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    Jeremy Kutner

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    Jeremy Kutner advises on corporate transactions, including public, private and cross-border M&A, joint ventures and restructurings for leading global companies, sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds and family offices. He works across a range of industries including financial services, FinTech, healthcare, mining and metals, private equity, food and beverage, and telecommunications.

    Chambers UK and Legal 500 have recognized him as a leading lawyer and IFLR1000 has ranked him as a market leader in M&A and Private Equity. He was also twice named a Law360 Rising Star, was commended in the “Innovation in mergers and acquisitions” category by FT Innovative Lawyers Europe, named to the “40 Under 40 Rising Stars” list by Financial News and listed by Super Lawyers.

    Selected Publications

    • “Transformation and Innovation: A Guide to Partnerships Between Financial Services Institutions and FinTechs.” TheCityUK, November 2017
    • The 2013 Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions in the UK: “No loss of appetite.” International Financial Law Review
    • Know-how Article: A Q&A guide to public mergers and acquisitions law in the UK (England and Wales) PLC Which Lawyer? 2012–2018
    • Member of the Consulting Editorial Board of Lexis®PSL and the general editor of Tolley’s Company Law Service

    Spotlight

    S&C Advises B-Flexion in Boston Pharmaceuticals’ $2 Billion Sale to GSK

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    Vanessa Blackmore, Ben Perry, Jeremy Kutner and Matthew Triggs Author Law360 Article on FCA UK Market Abuse Regulation Guidance

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    Experience

    • William A. Ackman, and the Bremont Long Term Trust, in their £19 million rescue financing for and investment into Bremont Watch Company Limited
    • Certain members of the Yew Tree Consortium in its approximately $70 million investment in Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings
    • FGS Global in connection with KKR’s $775 million acquisition of WPP’s full equity position in FGS
    • Space X in its strategic partnership and commercial agreement with Filtronic plc
    • Evercore as independent financial adviser to Novo Nordisk in its agreement to acquire three fill-finish sites from Novo Holdings A/S for an upfront payment of $11 billion, in connection with Novo Holdings’ agreement to acquire Catalent, Inc. in an all-cash transaction that values Catalent at $16.5 billion
    • B-Flexion on its participation and underwriting as part of the Yew Tree consortium on the £216 million Aston Martin placing
    • The Energy & Minerals Group in its investment, alongside the UK Infrastructure Bank and TechMet, in Cornish Lithium plc
    • Apax Partners in its definitive agreement with Fremman Capital to acquire co-controlling stakes of Palex Medical from funds advised by Fremman, which is the current majority shareholder, as well as Palex management and other minority shareholders
    • Wasserman Media Group in the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of CSM Sport and Entertainment Holdings from Chime Communications

    • Kering Beauté SAS, a subsidiary of Kering SA, in the acquisition of Creed from funds controlled by BlackRock Long Term Private Capital Europe and Creed’s current Chair, Javier Ferrán
    • FGS Global, a subsidiary of WPP plc, in the investment by KKR into it
    • Pershing Square Foundation and TABLE Holdings in their equity investments in Bremont
    • B-Flexion on its participation and underwriting as part of the Yew Tree consortium on the £216 million Aston Martin placing
    • The Energy & Minerals Group in its investment, alongside the UK Infrastructure Bank and TechMet, in Cornish Lithium plc
    • The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited in its agreement with Credit Suisse for the acquisition of Credit Suisse Trust’s businesses based in Guernsey, Singapore and The Bahamas
    • Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company (a portfolio company of Tinicum Incorporated) in its acquisition and carveout of the Eurotherm business from Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    • LionTree as an investor in connection with Ocean Outdoor Limited’s agreement with Atoll Bidco Ltd., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Atairos Group, Inc., on the terms of a recommended acquisition by Atoll Bidco of all of the issued and to be issued share capital of Ocean which members of the Bidco Group do not already own
    • Acacia Pharma Group PLC on its acquisition by Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. by way of a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006
    • Rio Tinto in its acquisition of the approximately 49% of the issued and outstanding shares of Turquoise Hill that Rio Tinto does not currently own
    • Nippon Steel Corporation in its share purchase agreement to acquire 49.99% shares in G Steel Public Company Limited and 49.90% shares in G J Steel Public Company Limited from Kendrick Global Limited, an entity owned by funds managed by Ares SSG. Nippon Steel will launch a mandatory tender offer for the remaining shares of both G Steel and G J Steel, bringing the total acquisition cost to up to approximately $763 million
    • Seedrs in its acquisition by Republic in a deal that values it at approximately $100 million
    • J. Safra Group as shareholder to Allied Universal Topco on their £3.8 billion cash offer for G4S
    • Lion Capital in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of its portfolio company John Varvatos Enterprises, in a sale conducted under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code as well as the acquisition of certain assets of John Varvatos UK from UK administration
    • CSM Bakery Solutions Limited, a portfolio business of Rhône Capital, on the carve-out of its ingredients business by Investindustrial VII L.P.
    • Three Hills in the restructuring of its investment in Recycling Lives
    • Metro Bank PLC in its agreement to acquire Retail Money Market LTD (“RateSetter”)
    • Generali in its €592 million acquisition of Seguradoras Unidas and AdvanceCare
    • The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited in its acquisition of ABN AMRO Limited through its wholly owned subsidiary, Butterfield Bank Limited for an aggregate purchase price of approximately £161 million
    • Apollo Management and Rome UK Bidco Limited, a company formed on behalf of funds managed by Apollo, in connection with Rome UK Bidco’s approximately £3.3bn offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of RPC Group plc
    • Lombard and RBS on the $1.5bn consensual restructuring and eventual bankruptcy of Waypoint Leasing Limited, the Irish helicopter leading company. This advice includes a S363 credit bid and refinancing
    • e& on its acquisition of a 15% stake in Vodafone Group Plc and the entry into a relationship agreement with Vodafone providing for board representation as the largest shareholder

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    Education

    • University of Cambridge, M.A. (Cantab) , 2003
    • Harvard Law School, LL.M., 2001
    • University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, B.A., 1999

    Bar Admissions

    • England and Wales

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