• Advising Visa on multiple M&A and VC transactions including its acquisition of UK AI company Featurespace, its acquisition of a minority equity stake in fintech unicorn Interswitch and countless minority venture investments.

• Advising Uber on multiple cross-border acquisitions, including its agreement to acquire chauffeur services leader Blacklane GmbH, its acquisition of UK technology company Autocab, Denmark’s Dantaxi and its strategic investment in Wayve Technologies Ltd, a leading developer of embodied AI technology for automated driving.

• Advising SoftBank on multiple transactions including its $2.8bn acquisition of 40% of Norwegian robotics company AutoStore, its investments in Airtel Africa, Goggo Networks and its £24.3 billion takeover of chip designer ARM Holdings plc, the largest all cash-acquisition in UK public takeover history.

• Advising Tate & Lyle plc on multiple transactions including its acquisition of leading global Stevia producer Sweet Green Fields and dietary protein manufacturer Quantum Hi-Tech.

• Advising HgCapital, the private equity firm, and its portfolio company GTreasury on their acquisition of CashAnalytics, a leading cash forecasting and AR/AP analytics solution.

• Advising Coral Tree Partners, the private equity firm, on multiple transactions including its acquisition of DMC International, a technical broadcast production company with production centres across Denmark and Sweden.

• Advising Alpine Investors, the private equity firm, in connection with multiple transactions including its investments via its Alpine X platform in Interskill Learning, acquisitions via its business services platform Evergreen Services Group in CMS Group Ltd, Digital Origin and The Final Step Limited and via its portfolio company Predictis in Uplisting Limited.

• Advising eBay in connection with its acquisition of KnownOrigin, a leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace enabling artists and collectors to create, buy and resell NFTs via blockchain-supported transactions.

• Advising Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. on its acquisition of businessfourzero, integrating its purpose-driven change consulting into Heidrick Consulting’s offerings.

• Advising SoundCloud on multiple transactions including its $75m investment from Sirius XM.

• Advising Unity Technologies on multiple cross border acquisitions, including DeltaDNA, Artomatix and the Multiplay division of Game Digital plc.

• Advising Toshiba in its “dual track” disposal process of smart-meter leader Landis+Gyr . The transaction was completed through a $2.4bn initial public offering of Landis+Gyr’s shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

• Advising ON Semiconductor Inc. on its acquisition of SensL Technologies, a specialist in SiPM, SPAD and LiDAR sensing products for automotive, medical, industrial and consumer markets.

• Advising LIVEKINDLY Collective, one of the world’s largest plant-based food companies, on its acquisition of No Meat, Iceland Foods’ vegan meat alternative company.

• Advising Hassad Food on its acquisition of an equity stake in Sunrise Foods.

• Advising Verlinvest / Sonora Mills on the disposal of the European operations of Popchips to KP Foods.

• Advising Pontifax AgTech on its investment in Tropic Biosciences.

• Advising Cherokee, Inc. on its acquisition of Hi-Tec Sports, and its related follow-on disposals of non-core assets. The firm won M&A Team of the Year (Midmarket Deal valued at less than £1bn) at the Transatlantic Legal Awards for its work on this matter.

Legal 500 UK 2020-2026

IFLR1000 2020

ALM’s Transatlantic Awards 2017