Sophie Vacikar Bessisso
Lawyers
Associate in our Mergers & Acquisitions practice, based in London. Previously completed a rotation in Mergers & Acquisitions in our New York office.
Sophie advises on a range of private and public mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and securities offerings and listings. Her experience includes corporate advisory, advising on reporting and governance requirements and company meetings and directors’ duties.
Seconded to the corporate legal team of Monzo.
Sophie is a trustee of The English College Foundation, a charity supporting The English College in Prague.
Experience
- Penguin Random House acquisition of Hay House
- Roche $295 million acquisition of LumiraDx’s point of care technology platform
- MSCI acquisition of Trove Research
- Amdocs $188 million acquisition of MYCOM OSI
- Viva Wallet strategic investment by J.P. Morgan
- SS&C Technologies acquisition of Hubwise
- Made.com £775.3 million IPO and London listing
- Charles Taylor £285 million takeover by Lovell Minnick
- BDT Capital Partners acquisition of Nelmar Security Packaging
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Education
LL.B., King's College London, Dickson Poon School of Law
Qualifications and admissions
- England and Wales