Guy Potel

Public M&A (sell-side)

• Ocean Outdoor Limited in connection with Atairos' US$580 million takeover by way of BVI statutory merger
• Representation of Monitise in connection with Fiserv’s £75 million takeover offer for Monitise
• Representation of Northumbrian Water in connection with UK Water's £4.7 billion takeover offer for Northumbrian Water*
• Representation of New Star in connection with Henderson’s £115 million takeover offer for New Star*

Public M&A (buy-side)

• Representation of Echostar in connection with its £3.2 billion approach to Inmarsat plc
• Representation of Antin Infrastructure Partners and Goldman Sachs’ West Street Infrastructure Partners in connection with their £540 million takeover offer for CityFibre
• Representation of UBS in connection with Ion Capital’s £1.5 billion takeover offer for Fidessa
• Representation of Standard Chartered Bank in connection with with PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk’s £400 million takeover offer for Ophir Energy plc
• Representation of activist funds in connection with several high profile UK takeovers and value creation strategies

Equity Capital Markets

• Representation of each of Crystal Peak Acquisitions and Ahren Acquisition Corp (both SPACs) on their respective IPOs on Euroclear Amsterdam and Nasdaq respectively
• Representation of the African Export Import Bank on its proposed London IPO plans which will be a first of its kind for a multi-lateral development bank on a major exchange
• Representation of Avast on its IPO
• Representation of DiscoverIE plc on its £30 million cashbox placing
• Representation of IQE on its £100 million cash placing
• Representation of Telia Company on its US$1.5 billion sell down of its stake in Megafon

Private M&A / Joint Ventures

• Representation of LSE listed discoverIE Group plc on the sale of its Custom Supply distribution business (Acal BFi) to H2 Equity Partners
• Representation of Paysafe Group on its acquisition of Viafintech, one of the largest bank-independent alternative payments infrastructures in Europe 
• Representation of Elliott Management in the restructuring (including a debt for equity swap) of the South American airlines business, Avianca Holdings, S.A.
• Representation of Smiths Group plc on its disposal of its medical devices business, Smiths Medical, for approximately US$3 billion
• Representation of Prism Group AG, a Dubai based fintech group (acting in consortium Royal Strategic Partners) on its acquisition of the LSE listed Finablr Group, a global financial services platform
• Representation of Prism Group AG on its acquisition of the BFC (the Bahrain Finance Corporation), a regional payments and remittance business
• Representation of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as a founding investor on the creation of a US$750 million biopharmaceutical platform to broaden access to vital specialty generic drugs in Africa
• Representation of the senior secured lender group in a comprehensive out of court restructuring (including a debt for equity swap) of a Brazilian-based offshore drilling company 
• Representation of Pollinate, a new merchant acquiring technology company, on its establishment and funding rounds raising, in aggregate, over US$200 million including investments from RBS, MasterCard, Fiserv, CIBC, NAB and EFM Asset Management
• Representation of Fiserv, Inc. on various equity investments and the disposal of a Turkish subsidiary
• Representation of Motive Partners, the world’s first pure play fintech owner / operator PE fund on the establishment of its fintech innovation labs in London and New York
• Representation of Megafon on its US$700 million acquisition of a controlling interest in Mail.ru