Florian Albert

Florian advises on private equity M&A, acting on multi-jurisdictional acquisitions and disposals across defence, aerospace, marine, technology, and cybersecurity sectors, guiding clients through high-value, complex cross-border transactions.

• Acted for mid-market US private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company on numerous multi-jurisdictional transactions, both acquiring and selling companies in the defence, aerospace and marine sector.
• Acted for FTSE 100 company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation on the £3bn takeover by its majority shareholders.
• Acted for STERIS Corporation on its $1.9bn takeover of Synergy Health plc.
• Advised on corporate matters, including international acquisition issues for a global provider of AI-based edge video analytics, IoT technologies, and cybersecurity, in an acquisition of a global provider of video analytics technology.
• Advised on corporate matters, including international acquisition issues for the acquisition of the technology of Sequeestor Limited, a cross-border acquisition by a NASDAQ company of the intellectual property rights of a UK-based global provider of video analytics technology.

Recognised in The Legal 500 2023 for Corporate and Commercial: M&A Smaller Deals up to £50M