Samuel McDonald

• Advised Emerson on the carve-out sale of a majority stake in its Climate Technologies business to private equity funds managed by Blackstone in a transaction valuing Climate Technologies at USD 14 billion.
• Advised WPP on the GBP 3.1 billion carve-out sale of a majority stake in Kantar, a global data, research, consulting and analytics business to, and resulting joint venture with, Bain Capital, across 90 jurisdictions.
• Advised Pentair on the global separation and spin-off of its Electricals business (nVent Electric), across 43 jurisdictions.

Key experience acquired before joining Baker McKenzie:

Reorganisations, carve outs and spin-offs

• Exponent Private Equity LLP on a corporate reorganisation of its portfolio company, the Photobox Group, prior to its merger with Albelli, a portfolio company of Gilde Buy-Out Fund.
• Kingfisher plc on an intragroup corporate reorganisation in order to eliminate certain legacy entities and streamline the intra-group financing position of the Kingfisher group, involving 7 jurisdictions.
• DWF on its GBP95.2m initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). DWF is the first law firm to list on the premium listing segment of the Official List and on the main market of the LSE, involving 17 jurisdictions.
• WPP on the USD3.1bn sale of a 60% stake in Kantar to Bain Capital, involving a pre-sale carve out reorganisation involving over 90 jurisdictions.
• Pentair on the international aspects of the separation of its water and electrical businesses and the subsequent spin-off of the electrical business into an independently publicly-traded company, nVent Electric, involving 45 jurisdictions.

• Chartered Legal Executive, England and Wales, 2020
• Graduate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (now The Chartered Governance Institute), England and Wales, 2013- 2020