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    John Horsfield-Bradbury

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    John Horsfield-Bradbury, based in London, leads our representation of major European companies on a variety of securities and M&A matters. He has advised many clients, including AB InBev, bp, The Goldman Sachs Group and Softbank in a significant number of transformational global transactions across a wide range of business sectors.

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    Experience

    Experience

    Capital Markets

    John has extensive experience in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities for a wide range of issuers. He is also actively involved in advising issuers listed in the United States on wide-variety of corporate governance matters:

    • Anheuser-Busch InBev on a wide variety of securities issuance and liability management transactions including: its $8.2 billion rights offering in 2008, its debut listing of ADSs on the NYSE in 2009, multiple registered and unregistered debt offerings totaling over $100 billion, including the second largest bond offering of all time when it issued $46 billion aggregate principal amount of guaranteed notes to pre-fund the acquisition of SABMiller plc
    • Budweiser Brewing Company APAC on its $5.75 billion initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
    • bp on its $12 billion hybrid bond offering and over $60.5 billion of U.S.-registered notes since 2008

    • Cellink on its SEK 1.5 billion 2.875% senior unsecured convertible bonds due 2026 convertible into Class B shares of Cellink via an ABO and a directed issue of SEK 1.5 billion of new Class B shares
    • CRH plc in the relocation of its primary listing to the New York Stock Exchange
    • CyrusOne Inc. (CONE), a U.S. data center REIT, on its inaugural €500 million benchmark CSPP-eligible green-bond issuance
    • Equinor on over $10 billion of U.S.-registered notes issuances
    • The Goldman Sachs Group on over $50 billion of its notes offerings since 2008
    • Haleon Group, the former consumer healthcare joint venture between GSK and Pfizer, in connection with the demerger and listing of Haleon on the London Stock Exchange and NYSE and its $8.75 billion offering SEC-registered debt exchange offer
    • JDE Peet’s N.V. on its inaugural $1.75 billion Rule 144A and Regulation S investment grade bond offering
    • The Kingdom of Denmark on the update to its €50B EMTN Programme and the inaugural $2B issuance under this updated Programme
    • International Airlines Group on its €2.75bn rights issue
    • Pershing Square Holdings on its initial public offering and listing on Euronext Amsterdam
    • Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken on its $1.85 billion rights offering
    • SoftBank Group in a series of capital markets transactions which involved monetizing a portion of its shares of Alibaba Group Holding and in relation to its agreement with Deutsche Telekom AG to monetize its stake in T-Mobile US, Inc
    • Telia Company on its €427 million placement of shares in Turkcell IIetsim Hizmetleri AS
    • XXL, the largest Nordic sports retailer, in connection with its initial public offering and listing on the Oslo Børs
    • ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., advising the underwriters, on its $250 million initial public offering and listing on the NYSE and on its $279 million secondary offering of shares

    M&A

    John has advised a broad array of multinational organizations on transformational global transactions including:

    • Anheuser-Busch InBev on its acquisition of SABMiller plc, the biggest ever takeover of a London-listed company; and on the sale of a 49.9% stake in its U.S. based metal container production plants to Apollo for approximately $3 billion
    • Barclays on the $15.2 billion sale of the Barclays Global Investors business to BlackRock
    • bp on its agreement with the Supreme Petroleum Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to acquire a minority interest in Abu Dhabi’s ADCO onshore oil concession in exchange for 2% of bp’s issued share capital
    • Credit Suisse on the acquisition of the private wealth management business in Europe, Middle East and Africa of Morgan Stanley
    • Cúram Software on its acquisition by IBM Corporation
    • e& on multiple transactions including:
      • its announced expansion into Central and Eastern Europe through an investment in a majority stake in PPF Telecom
      • 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
    • Silver Lake Partners and Skype on the $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype by Microsoft
    • Telia Company, the pre-dominant Swedish telecommunications company on a significant number of critical matters including:
      • the sale of all of its common shares in Spotify Technology for an aggregate cash consideration of approximately $272 million
      • the sale of its 47% interest in Turkcell (the leading mobile operator of Turkey) to the Turkey Wealth Fund for $530 million
      • the sale of its mobile telecommunication business in Moldova, Moldcell to CG Corp Global
      • the sale of its majority interest in Azercell (a leading Azeri telecommunications operator ) to a company wholly owned by the Republic of Azerbaijan, for €222 million
      • the sale of its mobile telecommunication business in Georgia, Geocell, to Silknet JSC, a Georgian wireline telecommunications operator, for total consideration of approximately $153 million
      • the sale of its majority interest in Kcell (the leading Kazakhi telecommunications operator) to the telecom operator Kazakhtelecom, which is controlled by the sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna for $446 million
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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    • Client Service All-Star in M&A and Capital Markets by BTI (2021)
    • Rising Star by Law360 (2020)
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises CRH on Transition of Primary Listing to United States

      September 26, 2023
    • S&C Advises SoftBank in $5.23 Billion Arm IPO

      September 22, 2023
    • S&C Advises e& in Its Expansion Into Central and Eastern Europe Through Investment in Majority Stake in PPF Telecom

      August 1, 2023
    • S&C Advises e& on the Formation of a Strategic Relationship with Vodafone

      May 11, 2023
    • S&C Advises CRH on Its Plans to Pursue a Primary Listing in the United States

      March 2, 2023
    • Sergio Galvis, Christopher Mann, Werner Ahlers and John Horsfield-Bradbury Speak at ABA International Law Section Fall Conference

      September 13–15, 2022
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • Impact of Proposed European Union ESG Laws and Regulations on non-EU Issuers

      Podcasts September 15, 2022
    • ESG Trends and Hot Topics

      Newsletters May 31, 2022
    • Cathy Clarkin, John Horsfield-Bradbury, Jeffrey Hochberg and Ekaterina Roze Author Chapters for Getting the Deal Through

      Articles March 29, 2022
    • European Capital Markets Activity During COVID-19

      Podcasts June 30, 2020
    • European Capital Markets

      Webinars April 30, 2020
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2008
    • University of Cambridge, M.Math., 2005
    • University of Cambridge, B.A., 2004

    Bar Admissions

    • New York
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    Related Practices

    Related Practices

    • General Practice
    • Capital Markets
    • Credit & Leveraged Finance
    • Energy Transition
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    • Europe
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Private Equity
    • Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies
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