Corporate, ESG

Selina Sagayam is an English qualified senior of counsel and recent former partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s London office and is a leader of the firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice and a member of the firm’s corporate group.

Regarded as one of the leading public M&A advisers in the UK, Selina has advised on hostile, competitive and recommended takeovers. Her practice focuses on international corporate finance transactional work, including public and private M&A, joint ventures, international equity capital markets offerings and advisory work focused on corporate governance, shareholder activism and securities law advice. She also focusses on ESG advisory matters.

Selina is also noted for her expertise in financial services and regulatory advice. She advises boards and senior management of international corporations, exchanges, regulators, investment banks, and financial sponsors (private equity and hedge funds) on such issues.

Selina has extensive experience in the City Code governing public takeovers in the UK and the European Takeovers Directive. She was seconded for two years to the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, the key regulatory body governing public company acquisitions in the UK, and is regularly called upon as key adviser and commentator on UK and European takeovers.