London, July 20 2022 – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, announced that it advised Ares Management funds (“Ares”) on the provision of committed financing to a private equity consortium for the circa £1.6 billion takeover offer for the financial publisher Euromoney Institutional Investor (“Euromoney”).
The consortium is comprised of Astorg and Epiris, which have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Euromoney.
Ares is a highly valued client of the firm and we have worked on a wide range of transactions together across the US, UK and Europe, covering multiple fund formations as well as many debt and equity deployments.
Our team was led by London partners Alex Griffith (Private Credit) and Adam Creed (M&A) and included associates Natasha Cacella, Haris Ahmed and Harriet West (Private Credit) as well as Conor Quane and Nicholas Wardle (M&A). The team also included input from partners Rob Day (M&A) and Robert Gaut (Tax) as well as associate Philip Gilliland (Tax) and paralegal Jagmaan Bakshi (Private Credit).
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