Associate

Madeleine Pryde

Corporate & Securities, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions

Overview

Madeleine advises clients on corporate transactions, concentrating on private M&A in the technology/media, consumer and real estate sectors.

Madeleine is an associate in the Corporate & Securities practice of the London office. She joined Mayer Brown in 2020.

Technology / Media / Entertainment

Represented CDK Global, Inc. (“CDK”), a leading provider of dealer management systems and integrated information technology solutions to the automotive retailing and adjacent industries, in the sale of its CDK international segment to Francisco Partners for $1.45 billion.
Advised Indosuez Wealth Management, the global wealth management brand of the Crédit Agricole group, on its acquisition of 70 per cent of Wealth Dynamics Ltd, a fintech provider of Client Lifecycle Management solutions to private banks, and wealth management and asset management firms worldwide.
Advised communications network Markettiers4DC on majority investment by Waterland Private Equity.
Advised Hasbro, Inc., the leading toy and game company, on the European aspects of the sale of its eOne film and TV division to Lionsgate for approximately US$500 million.
Advised Growth Capital Partners on its acquisition of Squint/Opera, a creative digital studio.

Consumer

Advised Pernod Ricard on the disposal of the Tormore whisky brand and distillery.
Advised Pernod Ricard on the disposal of the Clan Campbell Scotch Whisky brand.
Advised on the sale of Curlsmith to US-based Helen of Troy Limited for US$150 million.

Corporate real estate

Advised The British Land Company Plc on its disposal of 75% of its holding in the Paddington Central Campus, London, to GIC for circa £694 million (representing a gross asset value of £936 million) and the resulting joint venture with GIC.
Advised M3 Capital Partners and Extra MSA Group on the sale of Extra, a leading specialised developer and owner of strategically located Motorway Service Areas in the UK, to a consortium of institutional investors.
Advised The British Land Company on the £177 million sale of its freehold interest in the mixed-use estate at Clarges, London.
Advised Chuang’s China Investments on the sale of 10 Fenchurch Street in London for approximately £94 million.
Advised Round Hill Capital on a joint venture with CPPIB for the creation of a platform to invest €1 billion into student housing projects in Europe.

Insurance

Advised the Hartford on its divestment of certain continental European operations.
Advised Beazley on the sale of its US based ‘Beazley Benefits’ business to Globe Life for c.$60m.
Advised Prudential Staff Pension Scheme on a complex longevity swap transaction with Pacific Life Re Limited covering £3.7 billion of pension liabilities relating to over 20,000 pensioners to provide long-term protection for the Prudential Scheme against costs that could result from increases in the life expectancy of its pensioner members.