Moose Sarfraz

Moose advises across the full lifecycle of M&A transactions – from initial structuring and term sheet negotiation through to deal execution, completion and post-completion matters.

His practice spans public and private M&A, secondary transactions, bolt-on acquisitions, public-to-private transactions, corporate carve-outs, restructurings and portfolio company advisory work.

• Advised Ooredoo Group on its strategic USD 800 million investment in Zankore, a dedicated AI compute and neocloud platform launched alongside Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH), NVIDIA and Nokia.
• Advised on Solum Partners on its majority investment in Greenyard NV (equity value c. EUR 380 million), following a takeover bid and delisting from Euronext Brussels.*
• Advised Solum Partners on its strategic partnership with Staples Vegetables.*
• Advised GTCR on its acquisition of Zentiva, a European generics pharmaceutical company, from Advent International.*
• Advised Apollo Funds on the reorganisation and refinancing of The Restaurant Group.*
• Advised Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE: HP) on its USD 1.9725 billion all-cash acquisition of KCA Deutag International Limited.*
• Advised EP Group on its GBP 3.5 billion recommended takeover offer for International Distribution Services plc (Royal Mail).*
• Advised Charlesbank Capital Partners on its investment in Perspective Financial Group.*
• Advised Warburg Pincus and its portfolio company Citeline (formerly Pharma Intelligence) on the merger of equals with Norstella to form an end-to-end life sciences solutions provider.*
• Advised Apax Partners on the recommended cash acquisition of Kin and Carta plc.*
• Advised Apex Group on the acquisition of MJ Hudson businesses.*
• Advised Apex Group on the acquisition of Efficient Group (South Africa).*
• Advised Apex Group on the acquisition of Pacific Fund Systems.*
• Advised on the sale of Bomarea and the Peruvian operations of AvoAmerica to Unifrutti Group, a portfolio company of ADQ.*
• Advised Healthium on the sale of its Clinisupplies business to KKR and the subsequent sale of Healthium to another KKR fund.*
• Advised Kofax on the recommended cash acquisition of Tungsten Corporation plc.*
• Advised Warburg Pincus on the acquisition of Pharma Intelligence from Informa PLC.*
• Advised Inmarsat and its controlling consortium on the USD 7.3 billion combination with Viasat.*
• Advised EQT on its significant investment, together with Vitruvian Partners, in CFC, a technology-driven specialist insurance provider and market leader in cyber insurance.*
• Advised Gazit Hercules 2020 Limited on the definitive merger agreement for a recommended cash acquisition of Atrium European Real Estate Limited.*
• Advised ERM, the world's largest pure-play sustainability consultancy, and the ERM Partner shareholders, on the sale of ERM to KKR.*
• Advised Inflexion and other shareholders on the sale of Reed & Mackay to TripActions.*
• Advised Partners Group on its acquisition of a major equity stake in Rovensa from Bridgepoint.*
• Advised Arsenal Capital Partners on the public-to-private acquisition by its portfolio company of Cello Health plc.*

* Experience prior to joining Baker McKenzie.

• Law Society of England and Wales