Richard Daggett

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  Ogier advises Clarivate on $6.8bn combination with CPA Global

  Posted on 30/07/2020
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  Private equity and the response to COVID-19

  Posted on 29/06/2020
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  Ogier advises Urban Logistics on seven-site Crown Portfolio purchase

  Posted on 24/06/2020
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  Ogier advises J D Wetherspoon plc on £141m equity raise

  Posted on 01/06/2020

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  Ogier advises Clarivate on $6.8bn combination with CPA Global

  Posted on 30/07/2020
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  Ogier advises Urban Logistics on seven-site Crown Portfolio purchase

  Posted on 24/06/2020
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  Ogier advises J D Wetherspoon plc on £141m equity raise

  Posted on 01/06/2020
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  Ogier instrumental in £140 million financing deal for The Collective

  Posted on 12/03/2020

Richard has a broad corporate finance practice focusing on offshore property holding structures, mergers and acquisitions (public and private), IPOs, private equity structures and joint ventures.

Richard is a recommended / ranked lawyer in Chambers, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000.

Richard was admitted as an English solicitor in September 2006 after training with Ogier, having joined the firm directly following his legal studies in September 2004.

Richard received an LLB from University of Durham in 2003 and was awarded his Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice with Distinction in 2004.

Admitted in:
2009 - Jersey
2006 - England & Wales (not practising)

Representative transactions include:

Real Estate

• Acted for Permodalan Nasional Berhad and the Employees Provident Fund on the £1.6 billion acquisition of Battersea Power Station, the most expensive single asset property deal in UK history
• Acted for Intu Properties Plc on its purchase of a portfolio of two shopping centres and a retail park from Westfield for £867.8m
• Acted for NYSE-listed Brookfield Office Properties on its $829m purchase of Hammerson’s London office portfolio
• Acted for Carlyle on its acquisition of the White Tower portfolio of properties for £671 million
• Acted for Hammerson UK Properties Limited and CPP Investment Board Real Estate Holdings Inc. in relation to the acquisition of a 33% stake in the Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham, worth £307m
• Acted for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P on its first European property acquisition
• Acted for China Overseas Holdings Limited on the purchase of Centrium, 61 Aldwych for £170m
• Acted for long term private equity client on its £162m disposal of the Sterling portfolio of property assets to Westbrook
• Acted for long term private equity real estate client on its £103m disposal of the Woolwich Estate to British Land
• Acted for Lee Kim Tah-Metro Jersey Limited on its £76m purchase of 5 Chancery Lane

​​Corporate

• Acted for Clarivate on $4.2 billion merger with Churchill Capital Corp and NYSE listing
• Acted for OMERS on $1.1 billion acquisition of Alexander Mann Solutions
• Acted for Biffa on its listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, at the time, the UK's biggest IPO following the Brexit vote
• Acted for Cinven and Partnership Assurance on Partnership's £1.54 billion premium listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange
• Acted for Onexim Group on its disposal of its interest in Polyus Gold International for £3.6 billion
• Acted for Deutsche Bank AG in connection with a US $2.1 billion secured credit facility to Colfax Corporation as part funding for its acquisition of Charter International plc
• Acted for Advent International on its disposal of Domestic & General Group to CVC Partners
• Acted for a steering committee of senior lenders comprising Haymarket Financial, ING Bank and M&G Investments on the restructuring of the EurotaxGlass group
• Acted for Cinven on its acquisition of Premium Credit Limited for an enterprise value of £462 million
• Acted for Integrated Diagnostics Holdings plc on its $668m listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange
• Acted for the sellers on the £680m sale of the Jurys Inn hotel group to US private equity firm Lone Star

His responsiveness is phenomenal and his advice is logical and commercial Chambers UK, 2020

Richard Daggett is an exemplary partner and is supported by an industry leading team. He exercises sound judgement on complicated points of law and is able to provide workable solutions Legal 500 UK, 2020

Next generation partner Legal 500 UK, 2020

Highly regarded IFLR 1000 2020

Very helpful, smart and creative Chambers UK, 2019

Highly regarded IFLR 1000, 2018

Deserves particular recognition for his availability, precise advice and his understanding of the interactions between Jersey and British law Legal 500 UK, 2019

He is extremely collegiate and client-oriented. Chambers UK, 2018

Highly Regarded IFLR, 2018

Consistently performs and is always available to discuss queries. Legal 500 UK, 2017

Next generation lawyer Legal 500 UK, 2017

The service was excellent.... they were very responsive. Client feedback, 2016

recommended Legal 500, 2015

He has a very strong working knowledge of corporate law. Client feedback, 2016

a very good lawyer Client feedback, 2016

Richard Daggett is technically excellent, a real pleasure to deal with and he takes away the stress. He is someone who is always available and responsive. Client feedback, 2014

Richard Daggett is a very impressive operator and a real pleasure to deal with. Client feedback, 2014

recommended Legal 500, 2014

Richard was very responsive and easy to work with. He was very commercial and his advice was clear. Client feedback