James Parkinson

Merger Control

• Advising CPP Investments and its consortium partners on the acquisition of Galileo Global Education, a post-secondary education group (2020).

• Advising Triton Partners on its acquisition of the tour operating activities of Corendon and the subsequent combination with Sunweb (2019).

• Advising Vista Equity Partners on BC Partners’ investment in Advanced (2019).

• Advising Spectrum Brands on its $2 billion carve-out sale of its global consumer battery business to Energizer (2018).

• Advising Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, one of the largest global hospitality companies, on its sale of its European vacation rental business to Platinum Equity for approximately $1.3 billion (2018).

• Advising CapVest / IBA Molecular on the carve-out acquisition from Mallinckrodt plc of its global nuclear imaging radiopharmaceuticals division (2017).

• Advising Solera, a digital technology group part-owned by Vista Equity Partners, on its £340m acquisition of Autodata, a UK provider of digital solutions to the automotive industry (2017).

• Advising Tronox in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Cristal’s titanium dioxide business (2017).

• Advising GTCR LLC on its joint acquisition with The Carlyle Group of Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (2017).

• 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 private equity transaction ever realized in the German market (2017).

• Advising CapVest Partners on its acquisition of Karro Food Group, a leading UK-based pork processing firm, from Endless LLP (2017).

• Advising The Carlyle Group, CITIC Limited and CITIC Capital Holdings in their $2.08 billion acquisition of the majority stake in a newly-formed company that will act as the master franchisee for McDonald’s in China and Hong Kong (2017).

• Advising Golden Gate Capital in its $2.9 billion acquisition of Neustar (2017).

• Advising H.I.G. Capital in its $360 million acquisition of Lionbridge Technologies (2017).

• Advising Accenture in its acquisition of the corporate advisory and aviation consulting businesses of Seabury Group (2017).

• Advising Golden Gate Capital on the $2.5 billion investment by Koch Industries in Infor, Inc. (2016).

• Advising Guardian Industries Corp. on its acquisition by Koch Industries (2016).

• Advising Alimak Group (a recently listed Triton portfolio company) on its €91 million acquisition of Avanti Wind Systems (2016).

• Advising Alimak Group (a recently listed Triton portfolio company) on its AU$120 million acquisition of the Façade Access Group (2016).

• Advising Sithe Global Power (an affiliate of The Blackstone Group) on its $1.2 billion sale of its interests in GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant and GNPower Dinginin to Aboitiz Power Corporation (2016).

• Advising Vista Equity Partners on its $1.6 billion take-private acquisition of Infoblox Inc. (2016).

• Advising Accenture on its acquisition of DayNine Consulting, Inc. (2016).

• Advising Accenture in its acquisition of global management consulting firm Kurt Salmon (2016).

• Advising Advent International in its $1.9 billion 50/50 investment (with existing owner Thomas H. Lee Partners) in inVentiv Health (2016).

• Advising Golden Gate Capital on its disposal of Phillips-Medisize Corporation to Koch Industries (2016).

• Advising Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in its $500 million acquisition of the Anda distribution business of Allergan (2016).

• Advising Accenture in its joint venture with Apax Partners from the carve out of Accenture’s Duck Creek Technologies insurance claims, billing and policy administration software business (2016).

• Advising LANDesk (a Thoma Bravo portfolio company) on its acquisition of AppSense (2016).

• Advising WL Ross Holding Corp. on its $1.575 billion acquisition of Nexeo Solutions Holdings LLC (2016).

• Advising PSAV Group (a portfolio company jointly controlled by Olympus Partners and Goldman Sachs) on its acquisition of KFP Group (2016).

• Advising Accenture on its $830 million disposal of Navitaire to Amadeus (2015).

• Advising Vector Capital on its acquisition of Optelec (2015).

• Advising CapVest Partners on its acquisition of IBA Molecular (2015).

• Advising Sun Capital Partners on its acquisition of Flabeg Deutschland GmbH (2015).

• Advising Sun Capital Partners on its acquisition of Flexitech Holding SAS (2015).

• Advising Sun Capital Partners on its acquisition of Finlays Horticulture Investments (2015).

• Advising Centerbridge Partners L.P. on the acquisition of Splenda by Heartland Food Products Group (2015).

• Advising Bain Capital on its £414 million acquisition of Ibstock Brick and Glen Gery Corporation (2015).

• Advising Golden Gate Capital on its $1.215 billion acquisition of ANGUS Chemical Company (2014).

• Advising on Intel Corporation's acquisition of Lantiq (2014).

Antitrust

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

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

Norton Rose Fulbright, London

• Trainee Solicitor, 2012–2014