Luke Rowland is an of counsel based in the London office of Morrison Foerster and is a member of the Corporate M&A Group.

Luke advises clients on a range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures and general corporate matters. He has particular experience advising clients on significant, cross-border public and private M&A across a range of sectors, including financial services, life sciences, AI, and technology, media and digital.

Representative Experience

• Visa, Inc. on its acquisition of Featurespace Limited, a developer of real-time artificial intelligence payments protection technology that prevents and mitigates payments fraud and financial crime risks.
• SoftBank Group Corp. on its acquisition of Graphcore Limited, a UK-based semiconductor and microprocessor developer.
• SoftBank Group Corp. on its acquisition of Balyo S.A., a robotics company listed on the Paris Bourse.
• ARKA Group, L.P. on its acquisition of Lumacron Technology Limited, a developer of commercial solutions for optical network access.
• Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of Orchard Therapeutics plc, a global gene therapy leader listed on NASDAQ.
• Breedon Group, a leading vertically-integrated construction materials group, in its class 2 acquisition of BMC Enterprises Inc., a supplier of ready-mixed concrete, aggregates and building products in St Louis, for an enterprise value of $300 million.
• John Wood Group plc on the disposal of its Built Environment consulting business to WSP Global, Inc. for gross proceeds of approximately $1.9 billion.
• Meggitt PLC on the recommended cash offer by Parker-Hannifin Corporation, valuing Meggitt at approximately £6.3 billion.
• Shire PLC on the recommended cash and share offer by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, valuing Shire at £46 billion.
• FWD Group on its acquisition of SCB Life Assurance and the associated long-term exclusive bancassurance partnership with Siam Commercial Bank for an aggregate consideration of US$3 billion.
• The Luxembourg Stock Exchange on the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, Fundsquare to FE fundinfo and LuxSE’s rollover investment into FE fundinfo.