Moose Sarfraz

Moose Sarfraz

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Moose Sarfraz is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie’s Dubai office. He acts for private equity sponsors, financial institutions, corporates and sovereign wealth funds on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, and general corporate advisory and governance matters.

Moose has significant experience advising on complex multi-jurisdictional transactions across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

Practice Focus

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.

Representative Legal Matters

  • 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.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Law Society of England and Wales

Admissions

  • England & Wales (Solicitor)~United Kingdom
  • Dubai - Registered Legal Consultant

Education

  • BPP Law School, London (Legal Practice Course)
  • University College London (LLB, Law and French Law)
  • Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Languages

  • English
  • French