Jessica Kemp

Partner, London

Biography

“Jessica is a leading name for high value cross border transactions.”
Corporate Tax, Legal 500 2025 

Overview

Jessica Kemp is a partner in our global Tax practice based in London. She is an international tax expert who advises on the most complex cross border transactions across a full range of taxes and is cited by the Legal 500 as a leading name in high value cross border transactions.

Her expertise includes advising on mergers, acquisitions and restructurings in both the public and private space as well as on ongoing advisory and contentious matters for a wide range of clients. This includes acting for public and private corporations, private equity houses, investee companies, and management teams to support them in delivering the commercial solutions that they need.

Jessica served as the first female president of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) Tax Law Commission and is currently an officer of the Taxes Committee of the International Bar Association and a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Taxation. She has chaired the board of charitable trustees of the National Children's Choir of Great Britain and is a board member of the Trust of the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment and of the Merton Lawyers Association. Her work has been published by AIJA, the IBFD and the Tax Journal, the International Tax Review and Thomson Reuters Corporate Finance, among others. She previously worked in Malawi defending prisoners on death row and those accused of capital crimes and is an occasional lecturer on international tax treaties at Georgetown Law School.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, Solicitor
Education
Merton College, University of Oxford
Harvard Law School
Languages
English

Experience

Representation of Actis, a global private equity firm focused on investments in emerging markets, specialising in private equity, energy, infrastructure, and real estate investments, on its acquisition of the telecom towers business of state-owned Telekom Srbija, a Serbian telecommunications company offering a range of services including mobile and fixed telephony, internet, and digital television.

Representation of DNEG SARL, a leading VFX service provider, on a USD 100M subscription by Al Saqer Group.

Representation of Energean plc, a FTSE 250 premium-listed energy company, on its strategic divestment of its Egypt, Italy and Croatia exploration and production assets to an entity controlled by Carlyle International Energy Partners (Carlyle) for an enterprise value of up to US$945 million.

Representation of European Dental Group (a leading pan-European oral care provider) on its sale of its European laboratory businesses (located in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Norway) to Oakley Capital.

Representation of Gambling.com Group on its acquisition of European and Canadian assets of XLMedia plc for a total of US$42.5 million, including a fixed sum of US$37.5 million with a potential earnout of up to US$5 million.

Representation of Geopost SA, Europe's largest parcel delivery network and a La Poste affiliate, in the sale of the Stuart group, a leading European delivery services provider generating over €400 million in yearly revenue, to private equity turnaround fund Mutares.

Representation of Hartree Partners, a global energy and commodities trading company, on its acquisition of the majority of ED & F Man's outstanding A2 and B1 senior secured legacy debt and the acquisition of ED & F Man Commodities' three business units Volcafe (coffee), ED & F Man Liquid Products (molasses, animal feeds and fish oil) and ED & F Man Sugar.

Representation of ICR, LLC (owned by CDPQ and Investcorp) who is a global leader in strategic communications and advisory, on its acquisition of Consilium Strategic Communications, a leading provider of strategic healthcare communications in the UK.

Representation of Kohler Co. in the multi-jurisdictional carve-out and sale of its energy business to Platinum Equity and its continued investment in its energy business in partnership with Platinum Equity.

Representation of Kohler Co. in the multi-jurisdictional carve-out and sale of its energy business to Platinum Equity and its continued investment in its energy business in partnership with Platinum Equity.

Representation of John Laing Group on its acquisition of HICL Infrastructure PLC's entire equity interest in four UK public-private partnership projects and a 37.5% stake in the Hornsea II offshore transmission assets. The portfolio of assets consist of the following: (i) the offshore transmission assets associated with the Hornsea II windfarm; (ii) the Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital PFI Project, a concession to finance, construct, operate and maintain a new wing adjacent to the former Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford; (iii) the Queen's Hospital PFI Project in Romford, a concession to finance, construct, operate, and maintain a new hospital: the Queen's Hospital in Romford, Essex; (iv) the South Ayrshire Schools PFI Project, a concession to finance, construct, operate and maintain three primary schools, two new secondary schools and a new performing arts annex at an existing secondary school on the western coast of Scotland; and (v) the Priority Schools Building Programme North East Batch, a project to finance, construct, operate and maintain six new secondary schools and six new primary schools spanning seven local authorities in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and County Durham.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Qatar-based Lesha Bank on the approximately US$135 million acquisition of 100 percent of the share capital in Kazakhstan-based Bereke Bank JSC from Baiterek National Management Holding JSC, a Kazakhstan sovereign wealth fund.

Representation of Adrian Binks, chairman and chief executive of the Argus Media Group, a leading independent provider of intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets, on a strategic agreement to support its next phase of growth, such that Adrian will become its majority owner at closing.

Representation of pan-European fintech Monese and its global platform as a service (PaaS) business XYB as they each secured new funding and separated from their existing group structure to become two independent businesses.

Representation of an affiliate of Motive Capital Management, LLC (a New York and London-based fintech investor) on its acquisition of the With Intelligence group (a provider of data and intelligence to the asset management industry) from Intermediate Capital Group and certain management shareholders.

Representation of Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, the German-based private equity fund, on the disposal of its portfolio company, Special Melted Products Limited at an enterprise value of approximately €180 million. Based in Sheffield, UK, Special Melted Products Limited is a leading manufacturer of specialty steels and nickel-based super alloys used in critical applications in the aerospace, oil & gas and nuclear industries. Closing of the transaction is subject to merger control and NSIA approval.

Representation of NaMa Capital Limited, a global investment firm, in its acquisition of a stake in DNEG, one of the world's leading visual effects studios for feature film and television.

Representation of leading private equity investor Nordic Capital IX Limited, and Cidron Cecure S.à r.l. as institutional seller in its exit of Swedish Consilium Safety TopCo AB (part of Consilium Safety Group), a leading and fast-growing provider of innovative SafetyTech, to a wholly-owned affiliate of Antin Infrastructure Partners' Flagship Fund V.

Representation of PPF Group N.V. , an international investment group founded in the Czech Republic, on its sale of 50% stake plus one share in PPF Telecom Group's assets in Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia, leading providers of telecommunications services, to Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (e & ) and on the establishment of a joint venture between PPF Group and e &  in relation to these assets. The initial purchase price is agreed at EUR 2.15 billion and is subject to post-completion adjustment with additional earn-out payments of up to EUR 350 million within three years after the completion that are subject to a claw-back of up to EUR 75 million if agreed targets are not achieved.

Representation of Sir Paul Marshall (British entrepreneur, owner of hedge fund Marshall Wace and philanthropist) and Old Queen Street Ventures Ltd (owner and operator of the online magazine UnHerd) on the acquisition of the The Spectator magazine, an influential British media brand focusing on politics, culture and current affairs.

Representation of Southern Gas Corridor CJSC on the sale and purchase agreement with MVM Group, an energy company owned by the Republic of Hungary, for the sale of a 5 percent stake in the Production Sharing Agreement for Shah Deniz offshore gas-condensate field and a 4 percent stake in Azerbaijan Gas Supply Company Limited (AGSC), the special-purpose vehicle established for the marketing and sale of natural gas produced from Shah Deniz gas-condensate field. Shah Deniz is one of the world's largest natural gas-condensate fields.

Representation of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan on its disposal of 15% of its participating interest in the Absheron gas and condensate field in the Caspian Sea (located around 100 km south-east of Baku) to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) P.J.S.C..

Representation of Ares Management, Perdix (formerly Hambleden), Maven Capital Partners and the senior management team on the sale of a majority stake in Titan Wealth Holdings to Parthenon Capital, a leading US private equity firm.

Representation of West Burton Energy (WBE), a UK-based independent power producer owned by funds managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, on its sale of assets related to the West Burton power stations to TotalEnergies for £450 million.

Representation of ECI Partners and senior management shareholders on the sale of Travel Chapter to ICG.*

Representation of ECI Partners and management on their agreement to sell the Content+Cloud group to Advania.*

Representation of Noble Corporation on the business combination with Maersk Drilling.*

Representation of Bridgepoint Development Capital on its investment in Prescient Healthcare Group.*

Representation of Foresight Group on its £455m Main Market IPO.*

Representation of the management of Dreams on its acquisition by Tempur Sealy International, Inc.*

Representation of GLIL Infrastructure on its £150 million investment in Flexion Energy.*

Representation of Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) on its partnership with Broadstone.*

Representation of The Access Group on the acquisition of The Sage Group's Australia & Asia businesses.*

Representation of the management team of Inmarsat on the implementation of a new management incentive plan following the completion of a take private transaction by a four party consortium of Apax, Warburg Pincus, The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board.*

Representation of Premier Rugby Limited, the top division of English rugby union, on a major investment by, and landmark new partnership with, the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners.

Representation of Sir Martin Sorrell and S4 Capital Limited on S4's establishment, accelerated £51 million private placement and share-for-share reverse acquisition by S4 Capital plc and on further acquisitions by the S4 group.*

Representation of Shazam on its acquisition by an American multinational technology company and various technical post-completion matters.*

Representation of Lifezone Metals in respect of the purchase of the Kabanga Nickel Project from Barrick and Glencore a subsequent investment by BHP into the project and a $1bn SPAC transaction in respect of the group with Go Green.*

Representation of 3i in respect of its acquisition and subsequent disposal of aspen pumps.*

Representation of Ancala Partners on the acquisition of a 50% interest in Dragon LNG Group Limited from Petronas.*

*Experience prior to joining White & Case

Awards and Recognition

Leading Partner - Corporate Tax 
Legal 500 UK 2025

Global Elite Thought Leader - Who's Who Legal: Corporate Tax 2023

'Global Leader' for Advisory Corporate Tax
Who's Who Legal 2022