Peita Menon

Alvogen, a US-based specialty pharmaceutical company, on the sale of its CEE business to Zentiva, a Czech Republic-based international pharmaceutical company owned by Advent

Angelini, the Italian pharma and consumer healthcare group, on its worldwide acquisition outside of North America of ThermaCare, a medical manufacturer, from GlaxoSmithKline, the multi-national pharmaceutical company; the acquisition was key in relation to the creation of the GSK/Pfizer JV for Consumer Health

Bright Scholar, the largest operator of international and bilingual K-12 schools in China, on its $195 million acquisition of CATS Colleges Holdings Limited, an international school network with a platform of campuses located across the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and China

Energean Oil & Gas plc, a FTSE 250 independent oil & gas exploration and production company, on the sale of certain UK and Norwegian oil & gas assets to Neptune Energy for $250 million, with a further contingent consideration of up to $350 million

Grupo Bimbo, the largest baking company in the world and producer and distributor of baked goods in 22 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, in the acquisition of the Mankattan Group, a key player in the baking industry in China

Infravia III Invest S.A., a French infrastructure investor, and the founders on the disposal of Next Generation Data, a data centre business in South Wales comprising Europe’s largest single site data centre campus

Mid Europa Partners, the leading private equity investor in Central and South Eastern Europe, on the sale of Zabka Polska S.A., Poland’s leading convenience retailer, to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners

Nestle S.A. on the sale of its 60% stake in Herta to Casa Taradellas and the creation of a joint venture for Herta with their respective stakes of 40% and 60%

Novator Partners LLP on their sale of Mode, a digital financial lender business, to TransferTo, a Singapore-headquartered provider of international airtime transfers, in exchange for a 28% stake in the holding entity of TransferTo

SoftBank Vision Fund in its $1.45 billion investment in Greensill, a supply chain financing business with significant operations in countries including the UK, Germany and Australia, in consideration for the issuance of around 39.8% of approximately the fully diluted share capital

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, a leading marketer of lawn and garden products, on the $250 million sale of their European and Australian consumer operations to Exponent Private Equity LLP

HM Treasury on the UK government’s proposal for a new UK withholding tax exemption for interest payments on privately placed debt

Digital Realty Trust, one of the world’s leading data centre owners and operators and a US REIT listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the acquisition of 761,000 sq ft of data centre facilities, located in and around London and known as the Sentrum Portfolio, for approximately $1.1 billion