London—Dentons has advised CompareTheMarket owner BGL Group on the sale of BGL Insurance, a digital distributor of insurance and household financial services, to Markerstudy. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete during the first half of 2022. 

Giles Byford, Strategy Director of BGL Group commented, “It was a pleasure working with Dentons on this transformational deal. We are grateful to the entire team at Dentons for their technical expertise, professionalism and dedication throughout this process."

Nicholas Plant, global co-head of private equity at Dentons said, "It has been a real privilege to support the BGL team and look forward to an exciting new chapter for the company.”

Supporting your business and growth objectives remains our priority. The Dentons team advising BLG Group was led by Nicholas Plant with support from Corporate senior associate Geraint Steyn, Corporate associate Lara Ali, Competition partners Adrian Magnus and Christopher Graf, Competition counsel Rebecca Owen-Howes, Insurance partner Martin Mankabady, Regulatory partner Grey McEneny, TMT partners Andy Lucas, Tatiana Kruse and Anna Copeman, TMT associate Sam Caunt, Tax partner Alex Tostevin, Tax associate Ivan Jelocnik, Banking partner Edward Hickman, PRM partner Virginia Allen, PRM associate Victoria Middleditch and Pensions partner Eleanor Hart.

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