Ben Spiers

Ben Spiers is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s London office and a member of the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Ben’s practice focuses on public and private M&A, securities and corporate restructurings, with a particular focus on the telecom, media and technology sector. He has spent many years advising clients on complex cross-border transactions across the globe.

Select transactions on which Ben has advised include:

• Refinitiv in its definitive agreement to be acquired by London Stock Exchange Group in an all share transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately US$27 billion
• BC Partners in Blackstone Alternative Asset Management’s acquisition of a passive, minority investment in BC Partners
• Bridgepoint in its sale of a strategic minority investment to Dyal Partners
• Melrose Industries on its successful £7.8 billion hostile offer for GKN plc
• Blackstone on its acquisition of Cirsa SA for €2.3 billion
• Silver Lake on its takeover of ZPG plc (with co-investment from GIC and PSP) for £2.2 billion

Experience prior to Simpson Thacher, includes representing:

• HP Enterprise on the sale of its software division to Micro Focus plc for £8.8 billion 
• Softbank on its £24.3 billion acquisition of ARM Holdings 
• Honeywell International on its agreement to purchase the Elster division of Melrose Industries for £3.3 billion
• BT on its £12.5 billion acquisition of EE, UK’s largest mobile operator
• Vodafone on its agreement to sell its entire interest in China Mobile Limited for £4.3 billion