Oliver Lazenby

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oliver.lazenby@freshfields.com

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Oliver is a corporate partner in London, and co-head of the firm’s London M&A practice. He works with international and domestic clients and advises on public and private M&A, securities offerings and on board and governance issues. Oliver’s recent work includes advising Euromoney on its public offer from Astorg and Epiris, Flutter on its cross-border acquisition of the Stars Group, John Laing on its public acquisition by KKR, World Remit on its acquisition of SendWave, John Laing on the sale of its stake in the Intercity Express Programme and previously on its IPO and rights issue, Ferguson on its listing in the US and the sale of Wolseley UK, Pearson on the sale of the Financial Times, mergermarket and its stake in The Economist and on its possible public offer from Apollo, Poundland on its acquisition of 99p Stores and subsequent public takeover offer by Steinhoff, Henderson on its all-share cross-border merger with Janus, Croda International plc on the sale of its PTIC division and its acquisition of Iberchem, and the associated equity raise by way of a placing, and Axel Springer on its acquisition of a stake in Purplebricks.