Advising Capgemini on $3.3bn take-private of NYSE listed WNS

Our Jersey team has advised Capgemini SE (Capgemini) on its $3.3bn take-private of NYSE-listed WNS (Holdings) Limited (WNS), implemented via a members’ scheme of arrangement under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.

Capgemini’s acquisition of WNS will create a global leader in Agentic AI-powered Intelligent Operations.

Our Jersey team was led by Corporate partners Kevin McQuillan and Dilmun Leach, supported by senior associate Timur Ochkhaev and associate Angharad Prescott.

Insolvency & Dispute Resolution partners Marc Seddon and James Turnbull advised on the Jersey court aspects of the transaction.

Our multi-disciplinary team also included Investment Funds & Corporate senior associate Ellen Jarvis and associate Gemma Nicol.

Commenting on the deal, Kevin said: 'We’re very pleased to assist Capgemini on this substantial transaction and to bring our public M&A expertise to bear.'

Dilmun added: 'This transaction highlights the strength of our cross-practice capabilities and the value we bring to complex, high-value public M&A deals involving Jersey law.'

We worked alongside Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Capgemini’s English, French and US legal advisers.

This transaction marks the latest in a series of M&A deals handled by our European team, who also recently advised:

• Sapiens on its $2.5bn acquisition by Advent
• TISE on £70.4m acquisition by MIH
• Equitix on sale of UK power network operator
• Funds managed by Apollo on £500m portfolio sale
• Summit Group on its acquisition of R&H Jersey
• Opera on its acquisition of the Accuro group
• Capital International Group on acquisition of APW Investors
• One Rock Capital in acquisition to expand European snack market leadership

Read our guide to take-private transactions on NYSE and Nasdaq here and the London Stock Exchange here.