Global law firm Freshfields advises Allfunds Group plc (‘Allfunds’) on its recommended cash and share acquisition by Deutsche Börse AG (‘Deutsche Börse’). Allfunds is a leading global dealing and distribution platform in the wealth management industry, listed on Euronext Amsterdam. Deutsche Börse is a global market infrastructure provider for trading markets in financial instruments, headquartered in Frankfurt. The transaction, valued at approximately €5.3bn, is expected to complete in the first half of 2027 subject to the approval of Allfunds’ shareholders and regulatory conditions being satisfied. The Freshfields team is being led by partners Nick Jones, Stephen Hewes and Michael Black on M&A, Uta Itzen, Andreas von Bonin and Jenny Leahy on antitrust, David Franco and Cyrus Pocha on financial regulation, Alice Greenwell on employment, Martin Hutchings on finance, Christoph Seibt on German law matters and Hanneke Rothbarth on Dutch law matters.