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Nick BonsallSlaughter & May

Nick Bonsall

Partner at Slaughter & May

Lawyer

London

Deal Bio

Total Deals25
Valued Deals20
Total Value£41,778M
Avg. Deal Size£2,089M

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Full Line Insurance
PrivateAcquisitionMajorityCross Border
Standard Life Assurance

target

Standard Life Assurance

Phoenix Group Holdings

bidder

Phoenix Group Holdings

£3,200m

105 dealmakers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Full Line Insurance
PublicAcquisition
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

target

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

Marsh & Mclennan Companies

bidder

Marsh & Mclennan Companies

£4,294m

68 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Alternative Fuels
PrivateAcquisitionMinorityPrivate Equity
Ovo Energy

target

Ovo Energy

Mitsubishi Corporation

bidder

Mitsubishi Corporation

£216m

34 dealmakers

Thailand
Life Insurance
MajorityPrivateAcquisition
Scb Life Assurance Public Company

target

Scb Life Assurance Public Company

Fwd Group

bidder

Fwd Group

value n/a

14 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Insurance Brokers
Private EquityPrivateMajorityAcquisitionCross Border
Global Risk Partners

target

Global Risk Partners

Searchlight Capital Partners

bidder

Searchlight Capital Partners

value n/a

46 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Full Line Insurance
Cross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivate
Ark Insurance Holdings

target

Ark Insurance Holdings

White Mountains Insurance Group

bidder

White Mountains Insurance Group

£619m

39 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Full Line Insurance
PublicCross BorderMajorityPrivate EquityAcquisition
Rsa Insurance Group

target

Rsa Insurance Group

Caisse De Depot Et Placement Du Quebec (cdpq)

bidder

Caisse De Depot Et Placement Du Quebec (cdpq)

£7,200m

184 dealmakers

United Kingdom
IT Services: Other
AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPublic
Goco Group

target

Goco Group

Future

bidder

Future

£594m

76 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Auto Services
MajorityPrivate EquityAcquisitionPrivateCross Border
Millbrook Healthcare

target

Millbrook Healthcare

Utac Ceram

bidder

Utac Ceram

£133m

57 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Management Consulting
DomesticMajorityPrivateAcquisition
River And Mercantile (solutions Business)

target

River And Mercantile (solutions Business)

Schroders

bidder

Schroders

£230m

29 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Asset Managers and Custodians
MajorityPrivateDomesticPrivate EquityAcquisition
Interactive Investor Services

target

Interactive Investor Services

Abrdn (ex-standard Life Aberdeen)

bidder

Abrdn (ex-standard Life Aberdeen)

£1,490m

71 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Private Equity
AcquisitionPrivateDomesticMajorityPrivate Equity
Greencoat Capital

target

Greencoat Capital

Schroders

bidder

Schroders

£358m

22 dealmakers

Mauritius
Financial Data and Systems
MajorityAcquisitionDomesticPrivate
Global Credit Rating Company

target

Global Credit Rating Company

Moody’s Corporation

bidder

Moody’s Corporation

value n/a

34 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Consumer Lending
Cross BorderAcquisitionPrivateMajority
Arrow Global Group (capquest And Mars Platforms)

target

Arrow Global Group (capquest And Mars Platforms)

INTRUM

bidder

INTRUM

£36m

44 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Funeral Parlors and Cemetery
AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPrivate EquityPublicPrivatisation
Dignity

target

Dignity

Phoenix Asset Management Partners

bidder

Phoenix Asset Management Partners

£707m

54 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Asset Managers and Custodians
MajorityAcquisitionPublicDomestic
Curtis Banks Group

target

Curtis Banks Group

Nucleus Financial Group

bidder

Nucleus Financial Group

£242m

44 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Asset Managers and Custodians
PublicAcquisitionMajorityCross Border
Numis Corporation

target

Numis Corporation

Deutsche Bank

bidder

Deutsche Bank

£410m

51 dealmakers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Telecommunications Services: Other
Joint VentureCross BorderAcquisitionMergerMajorityPrivate
Three Uk

target

Three Uk

Vodafone Group

bidder

Vodafone Group

£15,000m

219 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Life Insurance
Cross BorderAcquisitionPrivateMajority
Aig Life

target

Aig Life

Aviva

bidder

Aviva

£460m

43 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Water
MajorityPrivateAcquisitionDomestic
Sutton And East Surrey Water

target

Sutton And East Surrey Water

Pennon Group

bidder

Pennon Group

£380m

62 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Software
Private EquityAcquisitionDomesticPrivateMajority
Third Financial

target

Third Financial

Nucleus Financial Group

bidder

Nucleus Financial Group

value n/a

26 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Insurance Brokers
Cross BorderMajorityAcquisitionPublicTender Offer
Direct Line Insurance Group

target

Direct Line Insurance Group

Ageas Insurance International

bidder

Ageas Insurance International

£3,171m

49 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Software
DomesticPrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity
The Grc Group

target

The Grc Group

Inflexion Private Equity

bidder

Inflexion Private Equity

£430m

35 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Express Courier / Parcels
Cross BorderMajorityPublicAcquisitionTender OfferPrivatisation
International Distributions Services (royal Mail)

target

International Distributions Services (royal Mail)

Ep Group

bidder

Ep Group

£2,606m

73 dealmakers

United Kingdom
Financial Data and Systems
AcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityPrivateCross Border
Amitra Capital

target

Amitra Capital

Arrow Global Group

bidder

Arrow Global Group

value n/a

19 dealmakers

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