Daily Mail and General Trust’s £1.425 Billion Sale of RMS to Moody’s
August 05, 2021
On August 5, 2021, Daily Mail and General Trust plc (“DMGT”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Risk Management Solutions (“RMS”), its insurance risk business and a leading global provider of climate and natural disaster risk modeling and analytics headquartered in Silicon Valley, to Moody’s Corporation for approximately £1.425 billion. Cravath is representing DMGT in connection with the transaction.
The Cravath team is led by partner Richard Hall and includes associates Charles A. Dobb, Andrew J. Astore and Christina M. Drakeford on M&A matters; partner J. Leonard Teti II, senior attorney Andrew Carlon and associate Leon B. Dalezman on tax matters; partner Jonathan J. Katz, practice area attorney Sarah W. Colangelo and associate Laura S. Lee on executive compensation and benefits matters; partner David J. Kappos and associates Christopher P. Davis and Pedraam Mirzanian on intellectual property matters; partner Margaret T. Segall and senior attorney Jesse M. Weiss on antitrust matters; and senior attorney Joyce Law on real estate matters.
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