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 was recognised as one of The Lawyer's Hot 100 of 2011. Gillian also leads our consumer sector group.
Credentials
- Pearson, on its sale of its 50% stake in FTSE to the London Stock Exchange
- D'leteren, majority shareholder in Avis Europe, on Avis Budget Group's recommended €719 million takeover by scheme of arrangement
- Morgan Stanley and BarCap as sponsors and financial advisers to the London Stock Exchange Group on its proposed merger with the Toronto Stock Exchange
- Northern Foods on the proposed merger of equals with Greencore Group (the first UK bid to be implemented by way of a cross-border merger) and the competing cash bid from Ranjit Boparan's bid vehicle
- Pearson plc on the recommended cash takeover of Education Development International plc
- Arriva on Deutsche Bahn's recommended £1.6 billion takeover offer
- 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, its response to Xstrata's unrecommended possible offer, its £160 million placing of new shares to institutional investors and on a restructuring of its black economic empowerment ("BEE") partnering arrangements in South Africa
- 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
- Harsco Corporation on its unrecommended offer for SGB Group plc
- Morgan Stanley on its recommended offer for Acorn Group plc