Biography
Johanna Wagner is an associate in our Mergers and Acquisitions practice based in London.
Johanna advises corporates, listed companies and financial sponsors on private and public M&A, carve-outs, equity investments, joint ventures, reorganisations and general corporate advisory matters. She has particular experience with complex cross-border transactions, especially in the Nordics.
Experience
Representative experience includes:
Energy
- Representation of SigmaRoc plc on its €1 billion acquisition of CRH's European lime business, as a reverse takeover.
- Representation of Neste, a Finnish group that is the leading producer of sustainable fuels and renewable feedstock solutions, on the divestment of its base oils business to Chevron.
- Representation of Ashtead Technology Holdings, an offshore energy services provider, on its £129 million IPO and listing on AIM.
- Representation of institutional investors advised by the Global Infrastructure group at J.P. Morgan Asset Management on its acquisition of Adven, a leading supplier of clean energy solutions across the Nordics and Baltics, from AMP Capital and Infracapital.
- Representation of an international infrastructure fund in its bid for Öresundskraft AB, a Swedish municipal utility company that holds wind farms, district heating and electricity grids.
Consumer & Retail
- Representation of Deliveroo plc on its recommended £2.9 billion all-cash acquisition by NYSE-listed DoorDash, Inc.
- Representation of Deliveroo plc on the sale of its Hong Kong operations to Delivery Hero and ultimate exit of the Hong Kong market.
Private Capital
- Representation of EQT and IFS, a global enterprise software solution provider, on spin-off of WorkWave from IFS.
- Representation of Eurazeo on its £1.75 billion acquisition of BMS.
- Representation of Nordic Capital on the sale of Macrobond to Francisco Partners.
- Representation of IK Investment Partners, a Pan-European private equity firm, and its portfolio company, BST Brandskyddsteamet AB, the Swedish provider of sprinkler and fire protection systems, on the acquisition of Nordiska Brand Farestveit AB, a Swedish sprinkler and fire alarms consulting company.
Infrastructure
- Representation of Antin Infrastructure Partners on its sale of Roadchef, the UK’s third largest motorway service area operator, to a fund managed by an infrastructure investor.
- Representation of Global Yatırım Holding A.Ş on its unconditional US$310 million cash takeover of Global Ports Holding Plc.
- Representation of Ancala Partners, a leading UK-based independent infrastructure investment firm, on its acquisition of Hector Rail, the largest private freight train operator in Scandinavia, which also has operations in Germany.
Financial Institutions
- Representation of Tink AB, a Swedish fintech company and one of Europe's leading open banking software-as-a-service providers, on its acquisition of Business Finance Technology Group Limited's (Openwrks) UK-based open banking platform and business, including related customer contracts and IT infrastructure.
- Representation of Prism Group AG, a Dubai-based fintech group (acting in consortium with Royal Strategic Partners) on its acquisition of the LSE-listed Finablr Group, a global financial services platform and on its acquisition of the BFC (the Bahrain Finance Corporation), a regional payments and remittance business.
- Representation of the Catella Group, a Sweden-based specialist in property investments and fund management, on its sale of 70 percent of the shares in Catella Fondförvaltning AB, a fund manager offering a wide range of investment funds to private and institutional investors, with a focus on the Nordic region, to Athanase Industrial Partner.
