Wilf Odgers

Wilf Odgers advises on a broad range of financial regulatory matters, including the regulatory aspects of U.K., cross-border and multijurisdictional M&A transactions, public markets matters, authorisations, change-in-control applications and regulatory remuneration regimes. Mr. Odgers regularly counsels on strategic and structuring matters, regulatory capital considerations, compliance policies and procedures, client agreements and terms of business, incident management, investigations and legislative drafting. His experience includes assisting clients on regulatory engagements with the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority with regard to conduct and compliance matters. Mr. Odgers also has significant experience in the fintech and digital assets spaces.

Mr. Odgers’ client base spans financial institutions, financial sponsors, insurers and (re) insurers, insurance intermediaries, payments firms, and fintech and cryptoasset firms. His experience includes advising institutional investors, portfolio companies and emerging platforms on the regulatory implications of complex cross-border transactions and strategic initiatives. Mr. Odgers also supports industry organisations in assisting on consultation responses to proposed legislative changes.

Mr. Odgers’ representations include providing regulatory advice to:

• eToro Group Ltd. in its $713 million IPO of Class A common shares and listing on Nasdaq
• J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Jefferies LLC and Moelis & Company LLC as joint bookrunning managers in the $1 billion IPO of Class A common stock of X-Energy, Inc.
• Radian Group Inc. in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Inigo Limited
• Tether Inc. in connection with the launch of Twenty One Capital, Inc. through a merger with Cantor Equity Partners, Inc.
• BVNK in its acquisition by Mastercard Incorporated for up to $1.8 billion, including $300 million in contingent payments
• JAB Insurance in its acquisition of Utmost Life and Pensions from Utmost Group plc
• Optio Group Limited, a portfolio company of Preservation Capital Partners Limited, in its acquisitions of Circles Group SA and Den Hartigh Beheer & Exploitatie B.V.
• IRIS Software Group Ltd., a portfolio company of Hg, in its acquisition of Dext
• Willis Towers Watson in its formation of a greenfield joint venture with Bain Capital to relaunch its treaty reinsurance business
• Zurich Insurance Group in its $600 million acquisition of the global personal travel insurance and assistance business of American International Group, Inc.
• Banco Plata, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple in a financing of up to $500 million arranged by Nomura Securities International, Inc.
• Triple Private Equity Ltd in its acquisition of Euromoney from Delinian Limited
• BlackRock, Inc. in its $12 billion acquisition of HPS Investment Partners, LLC
• FTV Capital in its acquisition of FundApps Ltd. from Scottish Equity Partners LLP and its founders
• Kestrel Group LLC in its $167 million business combination with Maiden Holdings, Ltd.

Before joining Skadden, Mr. Odgers was a senior associate at another global law firm.