Sean Scanlon | People | Arnold & Porter

Sean Scanlon focuses on private equity-backed transactions and national and international mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Scanlon has advised on a large variety of corporate transactions and regularly acts for leading private equity houses, real estate investors, management teams and corporate clients.

Focus Areas

Experience

Bluebird Partners on the sale of its Island View Holidays Group portfolio company, an Isle of Wight-based holiday and caravan park owner-operator, to AG Holiday Parks UK Limited.
Bluebird Partners on the acquisition and subsequent sale of Spacemaker, a self-storage business, to a subsidiary of Safestore Holdings plc.
Bregal Capital on the reorganisation of Cognita, an international private schools group, and the investment in Cognita by funds managed by KKR.
Bregal Capital on several acquisitions including of: (i) the Danwood Group; (ii) the Asquith Court Schools Group; and (iii) TBIH.
Duke Street Capital and Bregal Capital on the acquisition and subsequent syndication of Cox Insurance Holdings plc.

Gresham on several acquisitions including of: (i) the Olaer Group; (ii) the Swift Group; and (iii) the Restaurant Bar & Grill.
HiG on the acquisition of Allerford Limited.
KCK and Kingsway on their investments in Cars Global.
Montagu on the acquisition and subsequent sale of Cory Environmental.
Terra Firma (then the Nomura Principal Finance Group), whilst on secondment, on the acquisition of the Meridien Hotel Group.
Vendors on the sale of 50% of Hasting Insurance Group Limited to Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division.
Representation of the vendors and management on the sale of the 7city Group to Gresham.

aAim on numerous acquisitions including of (i) the Arena Plaza shopping centre in Hungary: (ii) multiple retail properties in Germany; (iii) the Taunusstein Shopping Centre in Germany; (iv) the Olomouc Shopping Centre in the Czech Republic; (v) the Menzies Hotel Group in the UK; (vi) PPHO Limited (Pendragon Car Showrooms) in the UK and (vii) Gracechurch Street in the UK.
Blackstone in connection with certain aspects of its investment in Centre Parcs.
Bluebird Partners on the acquisition and subsequent sale of Spacemaker, a self-storage business, to a subsidiary of Safestore Holdings plc.
McArthurGlen and the Outlet Site Group on numerous matters, including (i) the redeployment of cash throughout the corporate structure; (ii) an upstream merger of two Luxembourg companies, Outlet Site Holdings Sarl and Outlet Site JV Sarl; (iii) its minority investment in the Bridgend Designer Outlet Centre and the entry into of a new Asset Management Agreement; (iv) its minority investment in the Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Centre and the Swindon Designer Outlet Centre; and (v) the entry into new Asset Management Agreements.
Montagu on the acquisition and subsequent sale of Cory Environmental.

Nord Anglia on the acquisition of Jigsaw Day Nurseries.
Oman Investment Fund on its investment in and subsequent sale of Bishops Square, Spitalfields in the UK.
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. in (i) 9 transactions concerning its acquisition and lease of 42 UK healthcare facilities involving UK operator, Healthcare Homes Group; (ii) a transaction concerning its acquisition and lease of 18 UK healthcare facilities involving UK operator, Gold Care Homes; (iii) a transaction concerning its acquisition of a 49% interest in a joint venture with Cindat and the lease by the joint venture of 69 UK healthcare facilities involving UK operators, HC-One and Maria Mallaband; (iv) a transaction concerning its acquisition and lease of a UK healthcare facility involving UK operator, Wellford; and (v) a transaction concerning its acquisition and lease of 28 UK healthcare facilities involving UK operator, Roseberry.
Maybourne Hotel Group Limited in connection with certain aspects of its ownership of Claridges, the Connaught and the Berkeley hotels.

AstraZenica plc on its joint venture and equity investment in Silent Therapeutics plc.
eBioscience on the acquisition of Bender MedSystems GmbH.
Management on the acquisition of CAS Services Holdings Limited.
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. in (i) 9 transactions concerning its acquisition and lease of 42 UK healthcare facilities involving UK operator, Healthcare Homes Group; (ii) a transaction concerning its acquisition and lease of 18 UK healthcare facilities involving UK operator, Gold Care Homes; (iii) a transaction concerning its acquisition of a 49% interest in a joint venture with Cindat and the lease by the joint venture of 69 UK healthcare facilities involving UK operators, HC-One and Maria Mallaband; (iv) a transaction concerning its acquisition and lease of a UK healthcare facility involving UK operator, Wellford; and (v) a transaction concerning its acquisition and lease of 28 UK healthcare facilities involving UK operator, Roseberry.
Shareholders of Pharmalink Consulting, a leading global provider of regulatory affairs consulting services to the life sciences industry, on the sale of the company to business processes and operations provider Genpact Ltd.

Felix Road on its charity merger with Easton Community Centre and Up Our Street.
Healthwatch Lambeth on its divestiture of a division.
Ormerod Home Trust on its charity merger with Fylde Community Link.

Better HoldCo, Inc. on its acquisition of United Kingdom-based company, Trussle Lab Limited.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation on its acquisition of BSI Corporate Holdings, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, New Signature.
Ticketus on its investment in Bodies UK.
Williams Lea Tag, global marketing activation partner, on the acquisition of Taylor James, a leading digital production house.
Founders and owners of Broadberry Data Systems Limited, a leading manufacturer of high-end custom rackmount servers, storage servers and high-performance workstations, in its sale to Source Code LLC.

Founders and owners of London-based Eukleia Training Limited, a leading provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance e-learning and classroom training to the financial services sector, in its sale to Learning Technologies Group plc, a provider of comprehensive and integrated range of e-learning services and technologies to corporate and government clients.
Owners of 328 Group Limited in the sale of their aviation companies, as well as the Type Certificate for Dornier 328 aircraft and other Dornier-related assets, to Sierra Nevada Corporation, an American prime systems integrator and electronic systems provider.
2 Way Traffic on the acquisition of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire."

"They have strong market knowledge and are proactive. Sean Scanlon was the lawyer I dealt with." — The Legal 500 UK 2024

Perspectives

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Recognition

Best Lawyers in the UK

Private Equity Law (2023-2024)

The Legal 500 UK

M&A: Mid-Market (2017, 2022)
Private Equity: Transactions (2017–2019)

Chambers UK

Promising Young Partner in Private Equity (2008)

Credentials

Education

L.P.C., De Montfort University, 1994, Commendation
LL.M., University of Leicester, 1993, with distinction
LL.B., University of Exeter, 1992

Admissions

England and Wales