Scott Hopkins

Partner @Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates

London, GB

My M&A experience includes representing- Worldpay in its $43 billion merger with FIS- Waypoint GP Limited, an investment fund created by the Bertarelli family, in its acquisition of the remaining stake in Stallergenes Greer plc that it did not already own; and its previous €730 million take-private acquisition of Stallergenes Greer plc- Sophos Group plc with the U.S. aspects of its proposed $3.9 billion acquisition by Thoma Bravo, LLC- Nightstar Therapeutics plc in its $800 million acquisition by Biogen Inc- CME Group in its $6 billion acquisition of NEX Group- the independent directors of Dana Incorporated in the company’s proposed but terminated $6.1 billion merger with the Driveline division of U.K-based GKN plc- International Paper Company in its unsolicited $10.7 billion proposal to acquire Dublin-headquartered Smurfit Kappa Group- Morgan Stanley as senior lender and financial advisor to Global Business Travel Holdings Ltd. in its £400 million acquisition of Hogg Robinson Group- Vantiv in its $10.4 billion acquisition of Worldpay Group, Britain’s largest payment processor- Janus Capital Group in its all-stock merger of equals with Henderson Group plc, producing a leading global asset manager with a combined market capitalization of approximately $6 billion- Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to the transaction committee of the board of directors of Reynolds American in its $49 billion acquisition by British American Tobacco- Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to Kennedy-Wilson Holdings in its £1.5 billion merger with Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate through a Jersey law scheme of arrangement- Ball Corporation in its $8.4 billion acquisition of Rexam PLC- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance in its $5.3 billion acquisition of Amlin plc- XL Group in its $4.2 billion acquisition of Catlin Group- AbbVie in its proposed £32 billion acquisition of Shire; and - Pfizer in its proposed $115 billion acquisition of Astra-Zeneca.

University of London

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), School of Oriental and African Studies

College of Law, London

Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice