Annie Herdman

Merger Control

• Advising Blackstone on its $1 billion partnership with Hipgnosis Song Management.

• Advising Blackstone on the acquisition of a majority stake in VFS Global, a global leader in visa outsourcing services.

• Advising Bain Capital on the c. €1.7 billion acquisition of ITP Aero, an aero engine and gas turbine manufacturer, from Rolls-Royce.

• Advising Bain Capital on its investment in Berlin Brands Group, a global e-commerce company.

• Advising Apex on the c. £1.51 billion recommended all cash acquisition of Sanne Group plc.

• Advising GIC on its investment to acquire an aggregate shareholding in Belron, the world’s leading vehicle glass repair and replacement group. 

• Advising Genstar Capital and its portfolio company 2020 Technologies on the agreement to merge 2020 with Compusoft, creating a leading provider of space planning solutions. 

• Advising Hg and Vista Equity Partners on the sale of Allocate, a leading workforce and people management software-as-a-service provider, to RLDatix.

• Advising Bain Capital Private Equity and its consortium partners on the €2.1 billion proposed public takeover of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj.

• Advising Vitruvian Partners on its sale of Unifaun, a cloud delivery orchestration platform serving the European logistics ecosystem, to Marlin Equity Partners.

• Advising Warburg Pincus on its minority investment in Visma, a leading provider of business-critical software, in a transaction valuing the business at an enterprise value of $12.2 billion.

• Advising KPS Capital Partners on the $550 million acquisition of Briggs & Stratton Corporation.

• Advising Warburg Pincus on its co-investment in the combined group of Tilney Smith & Williamson.

• Advising GIC on the over $1 billion co-investment with Equinix to develop and operate xScale™ data centres in Japan.

• Advising the bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung on the USD 18.7 billion acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG, the largest ever European buyout transaction to date.

• Advising Delphi Technologies PLC on its $3.3 billion sale to BorgWarner Inc.

• Advising Duff & Phelps on its $4.2 billion agreement to be acquired by a global investor consortium led by Stone Point Capital and Further Global.

• Advising GIC on the €950 million buyout acquisition of a pan-European logistics platform from Apollo.

• Advising Thoma Bravo on the £3.1 billion recommended cash offer for Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity solutions.

• Advising TDR Capital and its portfolio company, Stonegate Pub Company, on the £1.27 billion recommended cash offer for Ei Group.

• Advising Infineon Technologies AG on its $10 billion acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation.

• Advising Tenneco Inc. on its $5.25 billion acquisition of Federal-Mogul LLC.

• Advising The Boeing Company on its $4.25 billion acquisition of KLX.

• Advising American Securities LLC on its acquisition of Prince International Corporation, a manufacturer of mineral-based specialty additives.

• Advising Bain Capital and Cinven on their EUR 5.3 billion joint public takeover offer for the German pharmaceutical company Stada Arzneimittel AG; to date the largest transaction of its kind in Germany.

• Advising Sun Capital on its $1.3 billion sale of Coveris to Transcontinental Inc.

• Advising Bain Capital on its $3.2 billion acquisition of Diversey (the food hygiene and cleaning division of Sealed Air Corporation).

• Advising Tronox in connection with its $2.2 billion acquisition of Cristal’s titanium dioxide business.

• Advising Anastasia Beverly Hills on its agreement with TPG Capital to make a strategic minority investment in the beauty company.

• Advising Bain Capital on its acquisition of Varsity Brands, a team sports and school spirit company, from Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group.

• Advising Law Business Research, a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, on its acquisition of Globe Business Media Group.

• Advising Creat Group Corporation on its acquisition of Biotest AG; securing unconditional UK clearance.

• Advising Crestview Partners in connection with the acquisition by its subsidiary, Accuride Corporation, of mefro wheels; conditional EU Phase I clearance.

• Advising GIC as part of a consortium acquiring a 55% a stake in the real estate assets of French multinational hotel group AccorHotels for approximately €4.4 billion.

• Advising Bain Capital Private Equity on its acquisition of Bugaboo International, a Dutch design company that develops and produces mobility products.

• Advising Bain Capital Private Equity on the acquisition of MSX International (MSXI).

• Advising GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, on its €2.4 billion acquisition of P3 Logistic Parks, a leading specialist pan-European owner, developer and manager of logistics properties, from TPG Real Estate and Ivanhoé Cambridge.

• Advising Thoma Bravo LLC on its $3 billion acquisition of Qlik Technologies Inc.

• Advising Bain Capital Private Equity and Vista Equity Partners on their $2.7 billion joint acquisition of Vertafore.

• Advising Vista Equity Partners on its $1.65 billion acquisition of Cvent, Inc.

• Advising Danaher Corporation on its $13.8 billion acquisition of Pall Corporation.

• Advising Thoma Bravo on its $4.5 billion joint acquisition of Solarwinds, Inc.

• Advising on Capgemini’s $4 billion acquisition of IGATE Corporation.

• Advising Thoma Bravo on its $3.6 billion acquisition of Riverbed Technology.

• Advising Infineon Technologies AG on its $3 billion acquisition of International Rectifier Corporation.

• Advising Thoma Bravo on its $2.5 billion acquisition of Compuware Corporation.

• Advising Danaher Corporation on its $2.2 billion acquisition of Nobel Biocare Holding AG.

• Advising Thomas H. Lee Partners on its $1 billion joint acquisition of GCA Services Group, Inc.

• Advising Vista Equity Partners on its $1 billion acquisition of Websense.

• Advising Solera Holdings, Inc. on its $463.8 million acquisition of CAP Automotive Limited.

• Advising The Boeing Company on its Saudi Arabian joint venture with Saudi Aerospace Engineering Industries and Alsalam Aircraft Company.

• Advising on Intel Corporation’s acquisition of Lantiq.

• Advising Sun Capital Partners, Inc., on the sale of DBApparel.

Antitrust

• Advising an international firm on potential breaches of Article 101 TFEU in the medical devices sector.

• Advising an international firm on potential breaches of Article 102 TFEU in the automotive sector.

• Advising an automotive parts manufacturer in relation to an investigation by the European Commission into possible breaches of Article 101 TFEU.

• Advising a firm in the container liner shipping industry on an investigation by the European Commission into possible breaches of Article 101 TFEU.

• Advising an international freight forwarding company on an investigation by the European Commission into possible breaches of Article 101 TFEU.

• Advising a number of companies on antitrust aspects of proposed information exchanges.

• Devising and delivering training, and advising on antitrust/competition compliance for a number of sophisticated corporate clients across Europe.

Competition Litigation

• Advising on stand-alone and follow-on damages in connection with breaches of Article 101 TFEU in the automotive industry.

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, London

• Associate, 2013–2014

• Trainee, 2011–2013