Authentic Brands Group Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire Ted Baker Plc for approximately £200 million.
Eamon Brabazon, Joshua Maguire and Geoff Iles of BofA Merrill Lynch International Limited. acted as Financial Adviser to Authentic Brands Group Inc. Ed Banks and Julien Baril of Evercore Partners of International LLP acted as financial advisor to Ted Baker. Peter Tracey and Tom Fyson of Blackdown Partners Limited acted as financial advisor to Ted Baker. Roland Turnill, Richard Hilton, Ed Fife, Claire Jeffs, Phil Linnard, Charles Osborne, Duncan Blaikie and Simon Bartle of Slaughter and May acted as legal advisor to Authentic Brands Group Inc. and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP acted as legal advisor to Ted Baker Plc.