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Anthony Bowen

Biography

Anthony advises on a broad range of corporate finance transactions including private acquisitions and disposals, public M&A, joint ventures, equity capital markets transactions and strategic investments.

Anthony also has a broad range of experience on general advisory matters such as corporate governance and activism. Anthony has significant experience advising on public M&A transactions and spent seven months on secondment at Rothschild & Co in 2021/22. During that period Anthony acted as one of the principal contacts, both internally and externally, providing specialist Takeover Code advice on a wide range of transactions, in a record-breaking year for the bank. Anthony has a varied range of sector experience but has a keen interest in sports and has acted on numerous investments across the sporting sector.

Practice areas

  • M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
  • Corporate and M&A

Sectors

  • Sports

Selected experience

  • A globally renowned oil company in relation to a confidential multi-billion dollar joint venture with a leading corporate operating in the EPCI industry.
  • Arcus Infrastructure Partners on the sale of HEI and SMA smart-metering businesses to KKR.
  • Castore on strategic fundraising opportunities.
  • EG Group Limited on the EUR235mn sale of its fuel cards business to WEX Inc.
  • Khosla Ventures on a number of minority investments in Europe.
  • Legatum Ventures on a number of minority investments.
  • OMERS Infrastructure, OTPP and SSE on the sale of MapleCo to Equitix.
  • The Sage Group plc on its EUR60mn acquisition of Ocrex Limited.
  • The Sage Group plc on its GBP95mn sale of its businesses in Australia and Asia to The Access Group.
  • Augean plc on its proposed takeover by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc., and, following a Takeover Panel auction, the successful GBP390mn competing bid by a consortium comprising Ancala Partners LLP and Fiera Infrastructure Inc.*Apex Group Ltd. on its GBP1.51bn recommended offer for Sanne Group plc.*

Education

  • LLB, Law, Cardiff University, 2015

Admissions

  • Solicitor, England and Wales, 2018