27 April 2023

Herbert Smith Freehills Advises Link Group On Sale Of Its Funds Management Business To Waystone Group

M&A Financial Services Expected to close Ireland United Kingdom

Advising firms

Clifford Chance

Sell-side acting for Link Fund Solutions Limited

Herbert Smith Freehills

Sell-side acting for Link Group

Simmons & Simmons

Buy-side acting for Waystone Group

McCann Fitzgerald

Sell-side acting for Link Group

Deal team

31 lawyers named

Lawyer	Firm	Seniority	Practice	Office
James Palmer Lead	Herbert Smith Freehills	Partner	Corporate	Not stated
Alex Kay Lead	Herbert Smith Freehills	Partner	Corporate	Not stated
Alanna Hunter Lead	Clifford Chance	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Iain Ferguson Lead	McCann Fitzgerald	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Ania Rontaler Lead	Simmons & Simmons	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Sophie Thompson	Herbert Smith Freehills	Senior associate	Not stated	Not stated
Kaja Kluziak	Herbert Smith Freehills	Senior associate	Not stated	Not stated
Emily Naylor	Herbert Smith Freehills	Senior associate	Not stated	Not stated
Eliza Joseph	Herbert Smith Freehills	Associate	Not stated	Not stated
Stuart Kerr	Herbert Smith Freehills	Associate	Not stated	Not stated
Alison Cheung	Herbert Smith Freehills	Associate	Not stated	Not stated
Lara Watkins-Truitt	Herbert Smith Freehills	Trainee	Not stated	Not stated
Yasmin Jackson	Herbert Smith Freehills	Trainee	Not stated	Not stated
Chris Ninan	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	FSR	Not stated
Karen Anderson	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	FSR	Not stated
Michael Tan	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	FSR	Not stated
Aurell Taussig	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	Tax	Not stated
James Tryfonos	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	Tax	Not stated
Graham Crocker	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	Tax	Not stated
David Coulling	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	TMT	Not stated
Terence Lau	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	TMT	Not stated
Andrew Wells	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	IP	Not stated
Kate Peck	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	IP	Not stated
Clive Cunningham	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	FSR	Not stated
David Wormley	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	FSR	Not stated
Veronica Roberts	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	Competition	Not stated
Sam Tappenden	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	Competition	Not stated
Phoebe Hirst	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	Competition	Not stated
Tony Damian	Herbert Smith Freehills	Partner	Corporate	Australia
Nicole Pedler	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	Not stated	Australia
Jacob Lancaster	Herbert Smith Freehills	Not stated	Not stated	Australia

Stated terms

Stated value: Not stated
What the figure measures: Total transaction value
Client: Link GroupSell-side
Counterparties: Waystone Group (Buy-side)