Kathryn Gamble

Kathryn Gamble acts for a range of clients on public and private M&A and capital markets transactions, with a focus on securities offerings. She also advises clients on corporate governance issues.

Ms. Gamble’s experience includes advising:

• The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. on its demerger from Unilever PLC and its listing on the London Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext Amsterdam
• International Paper Company in its $25 billion secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange, as part of its $9.9 billion takeover of DS Smith
• Telegram Group in connection with its $1.7 billion offering of convertible bonds and a related tender and exchange offer for existing pre-IPO convertible bonds
• Phoenix Group Holdings plc on its $4.1 billion acquisition of ReAssure Group plc from Swiss Re
• Poltronesofà S.p.A., the leading sofa retailer in Italy, in connection with its £100 million acquisition of ScS Group plc
• Raymond James in its £278.9 million acquisition of Charles Stanley
• Davidson Kempner European Partners, a major shareholder of AVEVA Group plc, in connection with Schneider Electric’s £9.9 billion acquisition of AVEVA Group plc
• Argus Group Holdings Limited in its acquisition of a significant stake of shares in BF&M Limited from Camellia Plc, followed by an all-stock merger of Argus with BF&M Limited
• Fortiana Holdings Limited in connection with its $1.5 billion acquisition of Highland Gold Mining Limited, an AIM-quoted gold producer, comprising an initial $585 million acquisition of a 40% interest, the U.K.’s first-ever preconditional mandatory bid for the remaining stake, delisting and compulsory squeeze-out of minority shareholders

Ms. Gamble also advises on global foreign investment control review processes and filings in the context of corporate transactions as a member of Skadden’s foreign investment screening team. Her recent experience in this space includes advising:

• Skyworks Solutions, Inc. in its merger with Qorvo, Inc. at an enterprise value of $22 billion
• Prosus N.V. in its €4.1 billion ($4.3 billion) going-private acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.
• Qatar Investment Authority, as part of a consortium with The Carlyle Group Inc., in the $9 billion acquisition of BASF Coatings GmbH from BASF SE
• Elon Musk in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Inc, now X Corp.