Ramy Wahbeh

Recent examples of Ramy’s work include advising:

• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. in:
  • their acquisition of the Netherlands-based equipment leasing specialist Beequip B.V. from NIBC;
  • the acquisition of The Travel Corporation;
  • their minority equity investment in AUTODOC SE;
  • its strategic and financial partnership with Sofinnova Partners;
  • the takeover bid for 100% of the shares of Applus Services, holding company of the Applus industrial testing group, for approximately €1.38 billion;
  • the sale of Summit Leasing Slovenia, a leasing company in Slovenia and Croatia;
  • the acquisition of United Living Group;
  • the acquisition of Fiskeby International Holding AB, alongside its portfolio company, Reno De Medici S.p.A.;
  • the acquisition of the Terminals, Solutions & Services (TSS) business line (also known as Ingenico) from Worldline;
  • the investment in Primafrio;
  • the sale of Amissima Vita S.p.A. to Athora Holding Ltd.;
  • the sale of Nova KBM d.d. to OTP Bank;
  • the acquisition of a majority stake in AS Graanul Invest;
  • the acquisition of a majority stake in and subsequent take-private of Reno De Medici S.p.A.;
  • the €500 million investment in Sazka Group A.S.;
  • the sale of Amissima Assicurazioni to HDI Assicurazioni;
  • the acquisition of Covis Pharma B.V. from funds managed by Cerberus Capital Management;
  • the two-step acquisition of Gamenet Group S.p.A. through a share acquisition from TCP Lux Eurinvest S.à r.l. and Intralot Italian Investments B.V. followed by a mandatory takeover for the remaining shares;
  • the €600 million sale of Seguradoras Unidas and AdvanceCare PORTUGAL to Generali;
  • the acquisition of a majority stake in Haydock Finance; and
  • the partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in connection with the €250 million acquisition of Nova KBM d.d.
• Lottomatica Group S.p.A (formerly known as Gamenet Group S.p.A.), a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in its:
  •  €950 million acquisition of the Italian business of International Game Technology PLC consisting of 100% of the share capital of Lottomatica Scommesse S.r.l. and Lottomatica Videolot Rete S.p.A; and
  • €639 million acquisition of SKS365.
• Oldenburgische Landesbank AG (formerly known as Bremer Kreditbank AG) (BKB), a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in its:
  • €300 million acquisition of Oldenburgische Landesbank AG; and
  • acquisition of 100% of the share capital in Bankhaus Neelmeyer from UniCredit Bank AG.
• Catalina Holdings, a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in its acquisition of Asia Capital Reinsurance Group.
• Nova KBM d.d., a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in its:
  • €444 million acquisition of Abanka d.d.;
  • acquisition of 100% of the share capital in Summit Leasing Slovenija d.o.o. from Sumitomo Corporation; and
  • acquisition of KBS d.d., the former Slovenian subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International, and the subsequent merger between NKBM and KBS.
• Seguradoras Unidas, S.A. (formerly known as Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade, S.A.) in connection with the acquisition of Açoreana Seguros, S.A. (Açoreana), an affiliate of the Banif Financial Group, from Soil – SGPS, S.A. and Oitante, S.A., and the subsequent merger of Açoreana into Tranquilidade.

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