Will Marshall

Will Marshall focuses on advising clients on both public and private mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and other corporate matters, with a particular focus on the financial services sector.

Mr. Marshall has broad experience counseling on market-leading transactions for sponsors, leading investment banks, and private and listed companies. His representations (including prior to joining Skadden) include advising:

• CNP Assurances S.A. on its pending $4 billion acquisition of the Brazilian and Mexican businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc.
• Firmus on its proposed A$7.1 billion ($5 billion) IPO on the Australian Securities Exchange*
• Seven Group Holdings on its A$6.7 billion ($4.7 billion) off-market takeover bid for Boral*
• Perpetual on the proposed A$2.2 billion ($1.5 billion) acquisition of its wealth management and corporate trust businesses via schemes of arrangement by KKR*
• MA Financial, partner of NYSE-listed investment bank Moelis & Company, on its:
  • A$1 billion ($697 million) subscription commitments from Warburg Pincus for its Real Estate Credit Vehicle*
  • A$90.4 million ($63 million) acquisition of specialist real estate investment management firm IP Generation*
• Lendlease on its:
  • A$235 million ($164 million) sale of its Capella Capital infrastructure financing business to Tokyo-listed Japanese trading company Sojitz Corporation*
  • 1.1 billion Malaysian Ringgit ($269 million) sale of its joint venture interest in the four-story retail mall of the TRX Exchange, a flagship development in Malaysia*
• Adbri on the A$2 billion ($1.4 billion) joint acquisition of Adbri by New York and London-listed Irish building materials company CRH and existing Adbri shareholder, Barro Group, by way of scheme of arrangement*
• Origin on its:
  • proposed A$18.7 billion ($13 billion) acquisition of Origin by a consortium consisting of Brookfield Asset Management (together with its partners and investors, GIC and Temasek) and MidOcean Energy by way of scheme of arrangement*
  • acquisition of a 20% interest in Climatech Zero, a provider of energy management and decarbonization projects for industrials*

*Representations from prior to joining Skadden.