Transactions

Advising Wendel on the acquisition of a 75% stake in Monroe Capital.

Advising Hargreaves Lansdown plc on the recommended cash offer from a Consortium comprising CVC, Nordic Capital and ADIA.

Advising Cinven on its acquisition of a co-control stake in Policy Expert from ADIA.

Advising Natixis Investment Managers on the sale of MV Credit to Clearlake Capital.

Advising Rivage on the sale of a 20% equity stake to AXA IM Prime.

Advising Caisse d’Epargne Hauts de France, part of Groupe BPCE, on the acquisition of Bank Nagelmackers.

Advising Cardano on its sale to Mercer.

Advised Co-operative Bank on its sale to Coventry Building Society.

Advised AXA and AXA Life Europe (“ALE”) on the reinsurance of ALE’s variable annuities to Munich Re.

Advising Protective Life Corporation on the acquisition of ShelterPoint Group.

Advised Hiscox on strategic investment into Coterie.

Advising Lloyds Banking Group on the sale of the Scottish Widows £6bn bulk annuity business to Rothesay.

Advising Mattioli Woods on the recommended cash offer from Pollen Street Capital.

Advising Probitas 1492 on its sale to Aviva.

Advised Post Office in the negotiation of the amendments to its financial services partnership with Bank of Ireland.

Advised SCOR in relation to the transfer of shares to BNP Paribas Cardif.

Advising R&Q Insurance Holdings on the sale of its program management business, Accredited, to Onex Corporation.

Advising Ardonagh on the merger of its UK personal lines business, Atlanta, with Markerstudy.

Advised AXA on its acquisition of Laya Healthcare from Corebridge, a subsidiary of AIG.

Advising Zurich on the sale of its annuity business in Chile to Ohio National Seguros de Vida S.A., a subsidiary of Constellation Insurance, Inc.

Advised Samsung Life on the acquisition of a minority equity stake in Meridiam.

Advised Investec on the all-share combination of Investec Wealth & Investment UK and Rathbones.

Advised Numis Corporation Plc on the recommended cash offer from Deutsche Bank.

Advised Munich Re and ERGO on the sale of its international PMI business, Globality, to Foyer.

Advised Ageas on the disposal of its French activities (Ageas France) to Carac.

Advised AlbaCore Capital on the sale of a majority stake to First Sentier Investors.

Advised Curtis Banks on the recommended cash offer from Nucleus.

Advising Groupe BPCE on the acquisition of leasing group Eurolocatique by BPCE Lease.

Advised R&Q on the successful defence against shareholder Phoenix Asset Management Partners’ attempt to requisition management changes.

Advising AXA on the sale of a closed life and pensions portfolio in Germany to Athora.

Advised Ardonagh on a major new investment in the Group.

Advised Greencoat Capital on its sale to Schroders.

Advised J.C. Flowers on the sale of interactive investor to abrdn.

Advised AXA on the sale of a Belgian traditional life insurance portfolio to Monument Re.

Advised River and Mercantile on the sale of its Solutions business to Schroders.

Advised Cinven on its acquisition of a majority stake in True Potential.

Advised Apollo on the sale of its Italian life insurance business, Amissima Vita, to Athora.

Advised Embark Group on its sale to Lloyds Banking Group plc.

Advised Groupe BPCE on its public tender offer to the minority shareholders of Natixis.

Advised James Hay and Epiris on the recommended cash offer for Nucleus Financial Group plc.

Advised IG Group on its acquisition of tastytrade.

Advised L&G on the sale of a c.£6bn book of retail investment products to Fidelity International.

Advised Hastings on the recommended cash offer from a consortium of Sampo and RMI.

Advised Ardonagh on its group refinancing including a combination of both private and public instruments.

Advised Royal London on the sale of its platform business, Ascentric, to M&G plc.

Advised Jupiter Fund Management on the acquisition of Merian Global Investors.

Advised Sun Life Financial on the acquisition of a majority stake in InfraRed Capital Partners.

Advised Swiss Re on the sale of ReAssure to Phoenix Group.

Advised Investec on the demerger of its Asset Management business (rebranding to Ninety One).

Advised Premier Asset Management on its recommended all-share merger with Miton.

Advised Legal & General on the sale of its general insurance business to Allianz.

Advised Groupe BPCE on the acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Oney Bank and entering into a long term strategic partnership.

Advised Hermes Investment Management on the sale of a 60% stake to Federated Investors.

Advised Standard Life Aberdeen on the sale of its insurance business and long-term strategic partnership with Phoenix Group.

Advised London and Country Mortgages on the sale of a 25% stake in the business to Experian.

Advised Unigestion on its acquisition of Zurich-based private equity specialist, Akina Partners.