Technology

• Represented Kingston Technology, as a member of a consortium led by Bain Capital Private Equity, LP, in its $18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation, obtaining approvals in multiple jurisdictions including the EU, United States (US), Japan and China.
• Advised Piraeus Bank on the €300 million sale of the Bank’s Merchant Acquiring Unit to Euronet Worldwide and the formation of a long term strategic partnership between the Bank and Euronet Worldwide.
• Represented Nexperia B.V., a global semiconductor manufacturer, on the $177 million sale of Newport Wafer Fab, the UK’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, to Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
• Advised Kingston Technology on the $425 million disposal of its HyperX gaming division to HP Inc.

Investments

• Acted on behalf of First Reserve Corporation in relation to the acquisition of energy infrastructure assets from, and the formation of a joint venture with, Petrofac.
• Advised Oceanwood Capital Management on a restructuring and post-restructuring acquisition of Norske Skog AS.
• Represented Blackstone in connection with Centric Brand’s restructuring and emergence from voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings.
• Advised Helios Investment Partners on the completion of the sale of Solevo, a leading African distributor of specialty chemicals, to Development Partners International (DPI).

Transportation

• Advised Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the midsize dry bulk vessel segment, in the completion of its all-stock merger with Star Bulk Carriers Corp.
• Counselled Singapore Airlines and CAE International Holdings on the formation of a joint venture to develop and operate a commercial flight centre in Singapore offering flight training.

Pharmaceuticals

• Advised Pharmakon Advisors, LP and certain of its affiliated funds, as senior secured lenders to the LumiraDx group, in connection with the sale of LumiraDx’s ‘Point of Care’ diagnostics platform business to Roche for $295 million.
• Represented LEO Pharma with regard to its €675 million acquisition of the global dermatological product portfolio of Astellas Pharma.

Food

• Advised Croatian conglomerate Fortenova Grupa d.d., on the €615 million sale of its frozen food business, the Frozen Food Business Group, to Nomad Foods, owner of Birds Eye and Findus, among others.
• Advised Vion N.V. in relation to the sale of the Dutch-based food producer’s UK pork business to Endless LLP.
• Represented a consortium of banks in the restructuring of Agrokor d.d, a leading company in the Adria region comprising about 30% of Croatian gross domestic product (GDP).

Other

• Representing bondholders in numerous merger control, foreign investment and sectoral regulatory reviews relating to the restructurings of, amongst others, GTT Communications, Cineworld, Noble Corp and Sunguard AS.
• Advised a selling shareholder in the context of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation’s acquisition of a large minority stake in chemicals specialist, Clariant, a transaction that required merger control approvals in 10 jurisdictions across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
• Advised VCA Inc., the US animal care provider that was publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Market, in its sale to Mars Corporation for $9.1 billion.
• Acted on behalf of Trinity Industries, Inc. in the sale of its highway products business to Monomoy Capital Partners for $375 million.
• Represented a global maritime company in its $400 million acquisition of its largest competitor in certain marine chemicals and gases.