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Coca-Cola European Partners advised on acquisition
Coca-Cola European Partners is looking to acquire Australian-listed company Coca-Cola Amatil.
Jerome Doraisamy
Firm: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, in conjunction with Slaughter and May (Coca-Cola European Partners).
Value: Equity value of $7.8 billion, enterprise value of $10.8 billion.
Area: M&A.
Key players: The Corrs team is being led by partners Sandy Mak and Adam Foreman and the Slaughter and May team by partners Roland Turnill and Rob Innes. The firms are supporting CCEP’s legal department, led by Clare Wardle (general counsel and company secretary), Paul van Reesch (vice-president of legal, corporate) and Jane Wang (director, corporate legal).
Deal significance: The proposed transaction, Corrs said in a statement, would “create a broader and more balanced footprint for CCEP, whilst almost doubling its consumer reach”.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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