Nick Fisher

Nick’s experience includes advising:

• Energy Capital Partners on its £1.3 billion acquisition of Biffa PLC, a UK waste management business which includes technologically-driven energy generation services
• CVC Capital Partners on its recommended £5.4 billion cash offer, in a consortium with Nordic Capital and ADIA, for Hargreaves Lansdown plc, the UK’s largest savings and investment platform and the UK’s biggest retail stockbroker
• Astorg Partners in a consortium along with Nordic Capital and Novo Holdings, in connection with the merger of their portfolio company eResearchTechnologies with BioClinica, a technological and scientific leader in clinical imaging, in a deal reported to be valued at US$5.9 billion
• Astorg Partners on its acquisition of Normec Holdings, a Netherlands-based company that provides testing, inspections, and certification services
• Astorg Partners in the sale and reinvestment in Audiotonix, premier audio mixing consoles provider
• Astorg Partners on the sale of its portfolio company Anaqua, an IP management software business, to Nordic Capital
• Bridgepoint and Summit Partners on the sale of Calypso Technology, a provider of financial market software solutions, to Thoma Bravo
• L Catterton on its £1.5 billion acquisition of Hammerson PLC’s entire minority interest in Value Retail, the owner of luxury shopping destinations including Bicester Village
• Spectrum Equity on its investment into Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
• Lighthouse on its US$370 million Series C financing round led by KKR
• Silver Lake Partners on its US$500 million strategic investment in City Football Group, the world's leading private owner and operator of football clubs
• TI Fluid Systems plc, the global supplier of thermal solutions and fluid systems for vehicle manufacturers, on its £1.039 billion recommended takeover offer by ABC Technologies Acquisitions Limited
• 888 Holdings Plc on its £2.2 billion acquisition of the international (non-US) business of William Hill, a reverse takeover under the UK Listing Rules
• Virtual1 on its acquisition by TalkTalk Group
• Tonic Games Limited and its shareholders on the sale of its entire issued share capital to Epic Games, Inc.
• The underwriters in connection with the US$25.6 billion initial public offering of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), the largest IPO in history
• The joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners, and sponsor on Made.com’s £775 million initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange
• Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and others in connection with the US$11 billion direct listing of Wise, Europe’s first direct listing by a technology company
• The underwriters on Tryg A/S’ rights issue raising DKK 37 billion (£4.3 billion), the largest ever equity raise by a Scandinavian listed company
• TI Fluid Systems plc on its £1.3 billion initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange
• The underwriters in connection with the £2.4 billion initial public offering of Avast PLC, the world’s largest consumer antivirus software supplier, listed on the London Stock Exchange
• 888 Holdings Plc on its £162.9 million cash box placing in connection with its acquisition of the international (non-US) business of William Hill
• Bain Capital in connection with various block trades on the London Stock Exchange
• Pertamina PT (Persero), the Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company, on a US$1.5 billion bond offering