A partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and head of European Public M&A, Dan Schuster-Woldan advises on a variety of public and private M&A and equity capital market transactions, including carveouts, spin-offs, joint ventures, IPOs, secondary capital raises and corporate restructurings. Dan has extensive cross-border transaction expertise, advising both corporate and private equity clients on projects across Europe.

Dan’s strategic approach and deep industry knowledge, particularly in the insurance and wider financial services sectors, make him a trusted advisor to clients undertaking their most critical and challenging transactions. He is recognized by Chambers UK in Insurance: Non-contentious and The Legal 500 UK as a Leading Individual for M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals and Insurance: Corporate and Regulatory.

Dan’s representative matters have included advising:

Qualcomm, Inc. on its c. $2.4 billion recommended offer for Alphawave IP Group plc
IonQ, Inc. on its c. $1.1 billion share for share acquisition of Oxford Ionics Ltd.
General Atlantic:
- on its c. £800m recommended takeover of Learning Technologies Group
- on its participation in the public tender offer for Esker S.A. (France)
on the proposed sale of the Telegraph newspaper and the Spectator magazine in the UK
Phoenix Group in its acquisition of Sun Life UK from Sun Life Financial of Canada
AXA in various transactions, including:
- the reinsurance of €1.3bn of longevity risk
- its acquisition of Laya Healthcare (Ireland)
- its proposed sale of AXA Life Europe to Cinven
- its sale of its UK life insurance business in three parts
- its sale of its Portuguese business to Ageas
- its acquisition of HSBC’s P&C insurance businesses in Asia and Mexico
TDR Capital in various transactions, including:
- the combination of LeasePlan with Ayvens, Societe Generale’s car leasing division, for €4.9 billion in cash, shares and warrants
- the takeover of Marshall Motor Holdings plc by Constellation Automotive, a TDR Capital portfolio company
- a €450 million sell-down of shares in Ayvens by accelerated book built offer
Dialog Semiconductor in its recommended takeover by Renesas Electronics Corporation of Japan
intu properties (in administration) in its attempted capital raises during the COVID 19 pandemic and on its subsequent financial restructuring
Greene King in its recommended takeover by CK Asset Holdings of Hong Kong
Old Mutual in its managed separation / demerger, resulting in four separately listed, independent businesses
Oaktree in the establishment of Marco Capital, a P&C insurance run-off platform, and in relation to its ongoing investment in utmost, a life and pensions consolidation platform
Santander in the acquisition of a majority stake in Ebury
Athora in the acquisition of Aegon Ireland
on the sale out of administration of the businesses of both HMV and GAME Group
RSA in the sale of its Latin American businesses to Suramericana and its Italian branches to ITAS Mutua
Julius Baer in the acquisition of Merrill Lynch’s international wealth management business outside the U.S., involving business transfers in 20 countries
RBS in the consortium bid for ABN AMRO and its recapitalizations by HM Treasury during the global financial crisis
The IPOs of Royal Mail, Brit and Direct Line, and HSBC’s rights issue during the global financial crisis