Our financial institutions Corporate and M&A expertise includes:

• public and private acquisitions and disposals of financial institutions and companies (including insurance portfolios)
• corporate restructurings and reorganizations
• equity raisings and IPOs
• specialist financial services regulatory support for the financial institutions M&A practice
• outsourcing

We advise on all aspects of financial institutions M&A transactions, including:

• transaction management, negotiation and documentation
• legal risk management – due diligence and warranties
• tax structuring and financing issues
• anti-trust and regulatory issues
• employment and pensions issues

• advising management and warranting shareholders on the £570 million disposal of Equity Insurance Group to Insurance Australia Group
• advising Close Brothers on the sale of its off-shore Channel Islands listed investment fund (principally UK retirement housing) to Grainger for £71.6 million
• advising RAB Capital on numerous investments by its Special Situations Fund, including the acquisition of a substantial shareholding in A1 Grand Prix, with a total valuation exceeding US $100 million

Kalpesh Tanna
t +44 020 7105 7158
kalpesh.tanna@osborneclarke.com