Gibson Dunn Acts as Counsel to Veritas Capital on Recommended Cash Acquisition of Bodycote plc
Firm News | September 2, 2026
Gibson Dunn is acting as counsel to Veritas Capital Fund Management on the recommended cash acquisition by BidCo for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Bodycote plc — one of the world’s largest providers of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services. The deal implies an enterprise value of approximately $2.5 billion (£1.85 billion).
The firm’s team is being led in London by M&A partner Will McDonald and M&A of counsel James Addison, together with Finance partners David Irvine and Kavita Davis, M&A partner Amar Madhani, and Labour and Employment partner Richard Surtees. The team includes M&A of counsel Luca Bernini; M&A associates Lauren Richardson, Freddie Wright, Sam Wolfe-Murray, Saav Shah, Kate Fahy, Lena Tarrin, Emma Mintern, and Jonathan Macnab; and Finance associates Jonathan Griggs, Tom Capper, Yinn Lim, Christina Wenzel, and Romni Ritherdon. Partner John Pollack (New York) is the relationship partner for Veritas and is assisting on certain matters related to the acquisition.