Alex Skelton is a senior associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice.

Alex advises on a range of corporate transactions, including cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and joint ventures.

• Anglo American on the sale of its 33.3% shareholding in the Cerrejón joint venture to Glencore PLC for approximately US$294 million, demonstrating its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2040.
• Acacia Mining plc on the £1.2 billion recommended offer from Barrick Gold Corporation.
• Boston Scientific Corporation on its $4.2 billion recommended offer to acquire BTG plc.
• Fairfax on its strategic transaction with Helios creating the leading pan-Africa focused alternative investment manager, Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation.
• Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on its sale of an interest in the Pfaudler group.
• A consortium of investors led by Metric Capital Partners on the acquisition of Sanovel.
• Apse Capital on its acquisition of Kallidus.
• International Chemical Investors on its acquisition of Catexel.
• Investcorp on its strategic investment in China Everbright.
• GMT Communications on its sale of DOCUgroup.
• Intercontinental Exchange Inc., on its £550 million sale of Trayport to the TMX Group.
• Intercontinental Exchange Inc., on its acquisition of the TMX Group's National Gas Exchange and Shorcan Energy businesses.
• DBAY vehicle on its public-to-private takeover of Creston plc.
• Virgin Media Limited on its acquisition of Arqiva Wifi Limited from the Arqiva group.
• Qatar Investment Authority on its £2.6 billion offer for Songbird Estates plc and the follow-on £4.1 billion offer for Canary Wharf Group plc.
• Intercontinental Exchange Inc., on its $650 million acquisition of Trayport paid in common stock.
• Electra Private Equity plc on the sale of its interests in Retirement Bridge.
• Electra Private Equity plc on the sale of its interests in CALA Group.
• Senior management of Unilabs on its acquisition by Apax Partners.
• CPPIB on its £1.1 billion investment in the merger of O2 and Three alongside Hutchison Whampoa.
• NetSuite Inc., on its acquisition of Venda Limited.
• Private equity consortium Zimt Holding on its acquisition of BFP Wholesale Limited from Lesaffre.
• AlbaCore Capital on its investment in Babylon Holdings Limited.
• JD Sports Fashion Plc on its investment in Mainline Menswear Holdings Limited.
• Chop’d Limited on the sale of a 33% equity interest to Calculus Capital.