Daryl is a corporate M&A partner who leads complex mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, group reorganisations, and strategic investments. Daryl regularly assists clients in the US, the UK, and Central Asia across sectors including entertainment and media, transportation, corporate real estate and energy and natural resources.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Advising Concord Music Group on the acquisition of the music catalogues of Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford.
Advising Kupanda Capital on its disposal of Mavin Records, a leading Afrobeats record label in Nigeria, to Universal Music Group.
Advising the Reuben Brothers Group on the consortium acquisition of Newcastle United Football Club
Advising Concord Music Group on the acquisition of the music catalogues of Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford.
Advising Kupanda Capital on its disposal of Mavin Records, a leading Afrobeats record label in Nigeria, to Universal Music Group.
Advising the Reuben Brothers Group on the consortium acquisition of Newcastle United Football Club
Advising CorpAcq and its management team in relation to the disposal of a significant majority interest acquired by TDR Capital.
Acted for PJ Investments and its majority shareholder, Peter Jones CBE, in respect of the disposal of a majority interest in Brandpath to DHL.
Advising MCAP Global Finance (UK) LLP, the London affiliate of Marathon Asset Management LP, on its acquisition of 17 UK hotels from Cerberus Capital Management by way of auction process
Advised on the sale of the FirePro Group, a leading designer and manufacturer of fire suppression systems based in Cyprus, to FTSE 100 listed Halma plc for €150 million.
Advised entrepreneurs Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones CBE on the disposal of Red Letter Days to Smartbox Group.
Advising Wind Point Partners on the sale of the Pelsis Group to LDC, a private equity house subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group
Acted for Microsoft Corporation in respect of its acquisition of London-based Touchtype, the maker of ‘Swiftkey’, a predictive keyboard powered by artificial intelligence.
Advising Daily Mail Group on the acquisition of New Scientist.
Acting for Ste Thompson, the founder of Powster Ltd, on the 50% share disposal of Powster Ltd to Vista Group International.
Advising a mid-market private equity client in respect of the acquisition of eight bulk carriers.
Advised Microsoft Corporation in relation to its acquisition of UK-based Playground Games, video games developer of ‘Forza Horizon’, a series of racing games for Xbox consoles and Microsoft Windows.
Advising a sovereign wealth fund on multiple investment projects in the renewable energy sector.
Represented Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, an investment and financial services company, in its sale to AlterDomus Group, a portfolio company of Permira.
Acting for Microsoft Corporation in relation to its participation in a $200 million fundraise by Graphcore Limited.
Advised Concord Music Group with its acquisition of the music catalogue of B-Unique including artists such as James Bay and John Newman
Credentials
Education
Education
- University of Southampton, 2011, LL.B.
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