Partners from world-renowned law firms Skadden Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Latham Watkins are offering their expert advisory services in the recent sale of bus operator, Arriva. The Sunderland-based company, owned by Germany’s Deutsche Bahn since 2010, is reportedly being sold for a considerable sum of £1.4 billion to I Squared, a private equity firm based in the U.S. Read more here.
This considerable transaction offers yet another example of U.S. investment in British entities, demonstrating an ongoing trend of transatlantic financial relationships and partnerships.