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Ben Saraci

Associate
Baker & McKenzie Services Limited

Biography

Ben is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie’s Corporate Department, based in London. Ben has a number of years of City experience, having also worked at other global firms (including a secondment in the M&A Department at J.P. Morgan) prior to joining Baker McKenzie.

Practice Focus

Ben’s practice principally focuses on private and public M&A, shareholder arrangements, and general corporate law matters. Ben has experience advising clients across a variety of sectors, including consumer goods and retail, energy, financial services, gaming, healthcare, industrials, infrastructure, oil and gas and technology, media and telecommunications.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advising Carlsberg A/S on its GBP 3.3 billion recommended cash acquisition of Britvic plc.

  • Advising Surgical Science Sweden AB on its recommended cash offer for Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc.

  • Advising The Olayan Group, as co-investor of Brookfield, on the GBP 2.2 billion recommended cash acquisition of Network International Holdings plc.

  • Advising Unikmind Holdings Limited on its cash acquisition of the shares of Kape Technologies plc not already owned by Unikmind, with an implied equity value for Kape of USD 1.6 billion.

  • Advising Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited on its USD 860 million cash acquisition of KIPCO’s shareholding in Gulf Insurance Group and related MTO in Kuwait.

  • Advising Carlsberg A/S on the sale of Baltika Breweries, the biggest brewer in Russia, as well as on the separation of the Russian business from the rest of the Carlsberg Group.

  • Advising QinetiQ Group plc on its USD 590 million acquisition of Avantus Federal LLC from NewSpring.

  • Advising Wilbur-Ellis in connection with the merger of its "Connell" business and Caldic B.V., owned by Advent International, to form a leading global life sciences and specialty chemicals solutions distribution platform with combined sales of c. EUR 3 billion.

  • Advising Puig on its acquisitions of Byredo, the Swedish luxury brand, and Charlotte Tilbury, the iconic British luxury makeup and skincare brand.

  • Advising Inceptua, the healthcare services group, on its sale to funds managed by Vesey Street Capital Partners.

  • Advising Capita plc on a series of disposals, including the sale of Security Watchdog to Bridgepoint-owned Matrix; the sale of its resourcing businesses to Inspirit Capital; and the sale of AMT-Sybex to Constellation-owned Jonas.

  • Advising Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation on the acquisition of Smarter Grid Solutions Limited.

  • Advising ClearPay on its acquisitions of Pagantis and PMT Technology.

Admissions

  • England & Wales~United Kingdom (2017)
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an English partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.