Slaughter and May is advising Vodafone on the merger of its Dutch operations with those of Liberty Global. As part of the transaction, Vodafone and Liberty Global will create a 50-50 joint venture. The transaction will create an integrated communications provider with over 15 million revenue generating units, of which 4.2 million are video, 3.2 million are high-speed broadband, 2.6 million are fixed-line telephony and 5.3 million are mobile. The transaction is expected to close around the end of 2016 and is subject to regulatory approvals and works council consultations.

Slaughter and May worked as an integrated team with NautaDutilh.

Contacts

Corporate and Commercial: Roland Turnill (partner), Susannah Macknay (partner), Shalini Shanthikumar (associate), Anthony Doolittle (associate), Victoria MacDuff (associate), Christopher Tolley (associate), Rory Botros (trainee); Tax: Steve Edge (partner), Owen Williams (associate); Competition: Claire Jeffs (partner), Will Turtle (associate), Patrick Horan (associate), Ying Wu (associate); IP/IT: Rob Sumroy (partner), Duncan Blaikie (associate); Financing: Guy O’Keefe (partner), Oliver Storey (associate), Steve Dempsey (associate)