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Ben Saraci

Associate
Baker & McKenzie Services Limited

Biography

Ben is a senior associate in the Firm’s Corporate Department based in London.

Ben has also spent time on secondment in the M&A Department at J.P. Morgan.

Practice Focus

Ben’s practice principally focuses on private and public M&A, shareholder arrangements, and general corporate law matters. Ben has experience advising across a variety of sectors, including consumer goods, gaming, healthcare, industrials, infrastructure, oil and gas and TMT.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advising Capita plc on a series of disposals, including the sale of Security Watchdog to Bridgepoint-owned Matrix; the sale of its resourcing businesses to Inspirit Capital; and the sale of AMT-Sybex to Constellation-owned Jonas.

  • Advising Neo Performance Materials, Inc. on its acquisition of a majority stake in SG Technologies Holdings Limited.

  • Advising Unikmind Holdings Limited on its USD 1.6 billion public-to-private takeover of Kape Technologies plc.

  • Advising Tailwind Energy Holdings LLP on its sale of Tailwind Energy Investments Ltd to Serica Energy plc.

  • Advising QinetiQ Group plc on its acquisition of Avantus Federal LLC from NewSpring.

  • Advising Wilbur-Ellis in connection with the merger of its "Connell" business and Caldic B.V., owned by Advent International, to form a leading global life sciences and specialty chemicals solutions distribution platform with combined sales of c. EUR 3 billion.

  • Advising Nokian Tyres on its sale of its Russian operations to Tatneft PJSC.

  • Advising Devolver Digital on its acquisition of Nerial Limited and Firefly Holdings Limited, and its IPO on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange.

  • Advising Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation on the acquisition of Smarter Grid Solutions Limited.

  • Advising SCG Packaging on its acquisition of Go-Pak (UK) and its Vietnamese subsidiaries.

  • Advising Lamprell plc on its joint venture with Injazat to accelerate digitalisation in the energy sector.

  • Advising ClearPay on its acquisition of Pagantis and PMT Technology.

  • Advising Stirling Industries plc on its proposed acquisition of Ipsen International from Quadriga Capital.

Admissions

  • England & Wales~United Kingdom (2017)