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James Smethurst

Freshfields
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Firm
Freshfields
Practice
financial regulatory, financial services regulatory matters, regulatory
Office
London
Active in the record
2023 to 2025

Deal experience

Deal types
M&APrivate Equity & Buyouts
Sectors
Financial ServicesInsuranceProfessional ServicesTransport & Logistics
Jurisdictions
BelgiumGermanyNetherlandsSingaporeUnited Kingdom

Deals

6 announced deals in the record
Freshfields advises Specialist Risk Group and Warburg Pincus on strategic acquisition of Ecclesia Group’s Dutch and Belgian insurance brokerage businesses 4 Feb 2025
M&A Financial Services Freshfields financial services regulatory matters
Freshfields advises Cinven on strategic investment in Grant Thornton UK 21 Nov 2024
Private Equity & Buyouts Professional Services Freshfields financial regulatory London
Freshfields advises Aon on acquisition of UK broker Griffiths & Armour 7 Nov 2024
M&A Financial Services FreshfieldsMatheson LLP regulatory
Freshfields advises Warburg Pincus on proposed acquisition of Specialist Risk Group 30 May 2024
M&A Insurance Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer financial services regulatory matters
Freshfields advises PSP Investments on its sale of a minority stake in Angel Trains to Arjun Infrastructure Partners 4 Jul 2023
M&A Transport & Logistics Freshfields
Freshfields advises Blackstone and Sixth Street on completion of Kensington Mortgages sale to Barclays Bank UK PLC 2 Mar 2023
M&A Financial Services Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer financial regulatory
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