J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC entered into an agreement to acquire Chi-X Global Holdings LLC from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Instinet, LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), UBS AG and other shareholders on January 24, 2016.

The acquisition is subjetc to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in first quarter of 2016. David Sneider, Sayo Takizawa, Jonathan Stradling, Shannon Itoyama, Edward Linden, Misa Azuma, Lori Lesser, Monica Chan, Christopher Bell, Jackie Kahng, Preeta Paragash, Jason Vollbracht, Judy Yan, Celia Lam, Carol Chan, David Vann and Étienne Renaudeau of Simpson Thacher acted as legal advisors for J.C. Flowers. Carol Makovich and Jennifer Hurson of Owen Blicksilver PR, Inc. acted as public relations advisor to J.C. Flowers.

Hugh Fraser of FCC Partners as public relations advisor to Chi-X Australia. Moelis & Company LLC acted as financial advisor for Chi-X Global Holdings. Nomura Holding America, Inc. acted as financial advisor in the transaction.

Zukerman Gore Brandeis & Crossman, LLP acted as legal advisor for Chi-X Global Holdings.