M&A and Private Equity Practice Tops 2023 Year-End League Tables
Latham’s #1 rankings reinforce firm’s position as a global transactional powerhouse.
Mike Bond advises public and private companies and institutional equity investors on private equity and other M&A transactions including takeover offers, strategic investments, and joint ventures, often with an international dimension.
Mr. Bond's representative transactions include advising:
Agility on the US$4.1 billion sale of its Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) business to DSV Panalpina
Ares on the acquisition of the Exemplar Health Care Group, a UK provider of high-dependency nurse-led care for adults
Onex Partners V on its investment in Convex Group Limited, a specialty property and casualty insurance company headquartered in Bermuda
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on its investment in a consortium with KIRKBI Invest and Blackstone, to acquire Merlin Entertainments PLC, a UK-based leisure and entertainment company
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on its investment in a consortium with Apax Partners, Warburg Pincus International, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, to acquire Inmarsat PLC, a provider of global mobile satellite communications services
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) on its partnership with Generation Investment Management LLP and investment in FNZ, a global fintech company
Onex Corporation in connection with its acquisition of KidsFoundation, a leading Dutch childcare provider
The Carlyle Group on the €10.1 billion acquisition by Carlyle and GIC of AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business
Latham’s #1 rankings reinforce firm’s position as a global transactional powerhouse.
Firm also honored as Private Equity Team of the Year at the 2018 British Legal Awards.
Firm awarded for work on complex high-profile transactions involving dedicated private equity teams around the world.