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Bhishaan Shah

Senior Associate

Email

bhishaan.shah@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 2015

Offices

London

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Bhishaan is an M&A specialist. He advises corporates and financial institutions around the world on their most strategic and important transactions, including private acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and public takeovers.

Bhishaan’s diverse deal experience has been supplemented by a six-month secondment to TP ICAP, a FTSE250 public company, during which he advised on a number of corporate and commercial matters.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Natwest Group on its acquisition of the core retail banking assets and liabilities of Sainsbury’s Bank, comprising its personal loan, credit card and savings accounts.
  • Shurgard Self Storage on the recommended GBP378m takeover offer for Lok'nStore Group plc.
  • Network International Holdings plc on the GBP2.2bn takeover offer by funds advised and/or managed by Brookfield.
  • Bank of Ireland on its financial services joint venture arrangements with the UK Post Office, and on the sale of the Post Office, the AA and the Bank of Ireland’s branded consumer credit cards portfolio for a consideration of GBP530 million to funds advised by affiliates of Centerbridge Partners Europe LLP and Jaja Finance Limited.
  • Sanlam on its joint venture with Allianz to combine their current and future operations across Africa to create the largest Pan-African non-banking financial services entity on the continent.
  • A global institutional alternative investment management firm, as a major shareholder of AA, on the GBP219m takeover of the AA plc by TowerBrook and Warburg Pincus.
  • TP ICAP on its USD700m acquisition of Liquidnet, its corporate reorganisation and redomiciliation to Jersey and on its USD1.6bn acquisition of ICAP’s global hybrid voice broking and information business.
  • Majestic Wine on the sale of its commercial and retail businesses to Fortress for GBP100m.
  • Deutsche Börse and Clearstream on the acquisition of Swisscanto Funds Centre Limited, and its cross-border merger into Clearstream.
  • One of the world's largest banks on the sale of its Banking and Custody business in the Channel Islands and the Cayman Islands to the Bank of Butterfield, the sale of its Global Trust Solutions business also to the Bank of Butterfield, the sale of its Global Corporate Services business to the Vistra group and a joint venture with Eisler Capital to develop a multi-asset trading technology platform.
  • IMI plc on the USD1.1bn disposal of its beverage dispense and merchandising businesses to The Marmon Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company, and on the return of cash of GBP620m to shareholders by way of a B/C share scheme.
  • A global healthcare company on the GBP1.35bn disposal of its nutritional drinks brands, Lucozade and Ribena, to Suntory Beverage & Food, the Japanese consumer goods company.

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a solicitor (England & Wales), February 2015

Academic

B.A., LL.B (Hons.), National Law School of India University, 2012

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.