Ferera, Leon N.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• French
• German

Lawyer Overview

Leon Ferera advises companies involved in a wide range of industries on M&A transactions. His experience includes acquisitions, disposals, private equity transactions, joint ventures, and equity subscriptions. He also has experience on capital markets transactions.

Representative transactions on which he has advised include: the sale by Procter & Gamble of its European tissue and paper towel business, the takeover offer for Viridian Plc, the contested takeover offer for domnick hunter group, Harsco Corporation's acquisition of the Northern hemisphere steel mills services business of Brambles, and various transactions for WL Ross and Co. and France Telecom.

Leon has particular experience in public takeovers, having been seconded for two years to the U.K.'s Takeover Panel Executive. During his time there he was responsible for regulating many takeovers of U.K. public companies, including the competitive dual listed holding company proposals relating to P&O Princess Cruises; the unsolicited offers for Bryant Group, Beazer Group, Esporta, and JAZZ FM; the offer by E.ON (U.K.) for Powergen undertaken by way of a scheme of arrangement; the offers for Harvey Nichols Group and LIFFE (Holdings); and various MBOs and take privates, including Lynx Group, Delancey Estates, Dewhirst Group, and Dixon Motors. While at the Panel he was secretary to the Code Committee, the body responsible for considering amendments to the Takeover Code.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• M&A

Representative Cases

• "The Two Cities Challenge" raises funds for U.K. Cancer Research , (2008)
• ABM Industries to acquire OneSource Services
• Arlington companies acquire business units of Aberdeen Asset Management
• ArmorGroup acquired by G4S , (2009)
• Aspen Finance purchases £1.75 million of Convertible Loan Notes in a private placement by Artisan (UK) PLC
• Cascades merges with Reno De Medici for $101 million , (2009)
• Celtic Pharma Development UK acquires Xenova for $47.5 million , (2009)
• Chapman International acquires Coats plc
• China National Bluestar acquires Technical Absorbents
• Concateno acquires Altrix Healthcare
• Concateno completes tender offer for Cozart plc
• Domnick Hunter Group acquired by Parker Hannifin for $492 million
• Dresdner provides acquisition financing of Viridian Group , (2009)
• Eldorado forms JV with PPF Group creating the largest retail consumer electronics JV in Russia , (2009)
• Ennstone acquires Enneurope
• Ennstone acquires Johnston Group
• Ennstone disposes of the Johnston Engineering Group of Companies
• France Telecom (Orange) acquires Unanimis Holdings
• Harsco Corp acquires steel mill services business for $229 million
• Inspicio Plc acquired by Angus Newco Limited for $391 million
• Internet Business Group is acquired by TMN Group
• Kayterm acquires Jarvis Hotels
• Linden Holdings completes sale to Galliford Try for $478 million
• Media Square offers $43.4 million for Coutts Holdings
• Mineral Securities Limited is acquired by CopperCo Limited for $218 million
• New Tribeca merges with Tribeca Property for $258 million
• Oxford Automotive ApS is acquired by Wagon Plc for $222.5 million
• Procter & Gamble acquires Ambi Pur, the air care business of Sara Lee, for $470 million , (2009)
• Procter & Gamble sells European tissue and towel business , (2009)
• Scarborough Minerals acquired by Mineral Securities Limited and completes admission of entire issued share capital to trading on AIM
• Sibir Energy acquires Hitchens Global
• Sibir Energy places $461 million of Ordinary Shares on AIM and $156.8 million of Ordinary Shares with existing institutional shareholders
• Sibir Energy sells interest in the company to JSC Gazprom Neft for USD $1.3 billion
• SunPower acquires SunRay Renewable Energy for $277 million , (2010)
• Virage Logic acquires ARC
• WL Ross & Co. forms joint venture with Lear Corporation and Franklin Mutual Advisers , (2009)
• WL Ross completes £49 million rights issue by Wagon , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• College Law - London
• Oxford University - England

Published Works

• The sale of Barclays Global Investors and the use of ‘go-shop’ provisions in English M&A deals, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2009
• Comment la crise financeière affecte-t-elle les contrats de fusions-acquisitions?, Tribune Capital Finance, 2009
• Scheming to get around the Takeover Code: does it work? The Court decision upholding the Takeover Code timetable in the contested takeover for Expro International Group PLC, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2008
• Takeover Offers for English Companies With U.S. Shareholders: Some Considerations for Bidders, 2007
• Some Differences in Law and Practice Between U.K. and U.S. Stock Purchase Agreements, 2007
• How committed is a 'Committed Facility'? – issues to look out for when reviewing a credit facility for the purpose of providing a cash confirmation statement, In Practice, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2007
• Shareholder Activism: Takeover Code Consequences, 2003

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