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William Holder  Partner
+44 (0)20 7111 2189
william.holder@sjberwin.com

William qualified into the corporate department at SJ Berwin in 1998 and became a partner in 2006. William has extensive experience of public and private M&A activity and private equity backed transactions, including advising on compliance with company law and takeover requirements, as well as equity capital markets fund-raisings, IPOs and public to privates. In addition, he has advised on venture capital investments, leveraged buy-outs and establishment of joint ventures.

Recent transactions include:

• advising Universal Music Group:
  - on the €1.63 billion purchase of the BMG Music publishing business
  - the acquisition of V2 Records, a leading independent music company - home to such multi-million selling artists as the Stereophonics, Paul Weller and Isabelle Boulay
  - a recommended cash offer for The Sanctuary Group plc, an international music group encompassing recorded music, merchandising and artist services (including artist management and live agency). Artists currently managed by Sanctuary include Elton John, The Who and James Blunt
  - the divestment of certain music publishing assets following its purchase of the BMG music publishing business
• advising a private equity consortium and the management team on the sale of Lionhead Studios (a computer games developer) to Microsoft Corporation
• advising ECI Partners on its recommended cash offer of Premier Research Group plc
• advising Bridgewell Securities and UBS as nomad and placing agent, respectively, on the flotation on AIM of IMAC (an investment fund managed by Ingenious Media)
• advising Holmes Place (portfolio company of Bridgepoint and Permira):
  - on the divestment of its Iberian business
  - on the sale of the its UK clubs to Virgin Active which is part of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group