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Joseph Scrace

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Advises corporate, private equity and investment banking clients on private and public M&A transactions, takeovers and mergers, and securities offerings and listings.

Joe advises corporate, private equity and investment banking clients on private and public M&A transactions, takeovers and mergers, and securities offerings and listings. He has particular experience of advising on the Takeover Code and cross-border public M&A transactions. He has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Legal 500 UK for premium and upper mid-market M&A and by IFLR in 2023.

Experience highlights

Private Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Comcast on the establishment of “SkyShowtime”, a subscription video on demand partnership with ViacomCBS
  • Heineken on its €1.3 billion acquisition of Brasil Kirin from Kirin Holdings
  • Lucid Group on its $232 million strategic supply agreement with Aston Martin
  • Natura on its €1 billion acquisition of The Body Shop from L’Oréal
  • Ocado Group on its acquisition of Kindred Systems and of Haddington Dynamics
  • Roche on its $295 million acquisition of LumiraDx’s point of care technology platform
  • Viva Wallet in connection with the strategic investment in the company by J.P. Morgan
Public Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets
  • Atairos on its $580 million take private of Ocean Outdoor
  • Brookfield on the Evergreen- and Brookfield-led consortium $16 billion acquisition of Nielsen
  • Charles Taylor on its £285 million takeover by Lovell Minnick
  • Comcast on its £30.6 billion competitive takeover of Sky and $65 billion proposed acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox
  • ContourGlobal on its £1.7 billion IPO and London premium listing
  • Dai-ichi Life on the $6 billion merger of Janus Capital Group and Henderson Group
  • Financial advisers to Apollo Management IX on its £3.3 billion proposed acquisition of RPC Group
  • NewMed Energy on its recommended combination with Capricorn Energy
  • Nuvei on its $889 million takeover of SafeCharge
  • Technip on its $17 billion merger with FMC Technologies
  • Temenos on its £1.4 billion takeover offer for Fidessa
  • Tencent on its £919 million offer for Sumo Group
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Credentials

Recognition

Legal 500 UK – M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals, £500m+, Rising Star

IFLR Europe Awards – “Rising Star,” 2023

MergerLinks – “Rising Star: Top UK Listing Authority Lawyer,” 2022

Education
LL.B., University of Bristol
  • first-class honours
Professional history
  • Counsel, 2022-present
  • Davis Polk since 2016
  • Clifford Chance, 2013-2016
Qualifications and admissions
  • England and Wales
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