M&A

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Linklaters score roles on £5.4bn Hargreaves Lansdown takeover

Months-long discussions on watershed public-to-private deal throw up lucrative opportunities for Square Mile heavyweights

image
Prized mandates shared around as banks and law firms look to cash in on renewed deal interest Photo: James Beck/Getty Images

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Linklaters are among the City firms that bagged advisory roles on a landmark £5.4bn deal to take Hargreaves Lansdown private.

The deal, which was inked on 9 August, will see the fund supermarket snapped up by buyout giants CVC, Nordic Capital and Platinum Ivy, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and delist after nearly two decades on the London Stock Exchange.

WSJ Logo