Mergers and Acquisitions

• Advised The Coca-Cola Company in (i) its formation of a Nordic joint venture with Carlsberg A.S. and (ii) its restructuring of a global joint venture with Nestle S.A.;
• Advised private equity house Clyde Blowers Capital on numerous acquisitions, divestitures and reorganisations.
• Advised the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE) in its sale of its satellite business HellasSat to Arabsat;
• Advised ABB in (i) its sale to British Nuclear Fuels plc of its nuclear businesses located predominantly in the US, Sweden, France and Germany, (ii) its sale to a private equity firm of its global air handling business located in over 30 jurisdictions, (iii) its divestiture of its global metering business to Ruhrgas Industries GmbH, and (iv) its sale of its global reinsurance business to White Mountains Insurance Group;
• Advised one of the world's largest investors in private equity, in various secondary acquisitions of portfolios of private equity interests, secondary direct spin-outs and primary investments in investment funds;
• Advised Trafigura on various M&A and joint venture transactions;
• Represented the founders of asset manager Indicus Advisors in their sale to Ares Management LLC, the global alternative asset manager, of 100 percent of their equity interests in various Indicus group entities overseeing over $2 billion in assets in CLOs and other credit funds and providing advisory services on $4 billion of investments;
• Advised Investec on (i) its acquisition of IdaTech LLC, a US fuel cells business, and (ii) the subsequent reorganisation and initial public offering of IdaTech plc on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange;
• Advised HBO Central Europe, a joint venture between HBO, Disney and Sony, in relation to its sale of Spektrum, its documentary TV channel, to Chellomedia, the content division of Liberty Global;
• Advised Lionsgate, a leading independent film studio, on its joint venture with Eros International, the London-listed Indian film studio;
• Advised HSBC Principal Investments in relation to its investment, alongside Google and Liberty Global, in 03B Networks, which plans to deploy multiple satellites for providing high-speed, low-cost Internet connectivity to emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East;
• Advised EQT Partners AB, a leading Swedish private equity firm, in various strategic acquisitions by its European portfolio companies of US electronics and automation companies;

Private Placements

Andrew has advised the following issuers, among others, on cross-border private placements:

Aegis Group plc | Aggregate Industries | Aggreko plc | Aliaxis S.A. | Amec plc | Arcadis N.V. | Arriva plc | Bank of Valletta | BBA Aviation plc | Bedford Estates | Blenheim Palace | Borealis AG | BPB plc | BPI plc | Brammer plc | BTP plc | Bureau Veritas S.A. | Cadogan Estates Limited | Campofrio Group | Candover Investments plc | Capco Group | Christie’s plc | Ciments Français S.A. | Coca-Cola Icecek | Coloplast A/S | Connaught plc | Cordiant Communications Group | Corio N.V. | Dräxlmaier Group GmbH | Dyson Limited | Great Portland Estates | Hammerson plc | Howard de Walden Estates | Iberdrola S.A. | Inchcape plc | Interserve plc | Israel Chemicals Ltd | Jersey Electricity | Jersey Telecom | Johnson Matthey plc | Johnston Press plc | Kidde plc | King’s College London | Laird plc | Legend Holdings | Logica plc | McBride plc | Mitie Group plc | Morgan Advanced Materials plc | Neopost S.A. | Novar plc | Oldendorff Carriers GmbH | Oriflame Cosmetics | Pendragon plc | Phoenix Pharmahandel AG | Portman Estate | QinetiQ plc | Rexam plc | RMC Group plc | Rugby Group plc | Saft S.A. | SAP AG | Scottish & Newcastle plc | Serco Group plc | Smith & Nephew plc | SVG Capital plc | Syngenta AG | Tarmac plc | Tele 2 AB | The Economist Group | Tibbett & Britten plc | University of York | Uralita S.A. | Veolia Environnement | Vivarte S.A. | Warburtons Limited | Wereldhave N.V. | Wincanton plc