Caroline is a partner in our corporate team specialising in cross border public and private M&A.
Caroline advises leading corporates and financial institutions on private acquisitions and disposals, recommended and hostile public company takeovers and joint ventures.
Caroline works with clients across a range of sectors, with a particular focus on the financial services sector. Caroline also works with our listed company clients on corporate governance and board advisory matters, listed company regulation and compliance. She is a member of the Company Law Committee of the City of London Law Society.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- ENGIE on its £10.5 billion acquisition of UK Power Networks
- National Grid plc on its £14 billion acquisition of Western Power Distribution, its £1.6 billion disposal of Grain LNG and the £630 million sale of its electricity systems operator
- Go-Ahead Group plc on the £650 million takeover by Kinetic and Globalvia
- Hotel Chocolat plc on its £534 million takeover by Mars
- Workspace on its £277 million takeover of Mackay Securities plc
- Centremanor Limited on its £1.3 billion recommended offer for Daejan Holdings
- Cineplex on the proposed $2.1 billion takeover by Cineworld plc
- ARRIS Group on the $7.4 billion takeover by CommScope
- TSB Banking Group plc on the £1.7 billion takeover by Banco de Sabadell
- ARRIS Group, on its £1.4 billion takeover offer for Pace, a UK-based technology solutions provider
- Marex on its acquisition of Winterflood Securities from Close Bros plc
- Spaldy Investments on increasing its stake in Metrobank plc from 9% to 53% as part of the bank's rescue package
- NBIM on its £1.2 billion joint venture with Grosvenor
- Panmure Gordon on its all-share merger with Liberum
- Hammerson plc on its £3.4 billion recommended bid for Intu Properties plc
- Interactive investor on its takeover of Share plc
- Convoy on the sale of Nutmeg to JP Morgan
- EML on its acquisitions of Prepaid Financial Services and the acquisition and subsequent sale of Sentenial and its Open Banking brand Nuapay
- Invesco on its acquisition of Intelliflo, the UK's leading provider of advisor-focused digital solutions, and of i4c Technology
- Willis Group on its acquisitions of Miller Insurance Services LLP and PMI Health Group
- ClearBank on its establishment as the UK's first new clearing bank in 250 years and various fundraisings
Background
Caroline topped the UK M&A lawyer rankings by deal value in 2021, Mergerlinks
Caroline is recognised as a "Leading Individual" by Legal 500 in the upper mid market and premium deals category.
Caroline has been recognised in The Lawyer's 2019 Hot 100 for "her legal prowess in major public takeovers".
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