Sam Bagot’s practice focuses on corporate and financial transactions.
He has extensive experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and other corporate transactions (including joint ventures and corporate restructurings). Sam also has extensive experience in cross-border international transactions, the natural resources sector, and capital markets transactions.
Notable Experiences
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Cascade Investment on its recommended $4.7 billion offer for Signature Aviation, as part of a consortium with Blackstone and Global Infrastructure Partners, which topped a prior $4.6 billion offer from Global Infrastructure Partners on a standalone basis.
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Ivanhoe Cambridge in connection with its consortium public bid for easyHotel.
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Allied Universal in connection with its public bid for G4S plc.
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Schroders in connection with its acquisition of Adveq, a European PE manager.
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ArcelorMittal in the divestiture of European steel plants to Liberty House Group.
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Lafarge, as seller, in the €6.5 billion sale of certain assets to CRH, by Lafarge and Holcim Ltd in the context of their €40 billion merger.
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Loxam in its public bid for Lavendon Group.
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Google in the acquisition of DeepMind Technologies Limited, a London-based artificial intelligence company.
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The Coca-Cola Company on the combination of businesses to form a new Western European bottler to be called Coca-Cola European Partners, creating the world’s largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola products.
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TPG in its public takeover of Prezzo PLC, in its acquisition of Victoria Plum Limited and M.F.I. Direct Limited; in its $900 million acquisition of Mey İçki Sanayi ve Ticaret, a Turkish spirits manufacturer, and in its subsequent £1.3 billion sale to Diageo plc; and in its acquisition of British fashion retailer Republic.
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Vale in its $1.6 billion acquisition of holding interests in a potash project in Argentina and the Corumbá iron ore mine in Brazil from Rio Tinto.
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BHP Billiton in the $650 million sale of its Pinto Valley copper mining operations and the San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company to Capstone Mining Corp.
Publications
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Wide-Ranging New UK National Security Regime Comes Into Force
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UK Introduces Mandatory Climate-Related Financial Reporting for Large Public and Private Companies
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How Target Shareholders Are Attacking Bids on Valuation Grounds
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Public Bids and the ‘Reopening Trade’; a Flurry of Interest in UK Targets
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New UK National Security Regime to Come Into Force in January 2022
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UK Bids: Take-Private Boom Sees Negotiating Power Shift From Target Boards to Shareholders
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Private Equity Targets UK PLC Despite Rising Deal Complexity
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UK Proposes a Mandatory, Pre-Closing National Security Regime
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UK Government Prohibits Acquisition of UK Supplier of Military Aircraft Components
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Tech and Governance: Return of the Founder Share to the UK Markets?
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UK Government Introduces New Powers to Intervene in Mergers on Public Interest Grounds
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London’s Premium Segment and High-Growth Companies: Return of the Dual-class Structure?
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Getting It Right – Understanding Resource Investment and Risk in Today’s Emerging Markets
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The Rising Influence of Shareholder Activism in M&A Transactions: Recent Trends in the UK
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Getting the Deal Through 2019: Public M&A – England and Wales
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UK Public M&A Update: Changes to the UK Takeover Code in Relation to Asset Valuations
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UK Public M&A Update: Changes to the Shared Jurisdiction Regime After Brexit
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UK Public M&A Update: UK Takeover Panel Publishes Consultation Paper in Relation to Asset Valuations
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Social Good, Shareholders’ Interests and Directors’ Duties: Recent Developments in the UK
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UK Takeover Code Update Panel publishes Response Statement 20171 Asset Sales and Other Matters
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Disclosure of Non-Financial and Diversity Information by Large European Companies and Groups
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UK Takeover Code Update: Communication and Distribution of Information
Events
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June 26, 2019
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April 4, 2019