We are highly skilled 'quarterbacks'. Clients benefit from our strength in coordinating major cross-border matters with one point of contact, enabling the delivery of high-quality advice, focused on explaining and clearly advising on the key legal issues that arise when the US approach meets how markets and legal practice operate in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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The Legal UK 2022
A selection of our US-related experience includes:
Private capital and funds
City of London Investment Group
Advising City of London Investment Group PLC on its £78.4 million acquisition of US-based investment management business, Karpus Management Inc.
Unigestion
Advising Unigestion on its investment, alongside co-lead Cadence Equity Partners, in Aquam Water Services (AWS), and the simultaneous acquisition of Orbis Intelligent Systems, AWS’ US-based technology partner.
Investment Fund collapse
Acting for new management of investment management group following collapse of private equity fund including proceedings in Hong Kong, Cayman and London relating to the acquisition of a US consumer data and analytics business.
Technology
Elemica
Advising Elemica, a US-based digital supply chain network for the global manufacturing sector, on its acquisition of OmPrompt, a UK-based technology company.
Kroll
Advising Kroll, a global provider of services and digital products related to governance, risk and transparency, on its acquisition of Redscan, a UK-based cyber security services provider.
Fintech dispute
Advised associated UK and US financial institutions in respect of investigations by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the New York Attorney General and by the Financial Conduct Authority into allegedly unlawful trading schemes.
Life sciences
GE Healthcare
Advising GE Healthcare on the acquisition of Zionexa. GE Healthcare is a medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital solutions company; Zionexa is an innovator of in-vivo oncology and neurology biomarkers that help enable more personalised healthcare.
Global Pharmaceutical Company
Advising a global pharmaceutical company based in the US on its minority investment in a French biotech company with a path to control depending on the successful deployment of the biotech’s products.
Biotechnology
Assisting a global pharmaceutical company, headquartered in the US, to obtain French FDI clearances in the context of the purchase of a French biotech developing biomarkers in the oncology and neurology sectors.
Exscientia
Advising on a wide-ranging data protection review for NASDAQ-listed Exscientia.
GSK
Advised global healthcare company GSK on a number of matters, including acting as coordinating counsel in relation to what was probably the largest piece of trade mark pharmaceutical litigation to date. The dispute was between two of the largest pharmaceutical companies globally, related to the third best-selling pharmaceutical product of all time and spanned 30 different countries. Jurisdictions included UK, Germany, Norway, Sweden, South Korea, Denmark, Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, Australia, and the United States.
Transport and trade
BW Group
Advising global maritime company, BW Group, on its acquisition of 100% of Hawaiki Submarine Cable and International Connectivity Services (Hawaiki).
Swire Pacific
Advising Swire Pacific on the US$190 million sale of its offshore subsidiary, Swire Pacific Offshore, to US NASDAQ-listed offshore vessel operator Tidewater.
Marine claims
Advising US law firms and sovereign states in relation to marine claims arising out of South America on issues ranging from collisions and machinery breakdowns to seizures due to breach of customs regulations.
Fleetscape
Advised Fleetscape Capital Limited (Fleetscape) on an innovative financing structure with Macquarie Bank Limited. Fleetscape, the alternative capital provider to the maritime and offshore industries, is an affiliate of funds managed by US-headquartered Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
Obtaining freezing order in Hong Kong
Obtaining freezing order in Hong Kong against the assets of an airline, and other ancillary orders, for a lessor of aircraft engines in connection with ICC arbitration in New York, with related proceedings in Thailand.
Decarbonisation
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
Advised Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. a global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, on its acquisition of Urgentem, a provider of global corporate emissions and climate transition data.
Covanta
Advised US-headquartered Covanta on its strategic partnership with Green Investment Group/Macquarie to develop, fund and own energy-from-waste projects in the UK and Ireland including four investments in facilities at Earls Gate, Rookery South, Newhurst and Protos.
Jericho Energy Ventures
Advised Jericho Energy Ventures, as lead investor, on its equity investment into Supercritical Solutions. Lowercarbon Capital (climate-tech fund of longtime investor Chris Sacca) and New Energy Technology (green hydrogen venture capital fund) are co-investors in the deal.
Acquisition of innovative eco-type barges
Advised J.P. Morgan Asset Management on the acquisition of 40 LNG-fuelled innovative eco-type inland waterway barges against charters with energy major Shell. The barges will be built by Concordia Damen Shipbuilding B.V.