MoFo Scale Up
Experience
- Advising SoftBank on its proposed acquisition of Swiss-headquartered ABB’s robotics division at an enterprise value of $5.375 billion.
- Advising SoftBank Group Corp., on its acquisition of Graphcore, a UK-based semiconductor and microprocessor developer.
- Advising SoftBank on its $1BN investment in UK AI unicorn Wayve, the largest ever investment in a UK AI company.
- Advising SoftBank on its $4.4BN investment in WeWork Companies Inc.
- Advising SoftBank on its $1BN investment in mobile satellite business OneWeb.
- Advising SoftBank on its $7.7 billion investment in Uber.
- Advising SoftBank Group Capital Limited in connection with the pre-sale reorganization and subsequent sale of Pelion IoT Limited, to Scottish Equity Partners.
- Advising SoftBank on its disposal of Indian solar-energy company SoftBank Energy to Adani Group at a $3.5BN valuation, the largest solar energy deal in Indian M&A history.
- Advising SoftBank on its $40BN sale of semiconductor designer Arm to NVIDIA, as well as SoftBank’s original $32BN takeover of Arm.
- Advising SoftBank Vision Fund 2 as lead investor in a $190M financing round in UK fintech platform Primary Bid.
- Advising SoftBank Vision Fund 2 on its $250M investment in UK tech unicorn Gousto.
- Advising SoftBank, one of OneWeb’s shareholders, in connection with the $3.4 billion merger between satellite companies OneWeb and Eutelsat Communications.
- Advising Arm Holdings plc, the world’s leading UK-headquartered semiconductor IP company, on its IPO on the Nasdaq which raised $5.22 BN, the largest IPO of 2023.
- Advising Eagle Football Holdings Limited on its sale of its 43% stake in Crystal Palace Football Club to an entity owned by Woody Johnson, U.S. businessman and co-owner of the New York Jets American football team.
- Advising Cambridge Quantum Computing on its $5BN merger with Honeywell Quantum Solutions to form Quantinuum.
- Advising Imerys S.A., the French-listed world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions, on its joint venture with British Lithium, to accelerate development of the UK’s largest lithium deposit.
- Advising Imerys S.A. and Omya A.G. on their disposal of Fiberlean Technologies, a leading manufacturer of an innovative, sustainable composite material, to Werhahn KG.
- Advising One Investment Management on its $2 billion joint venture with UAE-based Vega Investment.
- Advising Ares on its investment in Swedish based vehicle technology company Opus.
- Advising Eurohold Bulgaria AD on its EUR 355 acquisition of the Bulgarian power distribution/renewable energy business of Czech utility company ČEZ.
- Advising clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company BioLineRx on its acquisition of UK-based Agalimmune Group, whose lead asset is an immuno-oncology specialist.
- 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.