Wolf Theiss, working with White & Case, has advised Nomura on the acquisition of Macquarie Asset Management’s public investments business in North America and Europe. Schoenherr, working with Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, reportedly advised Macquarie.
The transaction is valued at 1.8 billion (subject to closing adjustments).
According to Wolf Theiss, the deal adds approximately USD 166 billion in client assets across equities, fixed income, and multi-asset strategies to Nomura Asset Management. The acquired platforms will be integrated with Nomura’s private markets arm, Nomura Capital Management, and its high-yield business, Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management, under the newly established Nomura Asset Management International.
Moreover, Wolf Theiss reports that, under the agreement, Nomura acquired three entities via a 100% stock purchase: Macquarie Management Holdings, Inc. in the United States, Macquarie Investment Management Holdings in Luxembourg, and Macquarie Investment Management Holdings Austria, the sole shareholder of Macquarie Investment Management Kapitalanlage Austria.
The Vienna-based Wolf Theiss team included Partners Claus Schneider, Stefan Wartinger, Florian Kusznier, Christopher Juenger, and Matthias Unterrieder, Counsel Christine Siegl, and Senior Associates Vanessa Horacek and Sarah Haubmann.
