Based in London, Edward specialises in domestic and cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions, including acting on private equity and infrastructure transactions.  He is head of the firm's worldwide corporate practice group.

He has worked for clients in a wide range of industries and in many countries. A number of these transactions have won awards, including both stages of Kingfisher's two-part acquisition of Castorama, the original take-private of eircom and the take-private of Debenhams.  He acted for CVC on its acquisition of majority ownership of Formula One and for the consortia which took-private Associated British Ports and AWG.

Edward also represents publicly quoted companies and has been involved in a diverse range of transactions. These include the formation of Reed Elsevier, ICI's landmark multi-jurisdictional purchase of Unilever's specialty chemical division, various energy and telecoms transactions and Anheuser Busch's competitive bid for Harbin Brewery in China.

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edward.braham
@freshfields.com

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