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Will PearceDavis Polk & Wardwell

Will Pearce

Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell

Lawyer

London

Deal Bio

Total Deals56
Valued Deals37
Total Value£ 89.58 B
Avg. Deal Size£ 2.42 B

Market Context

Awards

2022 Top Healthcare Lawyers in EMEA
2022 Top FinTech Lawyers in EMEA
2019 Top M&A Lawyers in the UK
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20 Apr 2018|United Kingdom|FinTech
Fidessa Group
Ion Investment Group

Target: FIDESSA GROUP PLC

Bidder: ION INVESTMENT GROUP LTD

15 Service Providers

6 Target | 6 Bidder

84 Dealmakers

16 Target | 49 Bidder

£ 1.44 B

Value

09 Aug 2017|United Kingdom|Diversified Financials
Worldpay
Vantiv

Target: WORLDPAY INC

Bidder: VANTIV INC

8 Service Providers

5 Target | 3 Bidder

44 Dealmakers

42 Target | 2 Bidder

£ 9.25 B

Value

26 Oct 2015|United Kingdom|Specialty Contracting
Apr Energy
Fairfax Financial Holdings

Target: APR ENERGY LIMITED

Bidder: FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

11 Service Providers

5 Target | 6 Bidder

28 Dealmakers

5 Target | 27 Bidder

£ 389 M

Value

11 Aug 2015|United Kingdom|Insurance Brokers
Partnership Assurance Group
Permira Advisers

Target: PARTNERSHIP ASSURANCE GROUP PLC

Bidder: PERMIRA ADVISERS LLP

10 Service Providers

4 Target | 6 Bidder

13 Dealmakers

6 Target | 7 Bidder

£ 668 M

Value

19 Feb 2015|United Kingdom|Containers and Packaging
Rexam
Ball Corporation

Target: REXAM PLC

Bidder: BALL CORPORATION

12 Service Providers

6 Target | 6 Bidder

24 Dealmakers

10 Target | 14 Bidder

£ 5.58 B

Value

26 Jul 2016|United Kingdom|FinTech
Vocalink Holdings
Mastercard

Target: VOCALINK HOLDINGS LTD

Bidder: MASTERCARD INC

4 Service Providers

3 Target | 1 Bidder

14 Dealmakers

13 Target | 1 Bidder

£ 646 M

Value

25 Apr 2018|United Kingdom|Radio and TV Broadcasters
Sky
Comcast Corporation

Target: SKY PLC

Bidder: COMCAST CORPORATION

30 Service Providers

11 Target | 11 Bidder

90 Dealmakers

27 Target | 37 Bidder

£ 23.67 B

Value

17 Feb 2015|United Kingdom|Entertainment
Miniclip Group
Tencent Holdings

Target: MINICLIP GROUP SA

Bidder: TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED

5 Service Providers

5 Bidder

2 Dealmakers

2 Bidder

n/a

Value

31 Mar 2015|Netherlands|Auto Technology
Phillips Automotive Lightning Business
Go Scale Capital Investor Consortium

Target: PHILLIPS AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTNING BUSINESS

Bidder: GO SCALE CAPITAL INVESTOR CONSORTIUM

4 Service Providers

2 Target | 2 Vendor

2 Dealmakers

2 Vendor

£ 1.78 B

Value

29 Apr 2015|United Kingdom|Sugar
Napier Brown Sugar
Tereos International

Target: NAPIER BROWN SUGAR LIMITED

Bidder: TEREOS INTERNATIONAL SA

2 Service Providers

1 Target | 1 Bidder

2 Dealmakers

2 Target

£ 34 M

Value

15 Jun 2015|India|Integrated Oil and Gas
Cairn India
Vendata Resources

Target: CAIRN INDIA LIMITED

Bidder: VENDATA RESOURCES PLC

9 Service Providers

3 Target | 6 Bidder

5 Dealmakers

5 Bidder

£ 1.91 B

Value

05 Aug 2015|United Kingdom|Building Materials: Other
Nuaire
Polypipe Group

Target: NUAIRE LIMITED

Bidder: POLYPIPE GROUP PLC

6 Service Providers

2 Target | 4 Bidder

1 Dealmakers

1 Bidder

n/a

Value

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