George Holman is an England & Wales qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions group.
George has extensive experience advising on complex, high-value cross-border M&A transactions for corporates, financial sponsors and sovereign entities. He has a particular focus on UK public takeovers, having acted for both bidders and targets on a number of the largest and most complex transactions under the UK Takeover Code in recent years.
George also advises on private M&A, joint ventures, and majority and minority investments, with significant experience in the Middle East. He completed a 16-month secondment to Alat, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, as Senior Legal Counsel, advising on strategic joint ventures and investments across the PIF ecosystem and giving him a valuable in-house perspective on the region.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, George worked in the London and Abu Dhabi offices of another major international law firm.
Representative Experience:*
- CD&R on its £9.8 billion takeover of Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
- CD&R on its £524 million takeover of Huntsworth plc
- Devro plc on its £692 million recommended takeover by SARIA
- Gamesys Group plc on Bally's £2 billion recommended offer
- Inmarsat plc on its £2.6 billion take-private
- Intact Financial Corporation on its £7.2 billion takeover of RSA Insurance Group plc
- Nielsen Holdings plc on its c.$16 billion take-private by a consortium led by Elliott and Brookfield
- Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc on its £4.3 billion takeover by Marsh & McLennan
- Alat on its strategic partnership with TK Elevator
- The Coca-Cola Company on the disposal of a stake in its Egyptian bottling business to Coca-Cola HBC
* Includes experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn.
Credentials
Education:
- BPP Law School - 2016 Legal Practice Course with Distinction
- BPP Law School - 2015 Graduate Diploma in Law
- University of Manchester - 2014 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- England & Wales - Solicitor