Gillian specialises in corporate finance work, having particular experience of public takeover bids (both hostile and recommended), private mergers and acquisitions and primary and secondary offerings.
Gillian also leads the consumer sector group.
Credentials
- Rothschild as Rule 3 adviser to Venture Production on its defence of Centrica's hostile takeover offer
- Molson Coors on the acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Cobra beer out of pre-packaged administration and related joint venture arrangements with Lord Bilimoria
- British American Tobacco on various transactions, including its Rule 9 whitewash and related arrangements, its brand sales to Philip Morris International and its sale of part of the Tiedemanns business to Scandinavisk Tobakskompagni
- Lonmin on its US$477 million rights issue and its response to Xstrata's unrecommended possible offer
- Tata Motors on its acquisition through a competitive auction process of the Jaguar and Land Rover businesses from Ford
- Pearson on its US$950 million acquisition of the Harcourt Education and Assessment businesses of Reed Elsevier
- BAA on its £15.6 billion takeover offer from Ferrovial
- QinetiQ Group on its £1.3 billion IPO on the London Stock Exchange
- RAC on its recommended takeover by Aviva for £1.1 billion
- Lazard on its US$800 million IPO
- Brascan Corporation on its unrecommended £1.6 billion offer for Canary Wharf Group plc
- EMI Group in relation to the proposed purchase of Time Warner's music business
- Invensys in relation to the sale of non-core divisions
- Harsco Corporation on its unrecommended offer for SGB Group plc
- Morgan Stanley on its recommended offer for Acorn Group plc
- Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley on the IPO of Burberry Group