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Chris Sabine

Partner

Email

chris.sabine@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 203 088 3782

Offices

London

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Chris is a member of the firm's global private equity group.
Chris has a wide range of experience advising private equity funds and other financial sponsors on a number of cross-border M&A transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, consortium arrangements and co-investments. Chris has spent time on secondment at the legal team of Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited and also A&O Shearman's Amsterdam office.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Bridgepoint on a number of transactions including:
    -its reinvestment in Kyriba, valuing the company at over USD3bn
    -its recommended GBP626m cash takeover offer for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting PLC
    -its acquisition of Qualitest from Marlin Private Equity.
  • Exponent Private Equity on a number of transactions including:
    -the investment in Chanelle Pharma
    -the sale of Meadow Foods to Fairfax Financial
    -the acquisition and merger of Eat Real and Proper Snacks
    -the acquisitions of TRS Foods and East End Foods
    -the sale of the Loch Lomond Distillers Group to Hillhouse Capital
    -the acquisition of Meadow Foods from Paine Schwartz Partners
    -the acquisition of the Photobox group for approximately GBP400m
    -the acquisitions of Wowcher and the UK and Irish operations of LivingSocial
    -the acquisition of the business of the Loch Lomond Distillery Company
    -the acquisition of Fintrax group for approximately EUR170m.
  • OMERS Private Equity on a number of transactions including:
    -the sale of ERM to KKR
    -the acquisition of ERM for USD1.7bn
    -the acquisition of Vue Entertainment for GBP935m
    -the acquisition of Lifeways from August Equity
  • USS on the sale of a minority interest in Dukes Education to KKR.
  • Telemos Capital on its acquisition of Helios Global Group Limited.
  • One Equity Partners on the acquisition of MSQ Partners.
  • Cinven on the acquisition of Swedish insurance broker Säkra.
  • Brookfield Business Partners on the acquisition of Modulaire Group for approximately USD5bn from TDR Capital.
  • FNZ, the global wealth management platform, on its USD1.4bn equity fundraising from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Motive Partners, valuing the group at over USD20bn.
  • A global investment organization on its EUR1.3bn acquisition of leading Spanish property listing site idealista from Apax.
  • Caisse de dépôt et placement du Quebec on its investment in a Lloyds specialist insurance vehicle, and the related acquisition of Starstone Underwriting Limited from Enstar and Stone Point.
  • 3i Infrastructure plc on the acquisition of Global Cloud Xchange.
  • Charterhouse Capital Partners on the acquisition of Telio from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG.
  • PAI Partners on the sale of the caprolactone division of Perstorp for EUR590m to Ingevity Corporation.
  • A global investment organization on its EUR3bn disposal of Bureau van Dijk to Moody's Corporation.
  • Nordic Capital on the merger of two of its portfolio businesses, Britax and Max-Inf.
  • Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund and Ferrovial Aeropuertos on their joint acquisition of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports for GBP1.048bn.
  • PAI Partners on its acquisition of the Snow & Rock Group from LGV Capital.
     

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2013

Academic

BA Hons, History, London School of Economics, 2008
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.