M&G PLC acquires majority stake in responsAbility Investments 

responsAbility Investments, specialists in impact investing focusing on private debt and private equity across emerging markets, on the sale of a majority stake of responsAbility Investments to M&G PLC.  

responsAbility has more recently focused on companies with business models tied to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. responsAbility currently has approximately USD 3.7 billion of assets under management (as at year end 2021). The transaction is subject to the issuance of all necessary regulatory approvals. 

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the shareholders of responsAbility Investments in this transaction. The NKF team was led by m&a partners Andreas Casutt (pictured left) and Manuel Werder (pictured right), working with associate Binderiya Gan-Ayush and junior associate Yannik Bleiker (both m&a), partner Nicolas Birkhäuser (IP/antitrust), senior associate Florian Louis Steiner (regulatory) as well as partner Daniela Schmucki (tax).