Ian Davis

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Biography

Ian Davis
Ian is Corporate counsel in London. He advises on a wide range of corporate transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, public takeovers, joint ventures and capital markets transactions.

Ian has completed a secondment in the Global Advisory team of N.M. Rothschild & Sons Limited in London.

Representative experience as part of a team, including prior to joining Weil, includes advising:

  • OCS Group and Clayton Dubilier & Rice on the £3.1bn recommended cash offer for Mitie Group plc
  • WTW on the acquisition by Willis Re, its reinsurance joint venture with Bain Capital, on its acquisition of the US reinsurance division of BMS Group
  • British Columbia Investment Management Corporation on the £1.1 billion recommended cash offer for BBGI Global Infrastructure SA
  • The consortium comprising Advent, FedEx, A&R Investments and PPF Group on the €7.8bn recommended all-cash offer for InPost, as well as Advent on the arrangements with its consortium partners
  • Glencore plc on its investment in ACG Acquisition Company Limited, a London listed metals SPAC.
  • FitzWalter Capital in its possible offer for Auction Technologies Group plc
  • Sign In solutions Inc, a portfolio company of PSG Equity, on its recommended cash offer for AIM-listed Smartspace Software plc
  • Hyve Group plc on the recommended cash offer by Providence Equity Partners and Searchlight Capital Partners
  • Hyve Group on its acquisition of 121 Group and the accelerated bookbuild to finance the acquisition
  • Exponent Private Equity LLP on a significant investment in the Xeinadin group
  • Hayfin Capital Management on its portfolio-level joint venture arrangements with a strategic partner
  • Supermarket Income REIT on its acquisition of a portfolio of grocery assets
  • A UK publicly listed company in respect of its defence of various potential takeover offers
  • SAB (now ABInBev) on the establishment of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
  • AB InBev on its acquisition of Nampak’s glass bottling business
  • 1K1V and Crossfin Technology on the acquisition of Sybrin from iOCO

Prior to joining Weil, Ian was an associate at a UK-headquartered firm in London.

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