London

Advising Alstom on disposal of its €12.4bn energy business to GE, its €700m acquisition of GE’s Intelligent Transportation Solutions, and subsequent establishment of JVs in 3 energy sectors.

Advised SABMiller on its US$107bn takeover by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the largest ever takeover by value of a UK public company.

Advised UK Export Finance on capital markets aspects of US$913m Sukuk issuance for acquisition of 4 Airbus A380-800 aircraft. First UK government-supported Sukuk for aircraft financing.

Acted as lenders' counsel on US$530m pre-export facility to Uralkali. First international syndicated loan facility made available to a Russian company in 2015.

Advised China's HNA Group on c.€1.5bn debt and equity financing in conjunction with the acquisition of the Swissport Group.

Advised Paysafe Group plc (formerly Optimal Payments Plc) on its €1.1bn reverse takeover of Skrill and its related £450m rights issue.

Advised NewsCorp on its £114m acquisition of global ad platform Unruly, a leading programmatic platform for social video advertising.

Advised Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on the transformational global joint venture of Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. and the metal manufacturing technology division of Siemens.

Advised Braeburn Estates Limited, a joint venture between Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar, on the redevelopment proposals for the Shell Centre.

Acting for BTA Bank in one of the biggest fraud cases to have ever come before the English courts (US$10bn claim).

Advising the Trustee of the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan and the Board of the Pension Protection Fund in the largest and most complex pension deficit recovery exercise ever taken.

Acting on behalf of the DIA, the liquidator of Mr. Pugachev’s former bank Mezhprombank, which collapsed in 2010 with a deficit of more than US$2bn.

Successfully defending the Government of Vietnam in separate UNCITRAL arbitrations under bilateral investment treaties in claims worth around $4bn.

Advising Merck & Co., Inc. (Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA) in a trademark, domain name, and social media dispute with Merck KGaA. over the use of the name “Merck” in Germany, France, the UK, and the U.S.

Acting in infringement and revocation actions between HTC and several multinational companies on patents asserted in Germany, UK, France, Italy, Netherlands, and Japan.

Advised a global pharmaceutical company on Brexit contingency planning, and legal issues arising out of trade barriers re-imposed between the EU and the UK.

Advised ITV on the formation of BritBox, a new streaming service joint venture with the BBC, and on competition law issues including navigating the regulatory regime for broadcasting.

Acting for Uber in a number of proceedings, including on Transport for London's decision not to renew Uber's London Private Hire Operator's Licence, having successfully represented Uber on this issue in 2018.