Direct Line on the £550m asset sale of its brokered commercial insurance business to RSA Insurance.

Waterland Private Equity on its investment in Moore Kingston Smith, a leading multidisciplinary professional services firm.

United Overseas Bank on the acquisition of Citigroup’s consumer banking franchise in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam for approximately USD $3.8bn.

Lenders to Advent International, one of the world’s leading private equity investors, on the financing of its acquisition of a majority stake in ZIMMERMANN, the luxury fashion brand.

An international oil and gas company on its USD $550m acquisition of an onshore drilling business comprising over 80 land rigs across 13 countries in the Middle East and the Americas.

A global manufacturing company on a €100m tax covenant claim brought against it by the new owner its European operations. Tax advice comprised various potential defences to the contractual claim as well advice on the strength of the underlying tax authority claim.