International Corporate Finance

FA: Financial Advisor LA: Legal Advisor

UK TOP 10 M&A DEALS

July 2015 - June 2016

DATE DEAL VALUE

USD

(MILLIONS)

TARGET

COMPANY

DEAL

DOMINANT

INDUSTRY

BIDDER BIDDER

ADVISORS

SELLER SELLER

ADVISORS

11/11/2015 120 334 SABMiller Consumer Anheuser-Busch

InBev

FA: Bank of America Merrill

Lynch; Barclays; BNP Paribas;

Deutsche Bank; Lazard; Stan-

dard Bank Group

LA: Allen & Overy; Ashurst;

Clifford Chance; Cravath,

Swaine & Moore; Davis Polk

& Wardwell; Freshfields Bruc-

khaus Deringer; Stibbe; Sullivan

& Cromwell; Webber Wentzel;

Werksmans; White & Case

SABMiller

FA: Credit Suisse; Goldman

Sachs; J.P. Morgan; Morgan

Stanley; Perella Weinberg

Partners; Robey Warshaw

LA: AZB & Partners; Bowman

Gilfillan Africa Group; Cleary

Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton;

Herbert Smith Freehills; Hogan

Lovells International; Linklaters;

Loyens & Loeff; Macfarlanes;

McDermott Will & Emery;

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett;

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

02/11/2015 18 152 Visa Europe Financial

Services

Visa

FA: Goldman Sachs; J.P.

Morgan

LA: Macfarlanes; Milbank

Tweed Hadley & McCloy;

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher

& Flom; Sullivan & Cromwell;

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

HSBC; Lloyds

Banking Group;

Barclays; Royal

Bank of Scotland

Group; Worldpay;

PKO BP

LA: Allen & Overy

16/03/2016 14 812

London Stock

Exchange

Financial

Services Deutsche Boerse

FA: Bank of America Merrill

Lynch; Deutsche Bank; HSBC;

Lazard; Perella Weinberg

Partners

LA: Herbert Smith Freehills;

Latham & Watkins; Linklaters

London Stock

Exchange

FA: Barclays; Goldman Sachs;

JPMorgan; RBC Capital Mar-

kets; Robey Warshaw; Societe

Generale; UBS Investment

BankLA: Freshfields Bruckhaus

Deringer

16/11/2015 8 658 Cable & Wireless

Communications

Telecommu-

nications:

Carriers

Liberty Global

FA: Goldman Sachs; LionTree

Advisors

LA: Allen & Overy; Herbert

Smith Freehills; Shearman &

Sterling; Skadden Arps Slate

Meagher & Flom

Cable & Wireless

Communications

FA: Deutsche Bank; Evercore

Partners; J.P. Morgan

LA: Slaughter and May

21/03/2016 6 181 Markit Group Services IHS

FA: Bank of America Merrill

Lynch; Deutsche Bank; Gold-

man Sachs; Klein and Company

LA: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher;

Sullivan & Cromwell; Weil

Gotshal & Manges

Markit Group

FA: J.P. Morgan; Morgan

Stanley

LA: Davis Polk & Wardwell;

Debevoise & Plimpton

18/08/2015 5 471 Angel Trains (39%

Stake)

Financial

Services

AMP Capital

Investors; Public

Sector Pension

Investment Board

FA: Macquarie Group

LA: CMS

Arcus Infrastruc-

ture Partners

FA: Citi

LA: Freshfields Bruckhaus

Deringer; Latham & Watkins

08/09/2015 5 283 Amlin Financial

Services

MS&AD Insurance

Group Holdings

FA: Goldman Sachs; Nomura

Holdings

LA: Clifford Chance; Skadden

Arps Slate Meagher & Flom;

Sullivan & Cromwell

Amlin

FA: Evercore Partners; Morgan

Stanley; Rothschild

LA: Linklaters

29/09/2015 5 000

Natural American

Spirit (ex-US

business)

Consumer Japan Tobacco LA:^ Freshfields Bruckhaus

Deringer; PwC legal

Reynolds Ame-

rican

FA: Citi; J.P. Morgan; Lazard

LA: Jones Day

02/11/2015 4 759

King Digital Enter-

tainment

Computer

software Activision Blizzard

FA: Bank of America Merrill

Lynch; Goldman Sachs

LA: Allen & Overy; Arthur Cox;

Debevoise & Plimpton; Latham

& Watkins; Mason Hayes &

Curran

Apax Partners

LA: Matheson; Simpson

Thacher & Bartlett

08/09/2015 4 240 Betfair Group Leisure

Paddy Power

Betfair

FA: IBI Corporate Finance;

Morgan Stanley

LA: Allen & Overy; Arthur Cox;

Ashurst; William Fry

Betfair Group

FA: Goldman Sachs

LA: Freshfields Bruckhaus

Deringer