Overview
Frances is a managing associate in the M&A team in London, with experience acting for financial sponsors and corporates across public and private M&A, co-investments and joint ventures.
Work Highlights:
- Brookfield on its £2.2bn recommended cash offer for Network International Holdings Plc, a leading provider of digital payment solutions in the Middle East and Africa.
- Brookfield on its preferred equity investment in GEMS Education, a UAE-based education and ancillary services provider.
- Hg on CPPIB’s investment in team.blue, one of the largest privately owned technology companies in Europe, valuing the company at €4.8bn.
- Carlyle and PA Consulting Group Limited on PA’s strategic partnership with Jacobs Engineering Inc. and associated exit by Carlyle, valuing PA at £1.8bn.
- TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association) on its disposal of a stake in the €5bn “CHOP” pan-European office platform.
- Blackstone on the acquisition of Cobham Aviation Services UK, a provider of outsourced aviation services for military and civil customers worldwide, from Advent.