International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising Logica, the business and technology services company listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam), on the recommended cash acquisition of Logica by Canadian company CGI. The acquisition values Logica's share capital at approximately £1.7 billion.
‘Our relationship with Logica goes back nearly 30 years to its IPO in 1983. It is a credit to the Logica management team that they have been able to execute this significant transaction in an uncertain M&A market,’ said Freshfields Corporate partner David Sonter.
The Freshfields team is being led by London-based Corporate partners David Sonter and Andrew Hutchings with support from fellow partners Simon Evans (Employment), Doug Smith (US Securities), John Davies (Competition), Simon Johnson (Banking), Jan Willem van der Staay (Amsterdam) and Tax partners Sarah Falk (London) and Eelco van der Stok (Amsterdam). Key team members included associates Helen Archbold, Crisa Cox, Katie Brown and Felipe Gibson (Corporate), Holly Insley and Jenna Poon (Employment) and Mari Scimemi, Francesco Leonetti and Alexandra Meagher (Competition).
