Chetan Sheth

Mr. Sheth’s recent representations since joining Skadden include advising:

• I Squared Capital in connection with its acquisition of Arriva from Deutsche Bahn
• Agroberries (a company invested in by Continental Grain Company) on its investment in BerryWorld’s EMEA and APAC businesses
• JAB Holdings on:
  • its joint venture with BNP Paribas Cardif to deliver a range of pet insurance services throughout the U.K., EMEA and Latin America. Mr. Sheth also advised on bolt-on transactions related to this matter, including a US$1.4 billion investment in Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited’s pet insurance business, the acquisition of AGILA Haustierversicherung AG from Aegidius Ruckversicherung AG and the acquisition of Veterfina Verzekeringsmaatschappij NV from its shareholders
  • Pinnacle Pet Group’s acquisition of Animal Friends Insurance Services Limited from Correlation Risk Partners
• the shareholders of MiQ, including the founders of the company and ECI Partners, on the sale of a majority interest in the company to funds advised by Bridgepoint
• the Permira funds on the sale, alongside Berkshire Partners, of a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments (Africa’s largest carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions provider) to Digital Realty Trust, Inc. at an enterprise value of approximately US$3.5 billion

Mr. Sheth’s representations prior to joining Skadden include advising:

• Warburg Pincus on the acquisition of Leumi Card, an Israel-based credit card operator, from Bank Leumi and the equity arrangements in connection with the acquisition of Self Bank S.A.U.
• CPPIB on its £675 million investment for a 30% stake in BGL Group, the operator of comparethemarket.com and LesFurets.com
• Blackstone and PAI Partners on the disposal of United Biscuits to Yildiz Holding
• New Mountain Capital on the acquisition of Syntor Fine Chemicals
• Cale Street on its 50% acquisition of the Intu Derby shopping centre and its joint venture with Intu Properties plc
• SoftBank on its £24.4 billion public takeover of ARM Holdings plc

During the course of his career at another major international law firm, Mr. Sheth spent time on secondment to a major financial institution and a leading financial sponsor, where he worked on a variety of transactions.