Ed Perry

Ed’s recent experience includes advising:

• Novo Holdings on its £50 million investment in Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
• HeadFirst Global on its recommended offer to acquire AIM-listed Impellam Group for approx. £483.2 million.
• Bank of Cyprus Holdings plc on its response to unsolicited takeover proposals submitted by an affiliate of a fund advised by Lone Star.
• Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, in its acquisition of the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers Watson for US$3.25 billion.
• PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk on the takeover offer by a wholly owned subsidiary for Ophir Energy plc.
• Westfield Specialty in respect of its agreement, subject to receipt of applicable regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of certain other conditions, to purchase of Argo Underwriting Agency Limited and its subsidiaries (including their participation in and right to manage Lloyd's of London Syndicate 1200) from Argo Group for approximately $125 million.
• Crayhill Capital Management on the US$300 million financing for unybrands, an integrated platform for e-commerce businesses. 
• Arvelle Therapeutics, a Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company, on its sale to Angelini Pharma for a total cash consideration of up to US$960 million.
• KKR on the creation of a pan-European logistics development platform.
• The underwriters on the US$1 billion SEC-registered offering by Spanish issuer Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.  
• A consortium of infrastructure investors comprising Alberta Investment Management Corporation, OMERS, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Wren House Infrastructure Management Limited on its acquisition of London City Airport.
• CEPSA, which is wholly-owned by Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company, on its circa US$2.3 billion acquisition of Coastal Energy Company.

*Some of the above matters were handled by Ed prior to joining Sidley.