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Silver Lake $3 billion acquisition of ZPG

1/7/2018
Private acquisition
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$ 3 billion

Announced

1/7/2018

Overview:

  • US private equity firm Silver Lake Partners has agreed to acquire ZPG, the owner of property websites Zoopla and PrimeLocation, for $3 billion.
  • Canadian pension fund PSP and investor GIC have also taken minority stakes in ZPG.

Prin Shasiharan - Researcher

Jurisdictions:

United States
Luxembourg
United Kingdom

Deal type:

Private acquisition

Practice area:

M&A

Industry sectors:

Technology and telecommunications
Real estate

Firms:
Elvinger Hoss Prussen

Party: Silver Lake Partners (Acquirer)

Lawyer: Thierry Kauffman

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Party: ZPG (Seller)

Lawyers: Mark Austin, Piers Prichard Jones

Linklaters

Party: Public Sector Pension Investment Board (Acquirer)

Proskauer Rose

Party: GIC (Acquirer)

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Party: Silver Lake Partners (Acquirer)

Lawyers: Ben Spiers, Clare Gaskell

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