Sophie Vacikar Bessisso
Lawyers
Associate in our Mergers & Acquisitions practice, based in London.
Sophie advises private equity and corporate clients on public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures, investments and restructurings, as well as securities offerings and listings. Her experience includes corporate advisory, advising on reporting and governance requirements and company meetings and directors’ duties.
Experience
- Penguin Random House on its acquisition of Hay House
- Roche on its $295 million acquisition of LumiraDx’s point of care technology platform
- MSCI on its acquisition of Trove Research
- Amdocs on its $188 million acquisition of MYCOM OSI
- Viva Wallet on its strategic investment by J.P. Morgan
- SS&C Technologies on its acquisition of Hubwise
- Made.com on its £775.3 million IPO and listing on the London Stock Exchange
- Charles Taylor on its £285 million takeover by Lovell Minnick
- BDT Capital Partners on its acquisition of Nelmar Security Packaging
- Public companies including IHS Markit and LVMH on joint ventures, investments, acquisitions and disposals of businesses in Europe
Insights
Education
LL.B., King's College London, Dickson Poon School of Law
Qualifications and admissions
- England and Wales