George Ewen

George's practice focuses on advising international and domestic private investors and corporates on cross border mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity transactions with a focus on real assets, digital infrastructure and industrials/manufacturing transactions. George has also spent time on secondment to a warranty and indemnity insurance underwriter.

Corporate M&A

• Advised Sika AG on its EUR 5.3 billion acquisition of the MBCC Group from Lone Star including its simultaneous divestment of MBCC Group's concrete admixtures business to Cinven.
• Advised A.P. Moller-Maersk’s terminals business, APM Terminals (APMT) with their divestment of their 30.75% shareholding in Global Ports Investments PLC (GPI) to Delo Group.
• Advised Bowers & Wilkins on the disposal of their audio design, engineering and manufacturing business to Sound United LLC.
• Advised Accenture in connection with a number of acquisitions of technology companies in Europe.

Financial Sponsor

• Advised Apollo Global Management on multiple bids and acquisitions, including Sazka, the pan-European lottery group.
• Advised CD&R on their agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Opella from Sanofi. 
• Advised KKR on its acquisition of nexeye from 3i. 
• Advised IVI RMA (a KKR portfolio company) and GED Capital on their acquisition of the Eugin Group from Fresenius.  

Real Estate / PERE / Digital Infrastructure

• Advised NTT Global Data Centers on its joint venture with Tokyo Century Corporation and Fund Corporation for the Overseas Development of Japan's ICT and Postal Services Inc. for the financing and operation of a 14 building, 336MW data centre campus in Navi Mumbai, India.  
• Advised RoundShield Partners on a number of investments, including into; a portfolio of alpine ski hotels; children's residential homes; holiday and residential parks; and modular holiday homes.
• Advised Daiwa House on its joint venture with Lendlease to develop the final BtS scheme at Elephant Park. 
• Advised a global financial investor with their joint venture with a UK based developer to develop a BtR scheme in London.
• Advised NTT Global Data Centers on its strategic real estate partnership with Macquarie Asset Management in relation to wholesale and hyperscale data centres in Europe and North America.
• Advised a global real estate fund manager with its investment into a logistics development platform.