Sean McDermott

Sean has experience in advising international clients on a range of corporate transactions, including cross-border private M&A, public takeovers, private equity investments and ECM transactions.

Sean has also previously worked in the firm's Moscow office and has spent time on secondment with a UK financial institution and in the M&A team at BAE Systems.

Sean's experience includes advising:
 

• British Land on its disposal of 50% of Canada Water and resulting development joint venture with AustralianSuper
• Atlassian on its re-domiciliation and US domestication by means of a UK scheme of arrangement
• easyJet on its £1.2 billion rights issue
• Hammerson on its £552 million rights issue and sale of substantially all of its 50% interest in VIA Outlets for €301 million
• Gardner Aerospace on its acquisition of Northern Aerospace Limited, successfully concluding the transaction following the first ever intervention by the UK Government under its new extended powers
• Johnson Matthey on the disposal of the StePac modified atmosphere packaging business
• Atlassian on various share and asset acquisitions
• Synthomer on its rights issue and acquisition of OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
• Cabot Square Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in MSP Capital
• Hanover Investors on a scheme of arrangement for Hydro International Plc