WSP Global Inc. agreed to acquire Built Environment Consulting Business of John Wood Group PLC (LSE:WG.) for $1.8 billion.
Richard Perelman and Alex Bruce of J.P. Morgan Securities plc along with Tom Perry and Matthew Jarman of Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc acted as financial advisors to John Wood Group PLC. Perella Weinberg Partners LLP acted as financial advisor to WSP Global. Linklaters LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP acted as legal advisors to WSP Global. Paul Dickson, Simon Nicholls, Laura Houston, Mike Lane Partner, Bertrand Louveaux, Matthew Tobin, Richard Todd and Daniel Schaffer of Slaughter and May is acting as the legal advisor to John Wood Group PLC in this transaction. Laura C. Turano and Krishna Veeraraghavan of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as legal advisor to John Wood Group PLC. Miles F. Pittman, Yvan Houle, Jennifer Hanna, Laura Mensch, Subrata Bhattacharjee and Denes A. Rothschild of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP acted as legal advisor to John Wood Group PLC in the transaction.