M&A Deal Summary

SNC-Lavalin Acquires WS Atkins

On April 20, 2017, SNC-Lavalin acquired business services company WS Atkins for 3.6B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SNC-Lavalin’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is SNC-Lavalin’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is SNC-Lavalin’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-04-20
Target WS Atkins
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) SNC-Lavalin
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 3.6B USD

Target

WS Atkins

Epsom,, United Kingdom
WS Atkins plc is engaged in design, engineering, and project management consultancies, employing some 18,300 people across the UK, North America, Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Europe.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SNC-Lavalin

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Category Company
Founded 1911
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Employees37,584
Revenue 8.6B CAD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

SNC-Lavalin is a global fully integrated professional services and project management company. SNC-Lavalin will build, own, and operate the natural gas compression assets for the Nautilus natural gas gathering system, building on SNC-Lavalin’s world-leading expertise across the entire oil & gas value chain. SNC-Lavalin was founded in 1911 and is based in Montreal, Quebec.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-23 Kentz

St Helier, Channel Islands

Kentz is an engineering and construction business serving clients primarily in the oil and gas, petrochemical and mining and metals sectors.

Buy £1.2B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-31 Data Transfer Solutions

Orlando, Florida, United States

Data Transfer Solutions, Inc. is a provider of a comprehensive enterprise asset management software solution, DTS provides state-of-the-art tools and solutions to clients with large, complex infrastructure assets.

Buy $45M
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