Dechert Wraps Up Summer with Blockbuster Set of Financial Services M&A Deals

 
September 04, 2019

Dechert LLP has closed out the summer with a series of significant financial services M&A transactions totaling more than US$30 billion.

“Our corporate and financial services groups were very busy throughout the summer working with clients on merger and acquisition activity within the financial services sector,” said Adam Rosenthal, a partner in Dechert’s corporate and securities practice who focuses on financial services M&A. “We are looking forward to a busy fall and continuing to bring our expertise in both the financial services sector generally, and our M&A expertise more specifically, to bear for our clients across the industry.”

The series of transactions Dechert advised on over the summer includes:

  • GIC in the proposed US$27 billion sale of Refinitiv by a consortium (consisting of Blackstone, an affiliate of GIC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Thomson Reuters) to The London Stock Exchange.
  • Alcentra Capital in its agreement to be acquired by Crescent Capital BDC, Inc., which established a top-15, externally managed, publicly traded BDC with over US$500 million of net assets and a portfolio in excess of US$900 million at close.
  • CIT Asset Management on the formation of a new managed financial vehicle in partnership with an A-rated insurance company.
  • Kudu Investment Management, LLC in its acquisition of a passive minority interest in First Long Island Investors, LLC, which oversees approximately $1.6 billion in assets for high net worth individuals and families. 
  • OHA Investment Corporation on its agreement to merge with and into Portman Ridge Finance Corporation, resulting in a combined company with total assets of approximately US$372 million and net asset value of approximately US$181 million.
  • Public Pension Capital and its portfolio company Viteos, a tech-enabled provider of end-to-end middle and back office administration for asset managers, on Viteos’ sale to Intertrust N.V.
  • Stifel on its acquisition of the public finance operations of George K. Baum & Company, involving George K. Baum’s business structuring, underwriting and marketing municipal bonds.  

Dechert’s multi-disciplinary team of more than 220 legal advisors across its internationally recognized M&A and asset management practices have broad and deep experience in financial services-related transactions. The firm handles the full range of financial services deals, from public M&A transactions to minority investments in investment advisers to fund reorganization transactions. As a result, Dechert is among the world’s most active law firms in advising on significant mergers and acquisitions in the financial services industry.

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