Jenny Doak

Alongside her transactional practice, Jenny provides consultancy advice to clients on standalone tax matters. She also represents clients in tax litigation.

Jenny is recognized by both Chambers UK and Legal 500 UK. She was praised by Chambers UK for being “very strong technically” and in Legal 500 for the commercial focus that arises from her “deep practical experience”. Jenny was ranked by Mergerlinks as a Top Female M&A Lawyer EMEA for 2021, was shortlisted for Tax Lawyer of the Year in the Euromoney Women in Business Law EMEA Awards 2022 and is recognized as an expert in Corporate Tax by Who’s Who Legal 2024 as well as a “Notable Practitioner” in ITR World Tax 2025.

Experience*:

• Algonquin on its PIPE investment in Atlantica Infrastructure
• Apache on the agreement to sell its interests in the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation system, known as Sage, and Beryl pipeline to a subsidiary of London-based infrastructure investors Ancala
• APG Asset Management on the acquisition of a stake in, and joint venture with, SiFi Networks
• Ares and Goldman Sachs on their participation in CD&R’s takeover of Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc, which valued the British supermarket at £10.2bn including debt
• Bain Capital in relation to the fully consensual and comprehensive recapitalization transaction undertaken by the Consolis Group.
• British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and Bidco on the recommended cash offer and financing for BBGI Global Infrastructure SA
• CD&R portfolio company Vialto Partners on its consensual recapitalization and refinancing of its c. $1.7 billion of first-lien and second-lien debt facilities
• CVC on its Strategic Partnership with Dale Underwriting Partners
• Ferroglobe: an ad hoc group of bondholders of UK based speciality metals producer, Ferroglobe, in relation to the Group’s financial restructuring
• Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corporation II on its merger with Paysafe Group through a de-SPAC combination
• Frigoglass : an ad hoc group of noteholders in relation to the consensual recapitalization and financial restructuring of the Frigoglass Group
• Global Infrastructure Partners in the sale of c. 50% co-controlling interest in in Italo – Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori S.p.A, one of Europe’s leading private high-speed rail operators, to Mediterranean Shipping Company
• Global Infrastructure Partners on the sale of a 50.01% stake in Edinburgh Airport to VINCI Airports for £1.27 billion, and on the establishment of a strategic partnership with VINCI Airports
• Global Infrastructure Partners, as part of a consortium together with Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Employees’ Provident Fund of Malaysia and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), on their $3.9 billion pre-conditional voluntary cash takeover offer for Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
• Gores Guggenheim, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group and Guggenheim Capital, in its pending $20 billion business combination with Polestar Performance AB
• GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., in its $2.6 billion business combination with Mirion Technologies, Inc. (a portfolio company of Charterhouse Capital Partners)
• Helios Investment Partners in relation to the $1.45 billion IPO of Helios Towers, (a leading Sub-Saharan independent tower company) on the premium-listing segment of the London Stock Exchange
• HM Government as part of a 50/50 consortium with Bharti Global in the consortium's acquisition, in a chapter 11 court-supervised sale process, of OneWeb Global
• Höegh LNG Partners LP, an owner and operator of floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) and other liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure assets, in its $221 million initial public offering of common units
• iCON Infrastructure on the acquisitions of Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, PortSynergy (Le Havre Port) and other matters
• Igneo Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of a 50% ownership interest in Höegh Evi (previously Höegh LNG) from funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners
• InfraBridge on the combination of its UK fibre business, operating as VX Fibre and LilaConnect, with Freedom Fibre Limited
• KCA Deutag:  an ad hoc group of senior creditors of UK based drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag, in relation to the Group’s debt for equity swap, implemented through a scheme of arrangement in the UK
• Lone Star Funds in connection with:
• the €5.2 billion sale of MBCC Group (the former BASF Construction Chemicals group) to Sika
• the sale of Stark Group, the largest Nordic distributor of building materials, to CVC
• the sale of the Altadia Group to Carlyle
• the acquisition of the XSYS division (which specializes in the development and supply of printing plates, sleeves and adapters, and pre-press equipment to the packaging industry) from the Flint Group
• the acquisition and subsequent disposal of MRH to Motor Fuel Group (a Clayton Dubilier & Rice portfolio company)
• its takeover of McCarthy & Stone plc
• major oil groups on structuring, disposals, acquisitions and swaps of UK North Sea assets and production payments and financings in relation to UK North Sea assets
• Montagu Private Equity on its acquisition of ISI Emerging Markets Group
• Nordic Aviation Capital : an ad hoc group of secured lenders to the world’s largest regional aircraft lessor, Nordic Aviation Capital, in relation to its ongoing restructuring
• OHL: an ad hoc group of bondholders of Spanish based construction and civil engineering company, Obrascón Huarte Lain, in relation to the Group’s debt for equity swap, implemented through a scheme of arrangement in the UK
• Petrofac : an ad hoc group of noteholders in relation to the restructuring of Petrofac
• Riverstone and a leading investment bank on their investment in Origo Exploration
• Sanofi in its $1.45 billion acquisition of Kymab, Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing fully human monoclonal antibodies with a focus on immune-mediated diseases and immuno-oncology therapeutics.
• Several pension funds in relation to equity and debt investments into the UK
• state oil company on its participation in the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, a $1 billion joint initiative to develop and accelerate the commercial deployment of innovative low emissions technologies
• Various groups and funds on the potential impact of recent international tax reforms, including “Base Erosion and Profit Shifting” and the UK’s diverted profits tax
• Various groups on redomiciliations both to and from the UK
• Vitol Group and Helios Investment Partners on Vivo Energy plc’s initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange and Johannesburg Stock Exchange (with a valuation of close to £2 billion)
• Vitol Group on its joint acquisition, with IFM Global Investors, of Buckeye Partners LP’s 50% equity interest in VTTI BV, the leading global independent provider of energy storage
• Vivo Energy plc in connection with its strategic acquisition of ENGEN’s downstream business in 9 countries in Africa in a share and cash transaction
• Wejo Limited, a connected vehicle data business, on its $1.1 billion business combination with Virtuoso Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by Virtuoso Sponsor LLC
• Willis Towers Watson PLC in its proposed $80 billion combination with Aon PLC
• Vitol as part of a consortium comprising Africa Oil Corp (25%), Delonex Energy Ltd. (25%) and Vitol (50%), on the proposed acquisition of a 50% ownership interest in Petrobras Oil and Gas B.V.
• Various private equity and corporate groups on holding company structures, including the use of the new UK “qualifying asset holding company” regime

*includes experience from previous firms