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Laurence
Levy
Partner
Education
Cambridge University, M.A. (Hons), 1983
Practice
Laurence Levy is co-head of the Corporate Group of the London office of Shearman & Sterling. He has more than 20 years’ experience advising on corporate finance transactions and other corporate matters, including public and private company mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, restructurings, privatisations, equity capital markets and general corporate advisory work. He is cited in Legal Experts 2009 and The Legal 500 UK 2009.
Recent Experience
- African Barrick Gold plc on its £2.3 billion IPO on the main market of the London Stock Exchange
- Vector Capital on its takeover of Trafficmaster plc
- Aabar Investments on Aabar’s and Daimler’s acquisition of a 75.1% stake in Brawn GP, winner of the 2009 Formula 1 constructors’ and drivers’ championships
- Qatar Investment Authority on its participation in the £1 billion recapitalisation of Songbird Estates plc, the majority owner of Canary Wharf Group plc
- AngloGold Ashanti Ltd on its joint acquisition with Randgold Resources Ltd of Canadian listed company, Moto Goldmines Ltd, for $568 million
- International Petroleum Investment Company on its disposal of a 13.5% stake in Barclays PLC and of £1.25 billion of Reserve Capital Investments of Barclays Bank PLC
- Scandent on the acquisition by Xchanging plc of a 75% stake in Indian listed company, Cambridge Solutions Ltd
- International Petroleum Investment Company on its £3.25 billion participation in the £7 billion capital raising of Barclays PLC
- Abu Dhabi United Group on the acquisition of Manchester City Football Club
- Credit Suisse Group and other institutions as majority equity owners in the restructuring of the Danoptra Gaming Group
- Deutsche Bank AG, Merrill Lynch International and UBS Limited on the £1.2 billion offer by a private equity consortium for Biffa plc
- Merrill Lynch International and UBS Limited on the £4.9 billion offer by Standard Life for Resolution plc
- Borsa Italiana S.p.A. on the £1.1 billion offer by London Stock Exchange Group plc
- Credit Suisse International, ABN AMRO and Eos Partners as majority investors in the restructuring of the Ethel Austin Retail Group
- Corus Group plc on the £6.7 billion recommended revised cash acquisition by Tata Steel
- Institutional investors in the £503 million consortium offer for Peermont Global Ltd of South Africa
- Drax Group plc on its £2 billion listing on the London Stock Exchange, which followed a complex capital restructuring and a dual-track auction process
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
England and Wales
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