Lindsey Canning
Biography
Overview
A partner in the Firm's Global Intellectual Property Practice, based in London, Lindsey has extensive experience advising clients on intellectual property and technology matters in the context of M&A transactions, IPOs and joint ventures. She also frequently advises clients, on both the customer and supply side, on a wide range of commercial agreements, both in relation to business separations and on a standalone basis. These include agreements for the transfer and exploitation of intellectual property, IT and business process outsourcings and system integration and other transformational IT projects.
Lindsey represents both strategic and financial clients in a broad range of industries, including technology, financial services, automotive, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals and healthcare. Many of the transactions on which Lindsey advises are cross-border in nature.
Experience
Smiths Group plc, carve-out of Medical Devices division
Representation of Smiths Group plc, a FTSE-100 constituent, on the disposal of its medical devices division to ICU Medical, Inc., a US headquarted medical devices company listed on NASDAQ for an enterprise value of US$2.7 billion.
Schneider Electric, sale of worldwide sensors business
Representation of Schneider Electric Industries SAS, a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, on the €723 million sale of its industrial sensors business, Telemecanique Sensors, to YAGEO Corporation, a global electronic component and service provider based in Taiwan.
Primo Water, sale of European business to Culligan
Representation of Primo Water Corporation on the sale of its European business (being Primo's 'rest of world' business, other than the UK, Portugal and Israel) to a member of the Culligan group. The target business had an enterprise value of US$575 million.
LGT, acquisition of abrdn's discretionary fund management business
Representation of LGT, the world's largest independently owned private banking and wealth management group, on its winning auction bid for the acquisition of abrdn's FCA-regulated discretionary fund management business, with £6 billion of AuM across the UK, Jersey and Guernsey, by way of carve-out from abrdn PLC.
Faurecia, sale of its Automotive Exteriors Division
Representation of Faurecia SE, the world's sixth-largest automotive equipment supplier, on the sale of its Automotive Exteriors Division, requiring the carve-out from its existing business of Faurecia Slovakia s.r.o.
Intrum, acquisition of certain Arrow Global consumer loan servicing operations
Nordic Capital-backed Intrum on its carve-out acquisition of TDR Capital-backed Arrow Global's UK performing and non-performing consumer loan servicing operations, carried out under the CapQuest and Mars brands.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, investment in Trackunit
Representation of Goldman Sachs Asset Management on its majority investment in Trackunit, a leading global SaaS and operating data platform provider for the construction industry.
Pollinate, Commercial agreements with the RBS group
Representation of Pollinate (the technology engine for the NatWest Tyl merchant acquiring proposition) on licensing and services agreements with the RBS Group.
United Kingdom chapter, Getting the Deal Through – Lexology Technology M&A, 2024
United Kingdom chapter, Getting the Deal Through – Lexology Technology M&A, 2023
United Kingdom chapter, Getting the Deal Through – Lexology Technology M&A, 2022
United Kingdom chapter, Getting the Deal Through – Technology M&A, 2019
