Advising:

Venture capital

• a global bank on a number of its strategic minority investments in the technology and sustainability sectors

• a multinational company on a number of its strategic minority investments in the technology and sustainability sectors

Consumer

• Ritchie Bros, a global asset management, disposition and services company, on its acquisition of Euro Auctions, a European plant and machinery auction house, for an enterprise value of approximately $1.08bn

• Tamer Group on its purchase of e-commerce platform, Mumzworld, for £100m

Telecoms

• Orange on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Telekom Romania, with a total enterprise value of €497m

• Post Office Limited on the sale of its home phone and broadband business to Shell Energy Retail Limited

• Zain Group in respect of Zain Iraq’s entry into a definite 15-year agreement to sell and lease-back the passive physical infrastructure of its 4,968 tower portfolio in Iraq to TASC Towers Iraq for $180 million

• a Middle Eastern MVNO on its sale to a private equity buyer for $105m

Technology

• Northern Trust on a joint venture with SC Ventures (the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered) in respect of Zodia Custody, an institutional-grade custody solution for cryptocurrencies
• Accenture in connection with its acquisitions of:
  • N3, a business-to-business sales firm that combines specialized talent with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities
  • Symantec Cyber Security Services business from Broadcom Inc.
  • CreativeDrive, a tech-driven content production company that automates and scales the creative asset production process
  • Gevity, a British Columbia-based strategy and consulting service provider focused on assisting healthcare industry clients transform their businesses through innovative technology solutions
• VAKT Global (a blockchain-based digital platform used to manage physical energy transactions from trade entry to final settlement) as well as its shareholders (a consortium of leading international commodity traders, banks and energy firms) on various fundraisings and shareholder arrangements
• Community Fibre on certain commercial arrangements