Susanna Beard

Private Equity and M&A Transactions

• Advising Axium Infrastructure on its European fund formation and first two portfolio acquisitions;

• Advising Tradeshift, Inc., on a major equity recapitalisation, debt restructuring and USD 70 million fintech JV with HSBC Bank UK PLC;

• Advising a landscaping and green space maintenance provider backed by Core Equity on a number of European consolidation acquisitions;

• Advising an entity controlled by the Reuben Brothers on the acquisition of the Admiralty Arch building in central London;

• Advising InterGlobe Enterprises Pvt. Ltd, an Indian aviation, hotel and travel conglomerate on the buy-out of their joint venture partner and hotel operator in Europe.

• Advising Afendis Capital Partners in connection with two portfolio acquisitions in Spain and in Italy in consortium with a fund managed by Davidson Kempner.

Energy Projects and Transactions

• Advising the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation with respect to a LNG floating storage and regasification unit project.

• Advising the Government of Guinea with respect to a bauxite mining concession.

• Representing GAIL (India) Ltd in connection with its bid to acquire a portfolio of oil and gas assets offshore East Africa.

• Advising Gail (India) Limited in connection with the proposed farm-in to several production sharing agreements and an integrated LNG project in East Africa.

• Advising Flowstream Commodities, a start-up fund, in connection with its acquisition of a net profit interest over a Thai offshore petroleum concession.

• Advising Reliance Industries in connection with a refinery project in Iraq.

• Law Society of England and Wales