About
Bethan is a corporate senior associate and a member of the firm’s financial institutions team.
Bethan is a senior associate in London, advising on public and private M&A, corporate reorganisations, corporate governance and disclosure obligations for a range of listed and unlisted clients. During her time at Freshfields, Bethan has also spent time on secondment to the M&A Legal team at Barclays.
Additional Information
- Advising Beazley on its proposed £8.2bn recommended acquisition by Zurich Insurance
- Advising M&G on its strategic partnership and equity investment by Dai-ichi Life
- Advising HSBC on the sale of its French insurance business to Matmut SAM and its UK insurance business to Chesnara
- Advising Caledonia Investments on a Rule 9 waiver transaction
- Advising The Co-operative Bank Holdings plc on its £780 million acquisition by Coventry Building Society
- Advising SSE on the £1.465 billion sale of a 25% stake in its electricity transmission network business to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
- Advising London Stock Exchange Group plc on its €4.325 billion disposal of the Borsa Italiana Group
- Advising London Stock Exchange Group plc on its acquisition of Refinitiv in an all-share transaction for a total enterprise value of $27 billion
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of Away Resorts, Aria Resorts and Coppergreen Leisure Resorts
- Advising Fidelity International on the demerger and spin-off of its “Eight Roads” division
- Advising Barclays as sponsor on the acquisition of the Adhesives business of Eastman by Synthomer
- Advising FTSE 100 companies on corporate governance and shareholder activism issues, including in relation to AGMs, Annual Reports and disclosure obligations


Bethan Rodden
Senior Associate
London Office
100 Bishopsgate
London EC2P 2SR