Jeremy Hadley is a partner in our Corporate, Securities and International practices. Jeremy has an extended international practice advising on international mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions. He advises on a broad range of equity securities (shares and GDRs), equity linked securities (convertible and exchangeable bonds) and debt securities (bonds and tender exchange offers). His practice focuses on the U.K., Middle East, India and emerging markets including Turkey and North Africa.

Before co-founding the firm, Jeremy was a partner in the London, Singapore and New York offices of leading international law firms.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Advised Allied Healthcare International Inc. on its £47 million ($73 million) acquisition of Southern Cross Healthcare Group, a leading Western European provider of healthcare services, and its £23.5 million ($38 million) acquisition of Midland Healthcare Limited, a U.K. based operator of nursing homes.
• Advised CintiTech AG on its £34.5 million purchase of Thermopol International Limited, a global designer/producer of high-performance silicon rubber hoses (with operations in the UK, USA, Romania and Korea).
• Advised Quadrant-Amroq Bottling Company Limited, the exclusive Pepsi bottler for the country of Romania, in selling the remaining 51% interest to PepsiAmericas, Inc. for $98 million.
• Advised Quadrant European Beverages Limited, a joint venture between the Quadrant investment group and PepsiAmericas, Inc., in the acquisition of the exclusive Pepsi bottler for the country of Bulgaria.
• Advised Bestway (Holdings) Limited, U.K.’s second largest grocery wholesaler, on its acquisition of Batley Limited.
• Advising GK Foods (UK) Limited on its purchase of WT (Holdings) Limited.
• Assisted Roxburghe plc, a leading debt collecting agency in the UK, on its £13.5 million purchase of ManDebt (UK) Limited.
• Advising Shed Productions plc on its £17.5 million acquisition of Ricochet Limited.
• Advised private equity fund investor in connection with a PIPE (private investment in public equity) offering by a U.S. listed company based in China.
• Represented a U.S. supplier of optical and magnetic data storage media products in the acquisition of a multinational group owning the pre-eminent consumer brand for such products.
• Advised Dana Holding Corporation on the reorganisation of its European operations, involving companies across Belgium, Spain, U.K., Ireland, the Netherlands and Poland.
• Advised Danaher Corporation’s and its U.K. subsidiary, Launchcharge Limited, on its joint venture with Danfoss A/S, a Denmark based manufacturer of sensor products for the industrial controls market.

Matters in India

• Advised Morgan Stanley and IDFC-SSKI Limited as international counsel in the concurrent qualified institutions placement in India and Regulation S placement outside India of equity shares of IndusInd Bank Limited ($100 million).
• Advised Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited and ICICI Securities Limited as international counsel in the initial public offering in India and Rule 144A offering of Shriram EPC Limited ($38 million).
• Advised Era Aviation Investment Group LLC, on acquiring a 34% stake in Deccan Charters, a leading Indian aviation services company (undisclosed sum), and 27.5% stake in IndiGo, a low cost regional airline (undisclosed sum).
• Advised Broadpoint Capital, Inc and ISM Capital LLP on the $105 million Convertible Bond offering by REI Agro Limited.
• Advised Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia in the INR 6 billion QIP equity capital raising by Educomp Solutions Limited.
• Advised Merrill Lynch in the INR 5 billion QIP equity capital raising by Shree Renuka Sugars Limited.
• Advised Vedanta Resources Plc in the $1.25 billion Convertible Bond issue listed on the London Stock Exchange.
• Advised Sesa Goa Limited on the $500 million Convertible Bond issue.
• Advised Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch in the $265 million equity offering and Singapore Stock Listing by Indiabulls Properties Investment Trust (Indian property investment fund).
• Advised Dev Property Development PLC (an Indian property investment fund) in its equity offering and AIM London Stock Exchange listing.
• Advised Citigroup and Goldman Sachs on the $600 million equity private placement and GDR offering (first combined offering) by Axis Bank Limited.
• Advised Merrill Lynch in the $400 million GDR offering for Indiabulls Real Estate Limited.
• Advised Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch in the $300 million GDR offering for Indiabulls Financial Services Limited.
• Advised Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup in the $1.25 billion Upper Tier II and senior bond issues by ICICI Bank Limited.
• Advised Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley in the $340 million Tier I bond issues by ICICI Bank Limited.
• Advised Citigroup and Morgan Stanley in the $150 million Zero Coupon Convertible Bond offering by Moser Baer Limited.
• Advised Citigroup in the $75 million Zero Coupon Convertible Bond offering by Era Construction (India) Limited.
• Advised ABN AMRO and Citigroup in the INR5.5 billion equity private placement by IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Limited.
• Advised Jefferies International on the $25 million Convertible Bond offering by Educomp Solutions Limited.
• Advised Jefferies International on the $30 million Convertible Bond offering by Indowind Energy Limited.
• Advised Jefferies International on the $35 million Convertible Bond offering by Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd.
• Advised Tata Chemicals Limited in its $150 million Convertible Bond offering.
• Advised ABN AMRO and Citigroup in Axis Bank Limited’s $257 million GDR offering.
• Advised the issuer, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, in connection with its $350 million Zero Coupon Convertible Bond offering.
• Advised Citigroup on the $150 million Convertible Bond offering by Indian Hotels Limited.
• Advised Citigroup on the $100 million Convertible Bond and GDR offering by Associated Cement of India Ltd.

Matters in Turkey

• Advised TAV Airports on its IPO and international equity offering.
• Advised the underwriters on the privatisation and IPO of Vakifbank for YTL1,750,000,000.
• Advised the underwriters on the IPO of BIM for YTL300,000,000 in 2005.
• Advised on the privatisation and IPO of Isbank and the London listing of GDRs.
• Advised on the privatisation and IPO of Tupras and the London listing of GDRs.
• Advised Petrol Ofisi on the issue of US$175,000,000 Notes.

Admissions

• England and Wales, U.K.
• New York

Education

• BBP Law School, U.K.
  LPC, 1991, Commendation
• University College, University of London, U.K.   
  LL.B (Honours) Law, 1988, First Class Honours