John Livesey
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, Spanish
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
John is a partner in the London office. John acts for private equity houses, institutional investors and corporates across a broad range of international corporate and M&A transactions.
John advises clients across a number of sectors, including financial institutions, energy & infrastructure, mining and natural resources, technology and consumer.
He previously spent four years working in Madrid and has an active practice advising on Spanish and Latin America-related transactions.
Representative experience
Apollo on its acquisitions of: Banco Santander’s real estate loan servicing and recovery arm, Altamira Asset Management; and a Spanish mortgage loans and REO book from GE Money. *
Apollo on its acquisition of Citibank España, S.A. and Citifin EFC, S.A.'s Spanish consumer loan book. *
Apollo on its acquisition of Bank of America’s Spanish and Irish consumer loan and credit card businesses. *
Cerberus on its c.€5bn acquisition of General Electric’s French banking and consumer finance business, GE Money Bank. *
Centerbridge Partners on its acquisition of Aktua Soluciones Financieras from Banesto and subsequent sale to Lindorff, and its joint venture with Alpha Bank for the establishment of Cepal Hellas. *
CK Infrastructure on the disposal of a 25% stake in Northumbrian Water to KKR. *
Carlyle on its convertible loan to Esken Limited, owner of London Southend Airport. *
OPTrust on the sale of a 50% stake in its Spanish solar PV platform, BRUC Energy, to Macquarie. *
Acciona on its acquisition, together with AXA, from KKR of a one third stake in Acciona Energía Internacional. *
Sunsuper on its acquisition of a 25% stake in Macquarie Group’s aircraft leasing business, Macquarie AirFinance. *
Glencore on its disposal of its “silver belt” business in Argentina to Integra Capital. *
Oaktree Capital Management on its acquisition of Saloro, the operator of the Barruecopardo tungsten mine in Spain. *
Hg’s Genesis 7 Fund, Montagu and other selling investors on the sale of a stake in Visma to a consortium of investors including Hg Saturn 2 Fund, TPG, Warburg Pincus and CPPIB. *
Caesars Entertainment on its £2.9bn recommended cash acquisition of William Hill PLC and its subsequent £2.2bn sale of William Hill’s non-US business to 888. *
BGH Capital on its disposal of Navitas’s international creative arts business, SAE International, to Ardian. *
Nestlé on its acquisition of online UK tailor-made dog nutrition business, Tails.com. *
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
- LPC, College of Law, London, 2008
- LLB, University College London, 2007
- Solicitor, England and Wales
- Madrid