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Theodora Volsky

Associate

Theodora focuses on U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, advising clients on public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures, spin-offs and strategic investments, as well as on corporate governance and general corporate matters.
She has experience across a wide range of industry sectors, including mining and metals, healthcare, shipping and transportation, telecommunications and financial services.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

Cross-Border Public and Private M&A
  • Liberty Global in its pending spin-off of Sunrise, its Swiss telecommunications business.
  • Liberty Global in its re-domiciliation of the listed company from the United Kingdom to Bermuda; this transaction, which required shareholder approval, was accomplished through a U.K. scheme of arrangement.
  • Liberty Global on its $8.2 billion acquisition of Cable & Wireless Communications.
  • Liberty Global on its $2.7 billion self-tender for Class A Shares and Class C Shares.
  • Liberty Global in connection with its €19 billion disposal of certain European assets to Vodafone.
  • Liberty Global in connection with its investment in Lions Gate Entertainment.
  • Nidar Infrastructure in connection with its $2.75 billion merger with Cartica Acquisition Corp.
  • IG4 Capital in connection with its partial cash tender offer for NYSE and Peru-listed Aenza S.A.A.
     -Private Equity Deal of the Year, IFLR Americas, 2022
     -Private Equity Deal of the Year, Latin Lawyer, 2022
  • invoX Pharma, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited, in connection with its tender offer for F-star Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, for approximately $161 million.
  • Qatar Holdings in its takeover offer (together with Brookfield Property Partners L.P.) for Songbird Estates plc., at a price of 350p per share, valuing Songbird at approximately £2.6 billion and with an enterprise value of approximately £5.6 billion.
  • International Finance Corporation on its $60 million investment in Sierra Rutile, part of Iluka Resources.
  • Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited on their joint bid for APR Energy plc along with Albright Capital Management LLC and ACON Equity Management LLC.
  • MS Pharma Ventures Holding on its acquisition of Genepharm SA.
  • Eurobank Ergasias A.E. on the acquisition of Alpha Bank S.A.’s branch in Bulgaria.
Private Equity and Investment Funds
  • A global financial institution on various transactions in the United States.
  • CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of Metropolitan Hospital Group.
  • Etraveli AB, a portfolio company of CVC Capital Partners, on its acquisition of e-Travel SA.
  • GMT Communications Partners on its sale of MeetingZone
  • A global investment organization on its $270 million acquisition of Innovyze.
Joint Ventures
  • Liberty Global on its £31 billion joint venture with Telefónica SA to merge their Virgin Media and O2 operations in the U.K.
  • Anglo American in connection with the business combination between its nuGenTM Zero Emissions Haulage Solution and First Mode Holdings, Inc.
  • Anglo American in connection with its proposed joint venture with Vale involving the acquisition by Anglo American Brasil of the Serra da Serpentina iron ore resource and the concurrent acquisition by Vale of a 15% shareholding in Anglo American Brasil.
  • Discovery, Inc. in connection with matters related to its 50/50 UKTV joint venture with BBC Studios.
  • Abertis on various transactions in the United States.

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, England & Wales

Attorney-at-law, New York, U.S.

Attorney-at-law, Texas, U.S.

Academic

MPhil, Russian and East European Studies, University of Oxford

BA, Law, University of Cambridge

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.