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.
Experience
Advising:
- The Carlyle Group on the highly competitive auction process for the sale of Calastone, the world’s largest global funds network, to SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc., a global leader in investment and financial services software.
- QuadReal on the acquisition of a portfolio of UK self-storage assets from Clearsky and ongoing joint venture with Cinch.
- 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 servicing a diverse customer base of more than 150,000 merchants and 200 financial institutions across the entire payments value chain, operating across more than 50 countries.
- Brookfield on its preferred equity investment in GEMS Education, a UAE-based education and ancillary services provider.
- AustralianSuper on the acquisition of a 50% stake in an €805m logistics platform and a 50% stake in the M7 Real Estate asset management business.
- 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.
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