Ben Higson

Ben Higson

Partner
London

Email [email protected]​hoganlovells.com

Phone +44 20 7296 2535

Fax +44 20 7296 2001

LanguagesEnglish, French

Practice groupCorporate & Finance

'Ben Higson brings valuable experience within the nooks and crannies of foreign/cross-border M&A transactions and seamlessly merges overall advice with fine attention to detail.'

Legal 500

Ben Higson has been immersed in mergers and acquisitions, and the intersecting sectors of energy, natural resources, infrastructure and diversified industrials, since he qualified as a lawyer.

Ben’s “valuable experience within the nooks and crannies of foreign/cross-border M&A transactions” sees him recognised for M&A in Legal 500, with clients praising how he “seamlessly merges overall advice with fine attention to detail” and his ability “to reply quickly and pragmatically on any kind of issue or problem.” Ben is described as a “corporate rising star” by Legal Business and “definitely one to watch” by The Lawyer.

Clients come to Ben for the depth and breadth of his experience and knowledge in domestic and international deals, across the full range of structures, including public and private deals, financial investor investments and exits, joint ventures and strategic alliances and complex commercial contracts. In addition, he has particular experience helping Japanese clients with their deals outside Japan.

Ben served as an elected member of the firm's global management board between 2014 and 2020; and, during the same period, he was also a member of our international Corporate & Finance leadership team. He is now the co-head of our UK M&A practice.

Awards and recognitions

2020

Acritas Star
Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyers

2021

M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals
Legal 500 UK

Education and admissions

Education

Distinction, Oxford Institute of Legal Practice

LL.B., University of Bristol

Memberships

International Bar Association

City of London Law Society

Russo-British Chamber of Commerce

Bar admissions and qualifications

Solicitor, England and Wales

Related industries

Consumer Diversified Industrials Energy and Natural Resources

Related practices

Aviation Law Commercial Corporate Governance Infrastructure, Energy, Resources, and Projects Joint Ventures Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Securities and Public Company Advisory Transportation Investment Funds

Related areas of focus

Buy Outs Capital Markets and Tax Co-investments Commodities Trading Company Formation Corporate Group Structures IERP Dispute Resolution Distressed Asset Management, Refinancing, and Restructuring Emerging Companies Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Supply Chain Exits Infrastructure/Energy M&A and Joint Ventures Mining and Resources Water Nuclear Power Power: Renewable Power Power: Thermal Power Power: Transmission, Storage, Sales, and Trading Project Finance, DFI and ECA Finance Raising Equity Capital Risk Management, Governance, and Compliance Secondaries Secondary Markets and Co-investments Stock Exchange Listings and Regulatory Compliance Shareholder Activism Public Company Mergers and Acquisitions Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Carve-outs, Spin-offs, and Split-offs Hostile Takeovers and Takeover Defense Special Committee and Independent Director Representations

Related knowledge

Africa Insights

Representative experience

Asahi on its £250m acquisition of Fuller, Smith & Turner plc's entire beer and cider business.

GE Healthcare on the sale of GE Healthcare Dharmacon, Inc. to AIM-listed Horizon Discovery Group plc.

Martello, a Dublin-based leader in global aviation asset management and financial and technology solutions, on the sale of the Stellwagen Group to Acasta Enterprises (Canada).

Kuwait Petroleum on its acquisition of the Italian downstream petroleum business of Shell.

Citi Infrastructure Investors and InfraCapital on their interests in the Yorkshire Water group.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on its global joint ventures in metals machinery technology (with Siemens) wind turbines (with Vestas) and thermal power (with Hitachi).

Mitsubishi Motors on its disposal of NedCar (the largest car plant in Holland).

Chiyoda Corporation on its acquisition of Xodus group, a global oilfield services business.

Brookfield Infrastructure on its €1bn acquisition, together with Abertis Infrastructure, of one of Brazil's major toll road operators.

Citi Infrastructure Investors on its US$1.5bn acquisition of D.P. World's Australian port terminals business and the related joint venture and management arrangements.

ExxonMobil on its US$1.75bn disposal of the North Sea assets of Mobil North Sea to Apache Corporation.

Principal corporate advisor to The Crown Estate in relation to its offshore energy portfolio.

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