Gavin Weir

Gavin has over 20 years' experience of leading domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, with a focus on the financial services industry.

His practice covers the full spectrum of corporate advice including public and private M&A; takeovers; auctions; joint ventures; fundraisings; strategic partnerships; restructuring; and C-suite advice to boards and senior executives.

Gavin has worked with clients across numerous jurisdictions including the UK, EU, CEE, Middle East, North America, South America, Africa and Asia.

He previously served as co-head of the Financial Institutions M&A team at another global law firm and is recognised by Legal 500 as a “Leading Individual” for upper mid-market and premium deals.

Gavin's representative experience includes advising:

• Zepz (WorldRemit) on its c US$270m equity fundraise from new and existing investors.
• European Dynamics on a minority investment led by CAPZA and joined by Abry Partners.
• Piraeus Bank on the acquisition of a stake in Moneybox, a UK digital consumer finance business.
• Mediobanca and Polus Capital Management on the acquisition of Bybrook Capital LLP and on ADIA's subsequent strategic investment in Polus and funds managed by Polus.
• Alpha Bank on its successful strategic partnership with payments specialist Nexi S.p.A. resulting in the creation of “Nexi Payments Greece".
• Piraeus Bank on the €300 million sale of its merchant acquiring unit to Euronet Worldwide and the formation of a long-term strategic partnership between the Bank and Euronet Worldwide.
• Centerbridge Partners and Gallatin Point Capital on their acquisition of a controlling stake in Israeli insurance company Phoenix Holding.
• Klarna Bank on its acquisition of Close Brothers Retail Finance.
• Intrum on the €328 million acquisition of an 80 percent stake in a joint venture with Piraeus Bank to service a €28 billion portfolio of the Bank's non-performing loans.
• AstroBank (Cyprus) on the sale of 74.9 percent of its stake in Trusset Asset Management to Qualco Group.
• HSBC on the US$176 million sale of its Kazakhstan subsidiary bank to Halyk Bank.
• KBL European Private Bankers on its acquisition of Insinger de Beaufort.
• PPF Financial on its investment in ClearBank, and subsequent advice to ClearBank and its shareholders on the group’s capital structure.
• Handelsbanken on its acquisition of Heartwood Wealth Group for an undisclosed amount