Clifford Chance has advised long-time client Informa in its acquisition of Winsight, a specialist B2B Events, Data and Media Group.
A member of FTSE 100 with a workforce of 11,000 in more than 30 countries, Informa (LSE: INF.L) is an international Academic Markets, B2B Markets and Digital Services Group. Winsight provides insight and market intelligence to business leaders across the food services industry.
New York–based M&A partner Benjamin Sibbett and associates Christine Kim and Jake Makar led a multi-practice team comprising:
- M&A: associates Jack Weymer, Julian McIntosh and William Wilcox (New York)
- Tax: partner Kevin Colan and associate Rick Thoben (New York)
- Employment and benefits: partners Howard Adler and Paul Koppel and associate David Walsh (New York)
- Antitrust: partner Brian Concklin, attorney David Michnal and associates Isa Herrera Moya and Sung Shin (Washington, DC)
- Foreign investment, regulatory, and data privacy: partners Megan Gordon and Renee Latour, counsel Catherine Ennis and Jacqueline Landells and associates Holly Bauer (Washington) and Brian Yin (New York), and law clerk Martina Kneifel (Washington)
- IP: counsel Daryl Fairbairn and associate Jennifer Saionz (New York)
- Real estate: counsel Victoria Manthas and associate Anthony Norris (New York)
- Insurance: counsel James Grayer (New York)
- Banking and finance: associate Thomas McGowan (New York)
- Litigation: partner Anthony Candido (New York)
- Transaction support: legal project managers Jenn Lowery and Christina Bulkeley, legal technologist Conan Hines, paralegal coordinator Jill Ruderfer and managing clerk Vitold de Stronie (New York)