Ben Saraci | People | Baker McKenzie

Biography

Ben is a Partner in Baker McKenzie’s London office. He advises clients on corporate transactions, with a particular focus on private mergers and acquisitions and public takeovers governed by the UK Takeover Code. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2020, Ben worked at other leading global firms (including a secondment in the M&A Department at J.P. Morgan).

Practice Focus

Ben is primarily focused on private and public M&A for large corporates, private equity funds, investment banks and other clients. Ben also advises on joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and general corporate law matters, including corporate governance and regulatory compliance matters for London-listed clients. Ben has experience advising across a broad range of sectors, with a particular interest in the consumer goods and tech sectors.

Representative Legal Matters

Advising Carlsberg A/S on its GBP 3.3 billion recommended cash acquisition of Britvic plc.
Advising The Olayan Group, as co-investor of Brookfield, on the GBP 2.2 billion recommended cash acquisition of Network International Holdings plc.
Advising Unikmind Holdings Limited on its cash acquisition of the shares of Kape Technologies plc not already owned by Unikmind, with an implied equity value for Kape of USD 1.6 billion.
Advising Surgical Science Sweden AB on its recommended cash acquisition of London-listed Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc.
Advising Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited on its USD 860 million cash acquisition of KIPCO’s shareholding in Gulf Insurance Group and related MTO in Kuwait.
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 Carlsberg A/S on the sale of Baltika Breweries, the biggest brewer in Russia, as well as on the separation of the Russian business from the rest of the Carlsberg Group.
Advising QinetiQ Group plc on its USD 590 million acquisition of Avantus Federal LLC from NewSpring.
Advising Puig on its acquisitions of Byredo, the Swedish luxury brand, and Charlotte Tilbury, the iconic British luxury makeup and skincare brand.
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 CDP Foundation on its transformative investment and strategic reorganisation involving global investment firm Permira.
Advising ClearPay on its acquisitions of Pagantis and PMT Technology.
Advising Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation on the acquisition of Smarter Grid Solutions Limited.

Admissions

England & Wales~United Kingdom (2017)