We regularly work with Joe Bradley. His knowledge of how we view risk and what matters most to us as an institution is unique. He has dealt with last-minute issues which looked like they would stop us from signing deals calmly, commercially and effectively, which allowed us to get the deals done on terms we were happy with.
Biography
Joseph Bradley is a partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions practice and Global Private Capital Industry Group, based in London. He has extensive experience advising private equity houses and financial sponsor clients on a range of complex cross-border acquisitions, disposals, consortium arrangements and public offerings and acquisitions, as well as advising management teams in relation not equity incentive arrangements. Joseph has also spent a year on secondment providing senior legal coverage to a key private equity client, and also spent a year on secondment at a leading private equity firm prior to joining White & Case.
Experience
Joe's experience includes advising:
- Goldman Sachs on:
- its acquisition of MACE Consult, a global consultancy business advising real estate project and infrastructure programs.
- its majority investment in Synthon, a global leader in complex generic drug development and manufacturing.
- its c. US$ 2bn acquisition of Norgine, a leading European specialty pharmaceuticals company.
- its c. US$ 1.72bn take private offer for Kahoot!, a global learning and audience engagement platform.
- its consortium arrangements and regulatory filings in connection with the c. €1.8bn public take over of Aareal Bank, alongside Advent, Centerbridge, and CPPIB.
- its consortium arrangements in connection with a public take over offer for Caverion, alongside Bain.
- its acquisition of Advania, a leading Nordic IT services business, as well as subsequent bolt-on acquisitions of Visolit, Valtti, and Content+Cloud in Norway, Sweden and the UK.
- its investment in Elinvar, a leading digital platform for asset and wealth managers, in connection with its €25 million Series C fund raising.
- its investment in the weFox Group, a Berlin insurtech platform firm specialising in digital insurance in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- the sale of its minority stake in a leading UK hotel business, as well as on its shareholding arrangements during the hold period.
- Bridgepoint on:
- its c. €2.1bn disposal of Diaverum, a leading renal healthcare and dialysis business, as well as material M&A transactions undertaken by Diaverum while owned by Bridgepoint.
- its acquisitions of Element Materials Technology and Moneycorp, and its disposal of LGC Limited*
- MidEuropa on:
- its sale of leading European ophthalmology platform Optegra to EssilorLuxottica.
- its acquisitions of Optegra, JS Hamilton and Urgent Cargus, and the disposal of Waberer's.
- the merger of Customer Management Center (CMC), with the M+ Group, the largest independent business process outsourcing companies in Turkey and the CEE region respectively.
- the agreed US$3.253bn acquisition of the Allegro Group, the largest online marketplace and non-food shopping destination in Poland.
- CVC Capital Partners on:
- an investment consortium including PSP Investments and StepStone, on their acquisition of a controlling stake in Recordati, an Italian pharmaceutical group, from the Recordati family valuing recordati at c. €5.86bn.
- its acquisition of PDC Brands, a global beauty and personal care products company, from Yellow Wood Partners.
- PPF Group on its €2.8bn acquisition of Telenor's telecommunications assets in Central & Eastern Europe.
- Rhône Capital, on its US$ 20m investment in VistaJet.
- SoftBank Vision Funds 1 and 2 on:
- its US$ 1.45bn significant minority investment in Greensill.
- its £300 million investment into OakNorth.
- its investment in Tier.
* experience prior to joining White & Case
