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Cover Image Benjamin Ward

Benjamin Ward

Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills

Lawyer

London

Deal Bio

Total Deals24

Valued Deals14

Total Value£ 6.80 B

Avg. Deal Size£ 486 M

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18 Mar 2016|United Kingdom|IT Services: Other

Target: OPTEVIA LTD

Bidder: IBM CORPORATION

2 Service Providers

1 Target | 1 Bidder

4 Dealmakers

n/a

Value

28 Jun 2016|United Kingdom|Transportation Services

Target: MEGABUS EUROPE

Bidder: FLIX SE

2 Service Providers

1 Bidder | 1 Vendor

37 Dealmakers

11 Bidder | 27 Vendor

n/a

Value

10 Jul 2016|United Kingdom|Specialty Contracting

Target: G4S CASH SOLUTIONS (UK) LTD

Bidder: IBM UNITED KINGDOM LTD

2 Service Providers

1 Target | 1 Bidder

7 Dealmakers

n/a

Value

02 Nov 2017|United Kingdom|Alternative Electricity

Target: ATLANTICA YIELD PLC

Bidder: ALGONQUIN POWER AND UTILITIES CORP

7 Service Providers

2 Target | 3 Bidder | 2 Vendor

14 Dealmakers

7 Target | 1 Bidder | 6 Vendor

£ 480 M

Value

15 May 2018|United Kingdom|Airlines

Target: VIRGIN ATLANTIC LTD

Bidder: AIR FRANCE-KLM SA

2 Service Providers

1 Target | 1 Bidder

16 Dealmakers

£ 220 M

Value

15 Jun 2018|Australia|Engineering Consulting

Target: ONIQUA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED

Bidder: IBM CORPORATION

5 Service Providers

1 Target | 1 Bidder | 3 Vendor

8 Dealmakers

n/a

Value

04 Jul 2018|United Kingdom|Water

Target: SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE PLC

Bidder: MITSUBISHI CORPORATION

3 Service Providers

2 Bidder | 1 Vendor

5 Dealmakers

n/a

Value

14 Aug 2018|United Kingdom|Full Line Insurance

Target: ESURE GROUP PLC

Bidder: BAIN CAPITAL LP

12 Service Providers

4 Target | 7 Bidder | 1 Vendor

28 Dealmakers

9 Target | 16 Bidder | 3 Vendor

£ 1.21 B

Value

26 Nov 2018|United Kingdom|Farming Fishing Ranching and Plantations

Target: THEROS PHARMA LTD

Bidder: MARICANN GROUP INC

3 Service Providers

1 Target | 2 Bidder

3 Dealmakers

£ 15 M

Value

11 Jan 2019|United Kingdom|Airlines

Target: FLYBE GROUP

Bidder: VIRGIN ATLANTIC LTD

13 Service Providers

4 Target | 9 Bidder

43 Dealmakers

4 Target | 39 Bidder

£ 84 M

Value

03 May 2019|Netherlands|Storage Terminals

Target: TERMINAL INVESTMENT LTD

Bidder: GIC PRIVATE LIMITED

6 Service Providers

1 Target | 4 Bidder | 1 Vendor

20 Dealmakers

1 Target | 17 Bidder | 2 Vendor

n/a

Value

17 Oct 2019|United States|Specialty Retailers

Target: MARSHALL RETAIL GROUP LLC

Bidder: WH SMITH PLC

10 Service Providers

2 Target | 8 Bidder

48 Dealmakers

28 Target | 20 Bidder

£ 312 M

Value

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