Joseph Scrace
Lawyers
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
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
Insights
Recognition
Legal 500 UK – M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals, £500m+
IFLR Europe Awards – “Rising Star,” 2023
MergerLinks – “Rising Star: Top UK Listing Authority Lawyer,” 2022
Education
LL.B., University of Bristol
- first-class honours
Prior experience
- Clifford Chance, 2013-2016
Qualifications and admissions
- England and Wales