Herbert Smith Freehills’ corporate partner Mike Flockhart, who is advising Polyus Gold on its takeover bid, is this week’s Dealmaker
You’re advising Russia’s Polyus Gold – a new client for the firm – in relation to its unsolicited $9bn takeover bid by Sacturino – what’s unusual about the deal?
By deal value alone it’s one of the biggest UK public M&A deals of the last few years. And it’s an unsolicited offer by a major shareholder so it is part of a broader trend of deals that have attracted a lot of attention in recent years.
