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Piers Prichard JonesFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Piers Prichard Jones

Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Lawyer

London

Deal Bio

Total Deals20
Valued Deals16
Total Value£ 41.97 B
Avg. Deal Size£ 2.62 B

Market Context

Awards

2024 Top M&A Lawyers in EMEA
2024 Top M&A Lawyers in the UK
H1 2019 Top M&A Lawyers in EMEA

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01 Mar 2018|United Kingdom|Telecommunications Equipment
Laird Performance Materials
Advent International Corporation

Target: LAIRD PERFORMANCE MATERIALS

Bidder: ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

12 Service Providers

6 Target | 6 Bidder

82 Dealmakers

14 Target | 68 Bidder

£ 1.15 B

Value

11 May 2018|United Kingdom|Information / Data Services
Zoopla Property Group
Silver Lake Partners

Target: ZOOPLA PROPERTY GROUP PLC

Bidder: SILVER LAKE PARTNERS LP

24 Service Providers

8 Target | 13 Bidder | 3 Vendor

61 Dealmakers

17 Target | 38 Bidder | 6 Vendor

£ 2.52 B

Value

24 Sep 2018|United Kingdom|Gold Mining
Randgold Resources
Barrick Gold Corporation

Target: RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED

Bidder: BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION

14 Service Providers

6 Target | 8 Bidder

69 Dealmakers

33 Target | 37 Bidder

£ 4.25 B

Value

31 Jan 2019|United Kingdom|Plastics
Rpc Group
Berry Global

Target: RPC GROUP PLC

Bidder: BERRY GLOBAL INC

47 Service Providers

12 Target | 18 Bidder

104 Dealmakers

35 Target | 50 Bidder

£ 4.83 B

Value

17 Dec 2018|Switzerland|Electrical Components
Hitachi Energy
Hitachi

Target: HITACHI ENERGY

Bidder: HITACHI LTD

24 Service Providers

1 Target | 8 Bidder | 15 Vendor

89 Dealmakers

1 Target | 29 Bidder | 60 Vendor

£ 5.78 B

Value

11 Jun 2018|Sweden|Medical Services
Anicura Group
Mars Petcare

Target: ANICURA GROUP

Bidder: MARS PETCARE

9 Service Providers

1 Target | 7 Bidder | 1 Vendor

11 Dealmakers

1 Target | 9 Bidder | 1 Vendor

n/a

Value

04 Feb 2020|France|Digital Services
EI-TECHNOLOGIES
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

Target: EI-TECHNOLOGIES

Bidder: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

5 Service Providers

1 Target | 2 Bidder | 2 Vendor

44 Dealmakers

1 Target | 38 Bidder | 5 Vendor

n/a

Value

04 Jun 2020|United Kingdom|Cosmetics
Charlotte Tilbury
Bdt Capital Partners

Target: CHARLOTTE TILBURY LTD

Bidder: BDT CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC

17 Service Providers

5 Target | 9 Bidder | 3 Vendor

61 Dealmakers

30 Target | 26 Bidder | 5 Vendor

n/a

Value

14 Dec 2021|United Kingdom|Transportation Services
Stagecoach Group
Dws Infrastructure

Target: STAGECOACH GROUP PLC

Bidder: DWS INFRASTRUCTURE

15 Service Providers

5 Target | 4 Bidder

91 Dealmakers

34 Target | 35 Bidder

£ 595 M

Value

20 Feb 2022|United Kingdom|Third Party Logistics (3PL)
Clipper Logistics
Gxo Logistics

Target: CLIPPER LOGISTICS

Bidder: GXO LOGISTICS

11 Service Providers

4 Target | 7 Bidder

43 Dealmakers

17 Target | 26 Bidder

£ 961 M

Value

14 Aug 2023|Germany|Medical Services
Synlab Vet
Mars

Target: SYNLAB VET

Bidder: MARS INC

6 Service Providers

1 Target | 4 Bidder | 1 Vendor

85 Dealmakers

1 Target | 60 Bidder | 24 Vendor

n/a

Value

12 Sep 2023|United States|Paper
Westrock Company
Smurfit Kappa

Target: WESTROCK COMPANY

Bidder: SMURFIT KAPPA

19 Service Providers

10 Target | 9 Bidder

149 Dealmakers

78 Target | 71 Bidder

£ 8.95 B

Value

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