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Flutter Entertainment / Stars Group merger

10/10/2019
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Announced

10/10/2019

Overview:

  • Online gambling companies Flutter Entertainment and The Stars Group have agreed to combine their businesses in a deal that if approved will create the world's largest online betting and gaming company.
  • Under the agreed deal Flutter Entertainment will own approximately 54.64% of the shares in a combined entity and The Stars Group will own the remaining shares.

Rajeeb Gurung - Researcher

Jurisdictions:

Canada
United States
Australia
Ireland
United Kingdom

Deal type:

Merger

Practice area:

M&A

Industry sectors:

Technology and telecommunications
Gaming

Firms:
A&L Goodbody

Party: Stars Group (Merger party)

Lawyers: Richard Marron, Ronan Lyons

Arthur Cox

Party: Flutter Entertainment (Merger party)

Blake Cassels & Graydon

Party: Stars Group (Merger party)

Blank Rome

Party: Flutter Entertainment (Merger party)

Lawyers: Jonathan Keen, Peter Schnur

Clayton Utz

Party: Flutter Entertainment (Merger party)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Party: Flutter Entertainment (Merger party)

Lawyers: Martin Hutchings, Oliver Lazenby

Gilbert + Tobin

Party: Stars Group (Merger party)

Jones Day

Party: Stars Group (Merger party)

Lawyers: Leon Ferera, Lorne Cantor

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Party: Stars Group (Merger party)

Slaughter and May

Party: Stars Group (Merger party)

Stikeman Elliott

Party: Flutter Entertainment (Merger party)

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