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Astrid Leonhard

Associate
London
About
Astrid is an associate in the corporate team with a focus on cross-border private M&A and private equity transactions. Astrid advises listed corporations and private equity firms in relation to bilateral and auction sale processes.

Astrid completed a secondment to the in-house corporate development team of FTSE-100 Pearson Plc from September to November 2022.
Areas of FocusMergers and AcquisitionsCorporatePrivate Equity
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Acted for MidEuropa on its acquisition of a controlling stake of pharmaceutical manufacturing company FAMAR from ECM Partners and Metric Capital Partners.
  • Acted for Three Hills Capital Partners on its acquisition of a stake in Operam Education, an education resourcing business, via its dedicated impact platform.
  • Acted for Dentsu Group Inc. on its EUR678m acquisition of global marketing production company Tag Worldwide Holdings Ltd from Advent International.
  • Acted for Philip Morris International Inc. on its USD820m acquisition of Fertin Pharma, a Danish nicotine-alternatives provider, from EQT.
  • Acted as co-counsel to Arcus Infrastructure Partners in respect of the preparation of a vendor due diligence report in connection with the sale of Constellation Cold Logistics, a cold storage and transport logistics provider, to EQT.
  • Acted for Pearson Plc on the auction sale of its online education services business to Regent.
Education
  • University of Law, LPC with MSc in Law, Business and Management, 2019

  • University of Leeds, Graduate L.L.B Law, 2018

  • Utrecht University, University College Utrecht, B.A. 2015

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+44 207 796 6837
(Work, London)
+44 755 383 5392
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