Cassandra Smith | Lawyers

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UK (England & Wales)

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Mainstream Corporate

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"I advise corporate clients and financial sponsors on complex cross-border and domestic strategic transactions, with particular experience in private M&A. With the client’s objectives and relationship in mind, I aim to offer pragmatic solutions in an efficient and commercially focused manner."

Overview

Cassandra is a Managing Associate in the firm’s London office. She advises clients across a broad range of sectors on complex cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and corporate governance matters.

In 2024 and 2025, Cassandra spent nine months on secondment to the Macquarie Asset Management division of Macquarie.

Work highlights

Tate & Lyle PLC: advising on the acquisition of CP Kelco, a leading provider of pectin, speciality gums and other nature-based ingredients, from J.M. Huber Corporation for US$1.8bn.
Macquarie Asset Management: advising on the sale of its interest in the East Anglia One offshore wind farm.
Generali: advising on the acquisition of Conning Holdings Limited, a leading global asset manager for insurance and institutional clients, to create a long-term partnership with Cathay Life, a subsidiary of Cathay Financial Holdings.
Advising on the proposed sale of The Telegraph newspaper and The Spectator magazine in the UK.
Thermo Fisher: advising on the £2.3bn acquisition of The Binding Site group, a Birmingham-based life sciences company focussing on the research, development, production and sale of specialist medical diagnostic products which detect and monitor types of bone marrow cancer, from a group of sellers led by Nordic Capital.
Unilever PLC: advising on the carve-out and €4.5bn sale of the world’s leading tea business with a portfolio of 34 leading brands (including PG Tips, Pukka, T2 and TAZO), 11 factories and three tea estates in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania to CVC Capital Partners.
Qatar Investment Authority: advising on its joint venture partnership with Enel Green Power to build and operate renewable plants in Sub-Saharan Africa
Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG: advising on the €350m sale of its haemostasis product TachoSil to Corza Health, Inc.
Green Investment Group Limited: advising on its disposal of a 235MW onshore wind farm in central Sweden.
Travis Perkins: advising on its demerger and the listing of Wickes.

Experience

Cassandra holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Sydney, Australia.

Overview

In 2024 and 2025, Cassandra spent nine months on secondment to the Macquarie Asset Management division of Macquarie.

Work highlights

Tate & Lyle PLC: advising on the acquisition of CP Kelco, a leading provider of pectin, speciality gums and other nature-based ingredients, from J.M. Huber Corporation for US$1.8bn.

Macquarie Asset Management: advising on the sale of its interest in the East Anglia One offshore wind farm.

Generali: advising on the acquisition of Conning Holdings Limited, a leading global asset manager for insurance and institutional clients, to create a long-term partnership with Cathay Life, a subsidiary of Cathay Financial Holdings.

Advising on the proposed sale of The Telegraph newspaper and The Spectator magazine in the UK.

Thermo Fisher: advising on the £2.3bn acquisition of The Binding Site group, a Birmingham-based life sciences company focussing on the research, development, production and sale of specialist medical diagnostic products which detect and monitor types of bone marrow cancer, from a group of sellers led by Nordic Capital.

Unilever PLC: advising on the carve-out and €4.5bn sale of the world’s leading tea business with a portfolio of 34 leading brands (including PG Tips, Pukka, T2 and TAZO), 11 factories and three tea estates in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania to CVC Capital Partners.

Qatar Investment Authority: advising on its joint venture partnership with Enel Green Power to build and operate renewable plants in Sub-Saharan Africa

Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG: advising on the €350m sale of its haemostasis product TachoSil to Corza Health, Inc.

Green Investment Group Limited: advising on its disposal of a 235MW onshore wind farm in central Sweden.

Travis Perkins: advising on its demerger and the listing of Wickes.

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