Biography
Tabitha Al-Mahdawie is a partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Employment, Compensation & Benefits Practice.
Tabitha specializes in employment law and has extensive experience in cross-border and English law matters. She provides a full range of transactional support for clients involved in corporate transactions, including structural analysis and due diligence, compensation and incentivization, regulatory and consultation obligations, and successor issues.
Tabitha advises a range of clients across sectors, including major corporates, hedge funds and private equity firms. She works across all aspects of employment law, from complex corporate transactions, strategic HR projects such as employee reorganizations and large-scale redundancies to contentious matters such as restrictive covenant disputes and employment tribunal claims.
Tabitha also focuses on employee data privacy, including data breaches, data subject rights, and employee monitoring.
Experience
Representation of a high-profile retailer in connection with:
- the employment and equity aspects of the departure of senior executives and other changes in management teams;*
- the group's compliance with new employment regulations.*
Representation of Stonehage Fleming, one of the world's leading independently owned multi-family offices, on its combination with US-based wealth advisor, Corient. Stonehage Fleming is a global leader in family office and fiduciary services.*
Representation of Ferrari Group PLC, one of the global leaders in the worldwide shipment of luxury goods, on the English employment law aspects of its IPO and admission to listing and trading of its ordinary shares on Euronext Amsterdam. The market capitalisation of the Ferrari Group at admission was €785 million.*
Representation of Banco de Sabadell S.A., a Spanish listed multinational financial services company, on the proposed sale of TSB Banking Group plc to Banco Santander (who has retained the right to subsequently assign its rights to one of its UK subsidiaries) for an initial price of £2.65 billion.*
Representation of Pandox, one of the largest hotel property owners in Europe, on its c.€1.4 billion recommended cash offer for Dalata Hotel Group plc, including advising on a framework agreement with Pandox's long-term partner, Scandic Hotels Group AB, to be an operating partner for the existing Dalata portfolio from completion of the acquisition. The acquisition comprises a portfolio of 56 hotel businesses, including 31 freehold and long leasehold properties, 22 leasehold hotels and three managed hotels in the Republic of Ireland, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.*
Representation of Valterra Platinum (formerly Anglo American Platinum), one of the world's leading primary producers of platinum group metals, on its c.£7.5 billion London listing and demerger from Anglo American plc.*
Representation of Investec, a distinctive bank and wealth manager, on an all-share combination of Investec Wealth & Investment Limited and Rathbones Group plc to create the UK's leading discretionary wealth manager with approximately £100 billion in funds under management and administration.*
Representation of Visa Inc. on its $21.2 billion acquisition of Visa Europe Limited to create a single global Visa business.*
Representation of Genius Sports Group, a sports data technology company that provides data management, video streaming and integrity services to sports leagues, bookmakers and media companies, on its acquisition of Spirable.*
Advising on the sale of Seven Investment Management (7IM), a vertically integrated wealth management business, to Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP), a global investor with approximately C$250 billion in net assets, and advising 7IM on a number of subsequent acquisitions.*
Advising Tulchan, a leading independent M&A, financial and corporate communications advisory firm, on its sale to Teneo, a global CEO advisory firm.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case.
