EXPERIENCE

Aoife’s recent experience includes advising:

M&A

• Paragon Partners and its portfolio company, cunova GmbH, on the sale of cunova to SDCL EDGE Acquisition Corporation (SEDA)
• Yildirim on acquiring Elementis Chromium’s chromium business
• Shift4 Payments on acquiring Finaro, an Israel-based software financial technology company
• EIG Global Energy Partners on acquiring a 25% interest in Repsol’s upstream oil and gas business
• FACEIT on its merger with ESL Gaming and acquisition by Savvy Gaming Group
• Easybrain, a Cyprus-based mobile game developer, on its sale to Embracer
• ICU Medical on its US$1 billion acquisition of Pfizer’s Hospira Infusion Systems business
• Telenor on the €2.8 billion sale of its Central and Eastern European (CEE) businesses in Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro, to PPF Group

Capital Markets

• The underwriters on Birkenstock’s initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange
• 888 Holdings on an accelerated bookbuild placing of 19.1% of its issued share capital for 230 pence each
• Diversified Energy on an equity raise to fund the acquisition of oil and gas assets
• The underwriters on Deliveroo’s IPO on the London Stock Exchange

Private Equity

• TPG on:
  • Acquiring an 80% stake in Greenfields Dairy, the Southeast Asia-branded dairy business, from Japfa, alongside Northstar
  • SingLife’s combination with Aviva Singapore as part of a consortium comprising TPG, Singapore Life (SingLife), Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, and others
• BPEA EQT Funds V and VI and portfolio company Vistra (BPEA EQT) on Vistra’s merger with Tricor, an existing BPEA EQT Fund VIII portfolio company
• Searchlight Capital Partners on acquiring a minority stake in Synergy Marine Group, a Singapore-based owner and operator of tankers and ships
• RRJ Capital on its investment in Fullerton Healthcare to create Fullerton Health, a Singapore-based operator of a chain of healthcare clinics
• KKR on the US$1.1 billion acquisition of Kobalt Capital’s music rights portfolio
• The Carlyle Group and The Nature’s Bounty Co. on the £1.77 billion sale of Holland & Barrett, one of Europe’s largest health and wellness retailers

Finance 

• EIG Global Energy Partners on its €255 million investment in Prosolia Energy
• The Carlyle Group on financing in connection with acquiring Tufin, a software company
• A group of lenders on the debt financing for Falcon Bidco AS in connection with its acquisition of all the shares held by NTS in Frøy ASA