Rob Day
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Work Department
Corporate (specialising in private equity).
Position
Rob Day is a partner in the corporate department at SJ Berwin LLP. He qualified in 1995 and became a partner in 2002. Rob has extensive experience of public and private company M&A activity within the UK and on cross-border transactions, leveraged buy-outs, equity capital markets fundraising activity and the establishment of joint ventures. He has widely-recognised sectoral expertise in the media and leisure areas. In April 2004, Rob was named ‘Legal Adviser of the Year’ at the BVCA/Real Deals Awards for leading the team advising Pantheon, the specialist private equity fund of funds group with US$7bn under management, on its sale to Russell Investment Group. Recent key highlights include advising the management of Aibel Limited on the $900m sale of Aibel Limited, a leading provider of products and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, and advising FTSE 100 client Associated British Foods on the acquisition of a European yeast business. Previous deal highlights include advising the ALL3MEDIA management team on the £320m acquisition of ALL3MEDIA by Permira; advising Lion Capital on its leveraged acquisition of the Wagamama restaurant group for £102.5m; advising 3i and the management team of ERM, the leading global environmental consulting group operating in 39 jurisdictions, on the US$535m sale of ERM to Bridgepoint Capital and advising Canary Wharf Group on consortium arrangements with Ballymore in relation to the development of Woof Wharf site, which is expected to be a £2bn development. Rob is the corporate relationship partner for Universal Music Group, and has advised the company on €1.63bn purchase of the BMG Music publishing business; the acquisition of V2 Records, a leading independent music company; and a recommended cash offer for The Sanctuary Group plc.
Career
Trained SJ Berwin; qualified 1995; corporate department SJ Berwin 1995-99; group general counsel for The Future Network plc 2000-01; SJ Berwin 2001 to date; partner 2002.
Education
King’s College, London (1992 LLB Hons).
Leisure
Sailing, cycling, windsurfing, cooking, theatre, cinema.
Practice Areas
International capital markets; M&A; Private equity
