Linklaters Advises Qatar Investment Authority on American Express Global Business Travel’s $6.3bn Acquisition by Long Lake Management

Linklaters advised Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), a significant shareholder of American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), on Amex GBT’s approximately $6.3 billion acquisition by Long Lake Management and the partial rollover of QIA’s equity stake into the post-closing investor group.

In connection with the completion of the transaction, Amex GBT common stock has ceased trading and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. Amex GBT will now operate as a privately held company.

The Linklaters team was led out of the U.S. by Global Chairman of Corporate and Chairman of the Americas George Casey, Head of U.S. Infrastructure and Private Capital M&A Elena Rubinov, M&A Counsel Josh Feit, and M&A Associate Lu Meng.

Spanning New York, London, Brussels, Düsseldorf, and Beijing the team also included M&A Associates David Mba and Lauren Wells; Antitrust and Foreign Investment Partners Antonia Sherman, Anna Mitchell, Christopher Barth, Ina Lunneryd, Jonathan Gafni, Neil Hoolihan, and Xi Liao, Counsel Evgeniya Rakhmanina, and Associates Qiuying Zheng, Alexander Jobson, James Quirke, Marilena Nteve, and Maxime Liebaert; Banking Partner Danelle Le Cren; Capital Markets and M&A Partner Kristina Trauger; Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Partners Andrew Gaines and Janet Lee, and Associate Krystal Dillon; IP Partner Shruti Chopra and Associate Tochukwu Okafor; Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations Partners Doug Davison, Joe Profaizer, and Patrick Ashby, Counsel Sean Solomon, and Associate Adam Gould; Tax Partner Max Levine and Counsel Nina Hrushko; TMT Partner Ieuan Jolly and Counsel Kris Ekdahl; and Real Estate Counsel Yelena Nersesyan and Associate Nteboheng Mokuena.

For more information read Amex GBT’s press release.