Ashurst is advising Rothschild in relation to the £196 million recommended cash offer by De Persgroep Publishing N.V. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of De Persgroep N.V.) for Mecom Group plc, announced today. Mecom is a European media group, with leading positions in the news and information publishing business in the Netherlands and Denmark. Rothschild is acting as lead financial adviser to De Persgroep in relation to the offer.

The Ashurst team is being led by partners Tom Mercer (corporate) and Tim Rennie (finance), assisted by senior associates Stuart Dullard, Laura Ho and James Fletcher, and associate Claire Broom.