Georgiana Andrews

Georgiana Andrews

Associate
Baker & McKenzie Services Limited

Biography

Georgiana is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Private Equity team in London. Georgiana advises private equity houses, financial investors and management teams on a wide range of international private equity transactions, joint ventures and cross border mergers & acquisitions. Georgiana has spent time working in both Baker McKenzie's Tokyo and Washington DC offices, as well as on secondment to Vitruvian Partners, a global private equity firm, working alongside their legal team.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised Kantar Group, a leading global market research company and portfolio company of Bain Capital, on the sale of Kantar Media to H.I.G. Capital.

  • Advised Fiera Infrastructure in connection with its takeover of the infrastructure business of AssetCo.

  • Advised Gi Group Holding S.P.A. on the purchase of the European staffing business of Kelly Services Inc.

  • Advised a consortium of financial investors in connection with an early stage strategic investment in the operational risk management firm Acin.

  • Advised Keensight Capital on its investment in CatSci Ltd, a contract research organisation.

  • Advised Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd (SMFL) on its acquisition of a 35% stake in LCI, a helicopter leasing business.

  • Advised Silver Lake on the acquisition of a stake in RAC, the UK’s leading breakdown assistance provider, from funds managed or advised by CVC Capital Partners and GIC.

  • Advised a global telecommunications company on a number of acquisitions, including a UK business specialising in the development of mobile communication software and Private Networks solutions and a programmatic advertising exchange business.

  • Advised Tencent on numerous early stage investments within the technology space, including Oxbotica Ltd, the UK based autonomous vehicle software company and Kukua Limited, a Nairobi-based media and tech start up education entertainment company.

  • Advised a Japanese life sciences company on the acquisition of a UK incorporated biotech specialising in developing breakthrough medicines for the treatment of age-related diseases.

  • Advised Accenture (UK) Limited in connection with a number of acquisitions of companies in the cyber security, data analytics and consulting space.

  • Advised Mondelēz International on its acquisition of a significant majority interest in Grenade, a leading UK performance nutrition pioneer in the fast-growing high protein bar segment.

  • Advised CataCap on its buyout of the AerFin Group from CarVal Investors and the subsequent management equity package in connection with its newly acquired business.

Admissions

  • England & Wales~United Kingdom (2019)

Education

  • University of Law (Legal Practice Course) (2015)
  • University of Law (Graduate Diploma of Law) (2014)
  • Imperial College, London (Physics BSc. Hons.) (2012)

Languages

  • English