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Christian Ahlborn

Partner at Covington & Burling

Lawyer

Deal Bio

Total Deals24

Valued Deals19

Total Value£ 80.62 B

Avg. Deal Size£ 4.24 B

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01 Apr 2017|United Kingdom|Oil Equipment and Services

Target: GLENCORE'S OIL PRODUCT STORAGE AND LOGISTICS BUSINESS

Bidder: HNA INNOVATION FINANCE

11 Service Providers

8 Bidder | 3 Vendor

51 Dealmakers

2 Bidder | 49 Vendor

£ 619 M

Value

15 May 2018|Switzerland|Payments / Commerce

Target: SIX PAYMENT SERVICES LTD

Bidder: ATOS SE

14 Service Providers

1 Target | 8 Bidder | 5 Vendor

64 Dealmakers

1 Target | 16 Bidder | 48 Vendor

£ 2.14 B

Value

06 Apr 2016|Netherlands|Fruit and Grain Processing

Target: GLENCORE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Bidder: CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD (CPP INVESTMENTS)

8 Service Providers

1 Target | 2 Bidder | 5 Vendor

24 Dealmakers

1 Target | 1 Bidder | 22 Vendor

£ 1.77 B

Value

08 May 2018|Ireland|Biotechnology

Target: SHIRE PLC

Bidder: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED

29 Service Providers

13 Target | 16 Bidder

154 Dealmakers

49 Target | 106 Bidder

£ 44.35 B

Value

06 Jul 2018|United Kingdom|Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO)

Target: ROLLS-ROYCE (MARINE BUSINESS)

Bidder: KONGSBERG PRECISION CUTTING SYSTEMS

10 Service Providers

1 Target | 6 Bidder | 3 Vendor

35 Dealmakers

1 Target | 32 Bidder | 2 Vendor

£ 500 M

Value

30 Jan 2019|United Kingdom|Restaurants and Bars

Target: COFFEE#1

Bidder: CAFFE NERO

8 Service Providers

6 Bidder | 2 Vendor

26 Dealmakers

25 Bidder | 1 Vendor

n/a

Value

10 Apr 2018|United Kingdom|Software

Target: THE ACCESS GROUP

Bidder: HG CAPITAL LLP

8 Service Providers

4 Target | 2 Bidder | 2 Vendor

52 Dealmakers

1 Target | 50 Bidder | 1 Vendor

n/a

Value

23 May 2018|United Kingdom|Software

Target: IRIS SOFTWARE GROUP

Bidder: HG CAPITAL LLP

16 Service Providers

5 Target | 11 Bidder

42 Dealmakers

8 Target | 34 Bidder

n/a

Value

31 Mar 2017|United Kingdom|Oil Equipment and Services

Target: HG STORAGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Bidder: HNA GROUP CO LTD

4 Service Providers

2 Bidder | 2 Vendor

36 Dealmakers

36 Vendor

£ 662 M

Value

26 May 2020|Germany|Banks

Target: HSBC TRINKAUS & BURKHARD AG

Bidder: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

4 Service Providers

1 Target | 2 Bidder | 1 Vendor

15 Dealmakers

2 Target | 12 Bidder | 1 Vendor

£ 258 M

Value

25 Jun 2020|United Kingdom|Business Process Outsourcing

Target: INTERSERVE (SUPPORT SERVICES ARM)

Bidder: MITIE GROUP PLC

11 Service Providers

7 Bidder | 4 Vendor

159 Dealmakers

132 Bidder | 36 Vendor

£ 190 M

Value

08 Dec 2020|United Kingdom|Security Services

Target: G4S PLC

Bidder: ALLIED UNIVERSAL

30 Service Providers

8 Target | 11 Bidder

142 Dealmakers

57 Target | 24 Bidder

£ 3.82 B

Value

28 Oct 2020|United Kingdom|Copper

Target: KAZ MINERALS PLC

Bidder: NOVA RESOURCES BV

15 Service Providers

5 Target | 9 Bidder | 1 Vendor

90 Dealmakers

46 Target | 44 Bidder | 1 Vendor

£ 3.70 B

Value

02 Nov 2020|Denmark|Payments / Commerce

Target: NETS A/S

Bidder: NEXI SPA

44 Service Providers

9 Target | 32 Bidder | 3 Vendor

220 Dealmakers

37 Target | 178 Bidder | 5 Vendor

£ 6.97 B

Value

30 Nov 2020|Denmark|Management Consulting

Target: PA CONSULTING LLC

Bidder: JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC

12 Service Providers

2 Target | 5 Bidder | 5 Vendor

77 Dealmakers

3 Target | 20 Bidder | 56 Vendor

£ 1.82 B

Value

21 Jan 2021|United States|FinTech

Target: TASTYTRADE INC

Bidder: IG GROUP HOLDINGS PLC

12 Service Providers

2 Target | 8 Bidder | 2 Vendor

65 Dealmakers

3 Target | 53 Bidder | 8 Vendor

£ 732 M

Value

08 Feb 2021|United Kingdom|Semiconductors

Target: DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR PLC

Bidder: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

12 Service Providers

6 Target | 6 Bidder

135 Dealmakers

122 Target | 14 Bidder

£ 4.29 B

Value

18 Mar 2021|Australia|General Mining

Target: AURUKUN BAUXITE PROJECT

Bidder: MITSUBISHI CORPORATION

4 Service Providers

2 Bidder | 2 Vendor

5 Dealmakers

2 Bidder | 3 Vendor

n/a

Value

28 Jun 2021|Colombia|General Mining

Target: ANGLO AMERICAN PLC / BHP / GLENCORE JV (CERREJON MINE)

Bidder: GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL PLC

7 Service Providers

2 Bidder | 5 Vendor

18 Dealmakers

16 Bidder | 2 Vendor

£ 423 M

Value

31 Dec 2021|United Kingdom|Electrical Components

Target: FARADION LIMITED

Bidder: RELIANCE NEW ENERGY SOLAR

5 Service Providers

1 Target | 4 Bidder

28 Dealmakers

4 Target | 24 Bidder

£ 100 M

Value

06 Jan 2022|Netherlands|Leasing

Target: LEASEPLAN CORPORATION NV

Bidder: ALD SA

23 Service Providers

9 Target | 13 Bidder | 1 Vendor

80 Dealmakers

25 Target | 53 Bidder | 2 Vendor

£ 4.10 B

Value

15 Dec 2021|Russian Federation|Coal

Target: PAO RASPADSKAYA

Bidder: INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

7 Service Providers

1 Target | 6 Vendor

45 Dealmakers

1 Target | 44 Vendor

£ 3.02 B

Value

23 May 2023|United States|Financial Data and Systems

Target: BLOOMBERG / MARKETAXESS / TRADEWEB JOINT VENTURE

Bidder: BLOOMBERG LP

7 Service Providers

2 Target | 5 Bidder

34 Dealmakers

4 Target | 30 Bidder

n/a

Value

16 Jun 2025|United Kingdom|Defense

Target: ULTRA PCS (PRECISION CONTROL SYSTEMS)

Bidder: EATON CORPORATION

9 Service Providers

1 Target | 2 Bidder | 6 Vendor

55 Dealmakers

1 Target | 13 Bidder | 42 Vendor

£ 1.14 B

Value