About Bethan Rodden

About

Bethan is an associate in the Global Transactions department in London, primarily advising global financial institutions on public and private M&A, corporate reorganisations, corporate governance and disclosure obligations. During her time at Freshfields, Bethan has also spent time on secondment to the M&A Legal team at Barclays.

Recent work

• Advising SSE on the £1.465bn sale of a 25% stake in its electricity transmission network business to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
• Advising London Stock Exchange Group plc on its €4.325 billion disposal of the Borsa Italiana Group 
• Advising London Stock Exchange Group plc on its acquisition of Refinitiv in an all-share transaction for a total enterprise value of $27bn
• Advising CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of Away Resorts, Aria Resorts and Coppergreen Leisure Resorts
• London Stock Exchange Group on its £750m share buyback programme
• Advising Fidelity International on the demerger and spin-off of its “Eight Roads” division
• Advising Barclays as sponsor on the acquisition of the Adhesives business of Eastman by Synthomer
• Advising FTSE 100 companies on corporate governance and shareholder activism issues, including in relation to AGMs, Annual Reports and disclosure obligations