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Chris Arnold

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Chris Arnold has a broad corporate practice with extensive experience of advising on a wide range of corporate transactions, including international and domestic M&A, public M&A, equity capital raisings, joint ventures, intra-group reorganisations and general corporate advisory work.

Chris has a particular focus on both the Financial Services sector and the Consumer Goods, Food and Retail sector. During his career Chris has spent time on secondment to the in-house legal teams of three large financial services companies.

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Grant Thornton UK on its majority investment by Cinven.
  • Advising the sellers on the sale of Wingstop UK to Sixth Street.
  • Advising management on the acquisition of PwC’s global mobility business (now Vialto Partners) by Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
  • Advising the sellers on the sale of Amber Taverns to Epiris.
  • Advising Learning Technologies Group plc on its sale of its VectorVMS business to the PIXID Group, which is majority owned by Keensight Capital.
  • Advising Trilantic Europe on its carveout acquisition of Kantar Public (now know as Verian) from Kantar and the subsequent bolt on acquisition of PPMI.
  • Advising Leidos on its acquisition of Cobham Aviation Services Australia’s Special Mission business.
  • Advising Thomson Reuters on its acquisition of Imagen Ltd.
  • Advising Preqin Ltd on the acquisition of Colmore AG, a private markets technology, services and administration business.
  • Advising IQ-EQ on its acquisitions of Laven Compliance and the MB Fund Administration business.
  • Advising Heineken UK on: (i) its initial acquisitions of shares in both Beavertown Brewery and Brixton Brewery and the subsequent acquisitions by Heineken UK of the remaining shares in both companies; and (ii) its investment in Served Drinks.
  • Advising London Stock Exchange on a number of acquisitions and investments.
  • Advising FirstRand Limited on its recommended acquisition of Aldermore Group plc for approximately GBP1.1bn.
  • Advising Heineken UK on its recommended acquisition of Punch Securitisation A, a portfolio of approximately 1,900 UK pubs owned by Punch Taverns plc (enterprise value GBP1.15bn).
  • Advising ABRY and the management sellers on the sale of Thomson Online Benefits to Marsh.
  • Advising Lloyds Banking Group on a number of transactions including:
    • All aspects of its EC-mandated disposal known as “Project Verde” (including the aborted sale to the Co-op Banking Group) that culminated in the IPO of TSB Banking Group.
Education
  • University of Sheffield, LLB
  • Nottingham Law School, LPC

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