Matthew O'Shea
Biography
Matthew O'Shea is a corporate lawyer based in London with 13+ years’ experience focusing on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic investments and corporate advisory. He principally acts for financial institutions, asset and wealth managers, financial investors, listed funds, insurers and other corporates on a wide range of corporate transactional and advisory matters.
Matthew is a dual English / Australian qualified lawyer and has worked in Norton Rose Fulbright’s London and Brisbane offices.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
- Société Générale - advised on the sale of its Kleinwort Hambros private banking business to Union Bancaire Privée (UBP).
- Ecofin US Rrenewables Infrastructure Trust PLC - advised on the sale of a 63.68 MWdc portfolio of distributed solar generation projects to True Green Capital Fund IV.
- HSBC - advised on its acquisition of SilkRoad Property Partners.
- HSBC - advised on its acquisition of the Green Transition Partners business, including a team of specialists focused on energy transition infrastructure, as part of its growing alternative investment business in Asia.
- HSBC - advised on its investment and joint venture with Tradeshift, a B2B fintech company.
- Marsh McLennan's Mercer division - advised on the acquisitions of SECOR Asset Management and Cardano.
- Volution Group plc - advised the FTSE 250-listed client on its acquisition of the Fantech Group in Australia.
- Nikko Asset Management - advised on its minority investment into Osmosis, a research-based, quantitative investment manager.
- PATRIZIA AG - advised on its acquisition of infrastructure investment manager, Whitehelm Capital.
- Piraeus Bank - advised on the sale of shipping loan portfolio to entities affiliated Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP.
- Piraeus Bank - advised on the sale of its Albanian bank, Tirana Bank, to Balfin.
- HSBC - advised on the sale of its retail and commercial banking business in Brunei to Baiduri Bank.
- Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company - advised in relation to sale by Thomson Reuters Corporation of Refinitiv to Blackstone.
- ICBC Standard Bank – advised on its acquisition of the precious metals vaulting business of Barclays.
- Société Générale – adivsed on the disposal of interests in two LNG tankers.
- Purplebricks – advised on its £50 million fundraising by way of an accelerated bookbuild.
- Canaccord Genuity – advised on the migration of ThinkSmart Limited's listing from the ASX to AIM.
- European financial institution – advised on an internal restructuring of its UK branch.
Rankings and recognitions
Rankings and recognitions
Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2024)
Education
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (1st class honours), Griffith University, 2009
- Bachelor of International Business, Griffith University, 2009
Admissions
Admissions
- Solicitor, qualified in Australia
- Solicitor, qualified in England and Wales
Insights and news
News
Norton Rose Fulbright advises Mercer on SECOR Asset Management acquisition
United Kingdom | March 03, 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright advises Mercer on SECOR Asset Management acquisition
United Kingdom | March 03, 2025
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