International, the UK's largest independent manufacturer of printer cartridges

  India

  Advising PANDORA of its strategic acquisition of Pan ME A/S

  Advising the Danish listed company  PANDORA and leading manufacturer and retailer of hand-finished jewellery, on the regional aspects of its strategic acquisition of Pan ME A/S, a distributor of PANDORA jewellery in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and UAE

  Qatar

  Advising Pandora on its acquisition of Pan ME A/S

  Advising Pandora, the Danish listed company and leading manufacturer and retailer of hand-finished jewellery, on the regional aspects of its strategic acquisition of Pan ME A/S, a distributor of Pandora jewellery in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and UAE.

  Qatar

  Advising HSBC Private Equity on the acquisition of Byrne Equipment Rental Group for AED 210 million

  Advising HSBC Private Equity (now known as Havenvest Private Equity) on the complete acquisition of Byrne Equipment Rental Group in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar for AED 210 million

  Qatar

  Assisting on a Pan Gulf Cooperation Council due diligence exercise

  Assisting on a Pan Gulf Cooperation Council due diligence exercise in relation to a structured IPO on AIM; subsequently advising a company listed on AIM, the Alternative Investment Market operated by the London Stock Exchange plc, and its nominated adviser, on the reverse takeover of its Qatari...

  Qatar

  Advising a prominent Middle East business on due diligence and legal and regulatory regimes

  Advising a prominent business operating throughout the Middle East.  This instruction comprised a substantial due diligence exercise into the various operating companies and advice on the legal and regulatory regime of Qatar, four Emirates in the UAE, KSA and Oman for the implementation of the...

  Qatar

  Educational training facility acquisition

  Advising an Australian-based asset manager and SME operator in its acquisition of a regional educational training facility in Malaysia and Thailand.

  Thailand

• Advising Wajihat Industrial Investment Co on 100% acquisition of Tanhat Mining Co

  Advising Wajihat Industrial Investment Co on its 100% acquisition of Tanhat Mining Co

  Saudi Arabia

  Advising LeBLANC Intl on sale of 49% of share capital of Al Babtain Power and Telecommunication Co

  Advising LeBLANC International Pte Ltd on the sale of 49% of the share capital of KSA based company, Al Babtain LeBlanc Telecommunications Systems Ltd Company to Al Babtain Power and Telecommunications Company.  Described by HSBC Saudi Arabia as a "landmark transaction involving the first...

  Saudi Arabia

  Advising Lamprell plc on USD 366 million acquisition of Maritime Industrial Services

  Advising Lamprell plc on its USD 366 million acquisition of Maritime Industrial Services (a public company takeover funded by a rights issue) including its operations in KSA

  Saudi Arabia

  Advising Hyder Consulting on its majority stake acquisition in SAK-EC's industrial building division

  Advising Hyder Consulting plc on its acquisition of a majority stake in the industrial building division of SAK-EC (a leading KSA multidisciplinary engineering company)

  Saudi Arabia

  Advising ACWA Holding on disposal of 50% of coating and piping division to Welspun

  Advising ACWA Holding on the disposal of 50% of coating and piping divisions to Welspun (a USD 3 billion group listed on BSE and NSE). ACWA Holding is the largest private provider of water in KSA.

  Saudi Arabia

  Advising SCA Personal Care on cross-border transaction with a GCC based company

  Advising SCA Personal Care, a leading global supplier of branded personal care goods, on a joint venture with a GCC based company which included the simultaneous acquisition of business in KSA, Egpyt, Jordan and the UAE.

  Saudi Arabia

  Advising a multinational insurer on procedural and regulatory issues

  Advising on procedural and regulatory issues arising from sale by multinational insurer of its interests in KSA, Bahrain, UAE and Oman

  Saudi Arabia

  Assisting KSA private equity client on corporate transactions including a USD 82 million acquistion

  Assiting a KSA private equity company on acquisitions of GCC companies, including the USD 82 million acquisition and financing of a UAE-based construction company

  Saudi Arabia

  Advising the private equity arm of a major international bank on a USD 60 million acquisition

  Advising the private equity arm of a major international bank on the USD 60 million acquisition of a well-known equipment hire business with operations in the KSA, Qatar and the UAE.

  Saudi Arabia

  Advising a KSA airline on divestment and privisation

  Advising a KSA airline on the unique divestment and privatisation of one of its wholly owned service providers

  Saudi Arabia
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• USD 1 billion merger and joint disposal of manufacturers to a private equity house

  Acting for French and German manufacturers on the USD 1 billion merger and joint disposal of their business to a leading private equity house

  France

  USD 200 million logistics business disposal

  Acting for an Italian trading group on the USD 200 million disposal of their worldwide logistics business

  Italy

  Acquisition of 30% shareholdings in power plants equipment manufacturer

  Advising an international investment vehicle on acquisition of approx. 30% of shareholdings in a major Russian manufacturer of power plants equipment

  Russian Federation

  Full offer, made under the UK Takeover Code, by Hodder & Stoughton, a part of Hachette UK, for Querc

  The Hachette Group, which is one of the UK's largest publishers, acquired Quercus Publishing plc, the publicly traded publisher of the hugely successful Millennium series by Stieg Larsson.  Clyde & Co has represented Hachette in a number of acquisitions over the last 10 years

  United Kingdom

  UK and European Education institutions

  Advising independent schools, Universities and Colleges on the establishment of international campuses, securing of investment from local partners, joint venture and licensing and operating structures across the world.

  United Kingdom

  Jacobs Holding acquisition of Cognita

  Advising a Swiss investment fund Jacobs Holding AG on its acquisition of the Cognita global private schools group from KKR and Bregal. The deal is Jacobs Holding’s biggest UK takeover to date and is one of the largest global education transactions.

  United Kingdom