Amanda Kwagala is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s London office and a member of the Corporate Group. She advises clients including corporations, financial institutions, investment funds, and entrepreneurs on a range of significant cross-border M&A, equity fundraising, joint venture, and other corporate transactions. She also regularly advises clients on corporate governance and general corporate matters.
Representative Matters
- PETRA on its public takeover of HWSI Realisation Fund Limited.
- Philantra on its acquisition of Argo Group’s Italian insurance business.
- An investment fund on various acquisitions of finance companies.
- Singapore-based sellers on a management buyout of one of the world’s largest purpose-built co-living buildings in West London.
- Larsen & Toubro Infotech on the acquisition of Luxembourg-based Syncordis (a leading banking implementation services provider) together with its subsidiaries in France, U.K., Luxembourg, and India.
- A Guernsey-incorporated investment fund on its £100m issue of non-voting preference shares to an investment vehicle backed by three pension schemes.
- A French private equity fund on its investment into a U.K. manufacturing and retail group.
- A BVI AIM-quoted mining company on its reverse takeover of a Singaporean company and its re-admission to AIM.
- Infineon Technologies, the Munich-based semiconductor manufacturer, on the sale of a U.K. manufacturing site to Neptune 6.
- A private equity fund on the acquisition of an insolvent public company’s assets which were spread across over 15 jurisdictions.
- A renewable energy fund on multiple acquisitions.
Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Amanda worked for a global U.K. headquartered law firm. She completed her training at a leading global U.S. headquartered law firm.
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: Solicitor, England and Wales
Client Alerts & Newsletters
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"CFIUS Has Definitively Crossed the Atlantic, but Is Yet to Complete Its U.K. Landing,"
Corporate Alert
(May 6, 2021).
Contacts: Peter Broadhurst, Simon Evers, Michelle J. Linderman, Amanda Kwagala, Nick Gibbon
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"Is CFIUS One of the Few Things Crossing the Atlantic?,"
Corporate Alert
(December 16, 2020).
Contacts: Adelicia R. Cliffe, Simon Evers, Michelle J. Linderman, Amanda Kwagala, Nick Gibbon
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"COVID-19 Considerations in Private M&A,"
Corporate Alert
(April 23, 2020).
Contacts: Lex Eley, Simon Evers, Amanda Kwagala
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"Restructuring Measures to Combat the Effects of COVID-19,"
Corporate Alert
(April 20, 2020).
Contacts: Cathryn Williams, Paul Muscutt, Andrew J. Knight, Simon Evers, Mark Meyer, Beth Bradley, Amanda Kwagala
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"The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 Measures to Assist Business,"
Corporate Alert
(April 15, 2020).
Contacts: Robert Weekes, Amanda Kwagala, John Laird
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"Temporary Measures for U.K. Listed Companies: Financial Reporting, Disclosure Obligations, Company Meetings and Capital Raisings,"
Corporate Alert
(Current as of April 8, 2020).
Contacts: Simon Evers, Amanda Kwagala
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