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Factsheet Private Equity Team

At a glance guide to supporting private equity downstream transactions

Guide

16 October 2023

Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, Luxembourg Legal Services

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Ogier is a go-to firm for all aspects of the private equity life cycle, regularly working on innovative and complex downstream transactions.

Our award-winning Private Equity team is renowned for its depth of understanding and significant experience in fund establishment, investments and exits. From domestic mergers and acquisitions to complex, cross-border transactions, we combine outstanding local knowledge with a global perspective that is fully aligned with our international client base.

We have dedicated private equity lawyers across some of the leading global centres for private equity - BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg. We are perfectly placed to provide regulatory and change of control analysis, and advice on sophisticated and time critical transactions.

BVI
Ogier acted as British Virgin Islands counsel on NASDAQ-listed Kismet Acquisition One Corp's merger with Cyprus-based Nexters Global Limited, in a SPAC business combination valuing Nexters at an enterprise value of US$1.9 billion

Cayman
Ogier advised Advent, one of the largest global private equity firms
and one of the most successful venture capital investors in tech businesses, on the cash-and-stock sale to NuBank of its controlling stake in EasyInvest. The transaction was valued at over R$1,500,000,000

Guernsey
Ogier in Guernsey advised Disruptive Capital on the establishment and ÂŁ125 million listing on Euronext Amsterdam of Disruptive Capital Acquisition Company Limited, a Guernsey incorporated SPAC

Hong Kong
Acted as as Cayman Islands counsel on corporate and debt finance matters to an investor consortium comprising DCP Capital Partners, Ocean Link Partners Limited and Rick Yan, the chief executive officer of 51job Inc, in the US$5.7 billion take-private of the company

Ireland
A multidisciplinary team from Ogier in Ireland acted for Thorntons Recycling on the acquisition of Irish waste management business The City Bin Co. The team also provided competition law advice while the sale was reviewed by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Jersey
Advised Gazit Group on its €1.45 billion acquisition of Atrium European Real Estate - the first ever take private by way of a Jersey statutory merger

Advised Fortress Investment Group on its acquisition of Vice Media Group in a deal valuing the high-profile media company at $350 million

Luxembourg
Ogier in Luxembourg advised Baltic Classifieds Group, a portfolio company of funds advised by Apax Partners LLP, in its ÂŁ330 million IPO and admission to trading on the LSE

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