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Jessamy Gallagher 

Partner, London 

Profession

Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia

Experience

Wide range of public and private M&A including cross-border work, initial public offerings and other equity capital markets/listing-related work, general corporate and commercial advice and private equity transactions. Clients include a range of investment banks and corporates.

Recent transactions include:

  • Rio Tinto on its defence of the hostile pre-conditional takeover offers made by BHP Billiton
  • Macquarie, IFM, CPP and AMP on the disposal of Wales & West Gas Networks to Cheung Kong Infrastructure
  • J Sainsbury plc on the unsuccessful takeover proposals by, respectively, a consortium led by CVC and the Quatar Investment Authority
  • Rio Tinto on the carve out disposal of a majority stake in its Engineered Products business to private equity funds managed by Apollo and subsequent JV arrangements
  • Marubeni Corporation on its acquisition of a stake in DONG Energy’s UK windfarm portfolio and subsequent JV arrangements

Professional experience

2008 - to date Partner Linklaters, London
2002 - 2008 Managing Associate, Corporate Finance Department, Linklaters London (including secondment to the Corporate Finance/Equities legal team at UBS Investment Bank for eight months in 2005)
2001 - 2002 Associate, Corporate Finance Department, Linklaters London
1999 - 2000 Associate, Freehills, Sydney
1997 - 1999 Associate, Minter Ellison, Sydney

Education

1995 - 1996 University of Sydney, Bachelor of Law (Honours Class I)
1991 - 1994 University of Sydney, Bachelor of Arts (Honours Class I, University Medal)