Freddie Schwier is a Tax partner based in the London office of Morrison Foerster, advising on UK tax issues, including in connection with M&A, employee option and incentive plans, finance, capital markets, and restructuring transactions.

He advises on a wide range of UK tax issues across the firm’s practice, including corporate acquisitions and reorganizations, corporate finance, private equity, restructurings, capital markets transactions, and tax advisory matters.

Freddie received his B.A. degree in French and Italian from the University of Oxford, and his Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course from BPP University Law School, London. He is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Representative Experience

• Clarivate plc in connection with a $500 million incremental term loan facility.
• Barclays Bank PLC as sponsor to Harbour Energy plc in connection with its $11.2 billion acquisition of substantially all of Wintershall Dea AG’s upstream assets from BASF and LetterOne.
• Royalty Pharma plc in connection with its SEC-registered offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes.
• Smith+Nephew in connection with its SEC-registered shelf takedown of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes.
• Roche on its $295 million acquisition of select parts of the LumiraDx group related to LumiraDx group’s innovative point of care technology platform.
• The underwriters in connection with the Province of British Columbia’s $2 billion aggregate principal amount global bond offering.
• MSCI Inc. on the acquisition of Trove Research, a specialist data, analysis, and advisory firm.
• Roivant Sciences Ltd. in connection with a registered direct offering to certain institutional investors of its common shares, generating proceeds used to make a $170 million investment into its subsidiary Immunovant, Inc.
• The underwriters in connection with the Province of British Columbia’s $2.25 billion global bond offering.
• Lucid Group, Inc. in connection with its $232 million long-term strategic technology partnership in which Lucid will provide Aston Martin with powertrain and battery system technology for use in Aston Martin’s initial and certain future electric vehicles.
• NatWest Group plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Scotland, in connection with its SEC-registered shelf takedown of $1.25 billion senior callable fixed-to-fixed reset rate notes.
• Roivant Sciences Ltd. in connection with its debut $150 million SEC-registered equity offering.
• Verisk on the $3.1 billion sale of its energy business, Wood Mackenzie, to an affiliate of Veritas Capital.
• The sales agent in connection with a new $250 million SEC-registered at-the-marketing offering program by Immunocore Holdings plc.
• NatWest Group plc and NatWest Markets N.V. in connection with their $7.34 billion cash tender offers for any and all of certain series of their respective outstanding U.S. dollar–denominated securities.
• The joint book-running managers in connection with a $1 billion Rule 144A / Regulation S offering by Imperial Brands Finance PLC.
• The joint global coordinators and the joint bookrunners in connection with the £150 million initial public offering of Financials Acquisition Corp.
• Viva Wallet in connection with the acquisition by J.P. Morgan of an ownership stake of approximately 49% in the company, subject to regulatory approvals.
• Ding and its founder, Mark Roden, in connection with the sale of a majority stake in the company to Pollen Street Capital and, in partnership with Pollen Street Capital, a substantial investment from Mark Roden.
• Comcast on its partnership with ViacomCBS to launch a new subscription video on demand streaming service called “SkyShowtime.”
• The joint sponsors, bookrunners, and global co-ordinators to Esken on its £55 million capital raising and the joint sponsors to Esken on the proposed £125 million investment by Carlyle Global Infrastructure Opportunity Fund.
• Lightyear Capital on its acquisition of UK wealth management firm Wren Sterling from Palatine Private Equity and others.
• The initial purchasers in connection with a $400 million Rule 144A / Regulation S offering by Paysafe Finance PLC and Paysafe Holdings (US) Corp., wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Paysafe Limited.
• A Ferrero-related company on its acquisition of Burton’s Biscuit Company from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.