Jamie MacDonagh
Biography
Jamie Macdonagh is Corporate counsel in London who has advised, as part of a team, a number of leading private equity funds and major corporates on domestic and cross-border acquisitions and sales of companies and businesses.
Representative experience as part of a team includes:
- CVC:
- on its sale of a 37% stake in Syntegon
- on its strategic partnership with Dale Underwriting
- on its sale of a 25% stake in Żabka
- OMERS Private Equity:
- on its acquisition of Bionic
- on its acquisition (and subsequent partial disposal) of International Schools Partnership
- on its acquisition (and subsequent disposal) of Alexander Mann Solutions
- Advent International:
- on its $6.4bn acquisition of Maxar Technologies
- on its acquisition of Ammeraal Beltech
- on its investment in Medius
- on its sale of Williams Lea
- on its carve-out sale of Tag (part of the Williams Lea Tag group)
- $8bn offer (as part of a consortium) for Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (SOBI)
- Bain Capital:
- on its $4bn acquisition of 60% of Kantar from WPP Group
- on its bid to acquire LV=
- on its £1.2bn take private of the esure Group
- on its acquisition of Inetum SA
- Providence Equity:
- on its acquisition of Node4
- on its acquisition of Superstruct Entertainment
- on its acquisition of NACE
- on its sale of CloserStill
- Lone Star on its $7.39bn sale of Novo Banco
- Global Infrastructure Partners:
- on its sale of Edinburgh Airport for £1.27 billion and the sale of the remaining minority interest to a continuation fund managed by GIP
- on its acquisition of TCR
- InfraBridge on its sale of Leeds Bradford Airport and Newcastle Airport
- VINCI Airports on its acquisition of a 50.01% majority stake in Gatwick Airport from Global Infrastructure Partners
- Antin on its sale of a 30% stake in Sølvtrans
- PAI Partners on its acquisition of HKA
- Froneri, with PAI, on its $4bn acquisition of Nestlé’s Ice Cream business in the US
- Howden Group (formerly Hyperion Insurance Group) on its acquisitions of A Plan and Aston Lark, and the investment by Hg Saturn in Howden Group
- FitzWalter Capital:
- on its acquisition of certain Italian solar development assets and the formation of the Peridot Group
- on its carve out of TriConnex Ltd and eSmart Networks Ltd from Nexus Infrastructure plc
- ASF Ltd on its sale to Entain plc
- General Atlantic:
- on its investment in Dixa
- on its strategic partnership with travel platform Kiwi.com (a leading online booking platform) and the private placement of a convertible bond by Kiwi.com
- PSG on its strategic growth investment in Glasswall
Firm News & Announcements
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Antin on the Sale of a Minority Stake in Sølvtrans to GLIL Deal Brief — August 05, 2026
- Weil Advised Global Infrastructure Partners on the Acquisition of TCR Deal Brief — March 09, 2026
- Weil Advises InfraBridge on the Sale of Majority Stake in Leeds Bradford and Newcastle Airports to Aena Deal Brief — December 18, 2025
- Weil Advises Lone Star on the Sale of novobanco to BPCE Deal Brief — June 13, 2025
- Weil Advises PSG Equity on its Strategic Growth Investment in Glasswall Deal Brief — April 24, 2025