Our Jersey team has advised Capgemini SE (Capgemini) on its $3.3bn take-private of NYSE-listed WNS (Holdings) Limited (WNS), implemented via a members' scheme of arrangement under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.
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Our Jersey team was led by Corporate partners Kevin McQuillan and Dilmun Leach, supported by senior associate Timur Ochkhaev and associate Angharad Prescott.
Insolvency & Dispute Resolution partners Marc Seddon and James Turnbull advised on the Jersey court aspects of the transaction.
Our multi-disciplinary team also included Investment Funds & Corporate senior associate Ellen Jarvis and associate Gemma Nicol.
Commenting on the deal, Kevin said: 'We're very pleased to assist Capgemini on this substantial transaction and to bring our public M&A expertise to bear.'
Dilmun added: 'This transaction highlights the strength of our cross-practice capabilities and the value we bring to complex, high-value public M&A deals involving Jersey law.'
We worked alongside Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Capgemini's English, French and US legal advisers.
This transaction marks the latest in a series of M&A deals handled by our European team, who also recently advised:
- Sapiens on its $2.5bn acquisition by Advent
- TISE on £70.4m acquisition by MIH
- Equitix on sale of UK power network operator
- Funds managed by Apollo on £500m portfolio sale
- Summit Group on its acquisition of R&H Jersey
- Opera on its acquisition of the Accuro group
- Capital International Group on acquisition of APW Investors
- One Rock Capital in acquisition to expand European snack market leadership
Read our guide to take-private transactions on NYSE and Nasdaq here and the London Stock Exchange here.