Margot Berry
Biography
Overview
Margot Berry is a partner in our global M&A and Corporate practice based in London.
She advises international corporates, listed companies, private companies and financial sponsors on international and domestic public and private M&A, joint ventures, reorganisations and general corporate advisory matters.
Margot has broad experience across a range of industries, with a focus on Energy and Infrastructure.
Experience
Representation of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) on the sale of 15 percent of its participating interest in the Absheron gas-condensate field to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Representation of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) on the acquisition from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of a 3 percent participating interest in the Umm Lulu, Satah Al Razboot (SARB), Bin Nasher and Al Bateel offshore concession located in the United Arab Emirates
Representation of Southern Gas Corridor CJSC (SGC) 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 PSA 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
Representation of TotalEnergies on the signing of agreements with each of OMV and Sapura Upstream Assets to acquire each seller’s 50 percent interest in Malaysian independent gas producer and operator SapuraOMV Upstream Sdn (SapuraOMV) for US$903 million, (including the transfer of a US$350 million loan granted by OMV to SapuraOMV) and US$530 million, respectively
Representation of Somoil - Sociedade Petrolffera Angolana, S.A. (Somoil) on its agreement to acquire the upstream Angolan assets of Portuguese multinational energy company Galp
Representation of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas PLC on its US$1.57 billion acquisition of Chevron's 9.57 percent stake in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil field in the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan and an effective 8.90 percent interest in the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline running across Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey
Representation of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on its £378.9 million competitive takeover offer for Augean plc
Representation of Aroundtown SA on its €1.57 billion takeover offer for Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited as part of a consortium with CPI Property Group
Representation of discoverlE Group plc on the sale of its Custom Supply distribution business (Acal BFi) to H2 Equity Partners
Representation of Avon Protection plc on its Listing Rule class 1 acquisition of Team Wendy
Representation of J Sainsbury plc on its proposed £15 billion merger with Asda*
Representation of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc on its US$17.9 billion acquisition of Mead Johnson Nutrition Company*
Representation of UBM plc on its takeover by Informa plc for £3.8 billion*
Representation of Novartis on its innovative asset swap with GSK, including the sale of its vaccines business to GSK, the purchase of GSK's oncology business and the contribution of its OTC business to a joint venture with GSK and the disposal of its influenza vaccines business to CSL*
Representation ofTakeda Pharmaceuticals on the US$578 million sale of its global respiratory product portfolio to AstraZeneca*
* Experience prior to joining White & Case
