Hector A. Sants

Hector’s experience includes representing:

Technology

• Nscale, a full-stack AI cloud platform, on its acquisition of Anyscale
• Farfetch on numerous matters, including:
  • Its sale of Palm Angels to Bluestar Alliance
  • Its sale to Greenoaks and Coupang via a UK pre-pack administration process, as well as the negotiation of a committed first lien delayed draw term loan facility of up to US$500 million
  • The establishment and expansion of its Luxury New Retail partnership, including Farfetch’s proposed acquisition of 47.5% of YOOX Net-a-Porter from Richemont, as well as the agreement for Richemont and YNAP to each adopt Farfetch Platform Solutions
  • Its global strategic partnership and China joint venture with Alibaba Group and Richemont
  • Its acquisition of certain assets of Opening Ceremony, an American multi-brand retailer
• NVIDIA on its aborted US$40 billion acquisition of Arm Limited, the Cambridge-headquartered semiconductor and software design company, from SoftBank
• Viasat on its US$7.3 billion combination with Inmarsat
• DAZN Group and Access Industries on numerous matters, including DAZN’s US$2.2 billion acquisition of Foxtel from News Corp and Telstra

Sports

• 1892 Holdings, the consortium led and managed by Amit Bhatia, with investments from Amit Bhatia and the Mittal Family Trusts, K5 Sports, with Jeff Bezos as the lead investor in the K5 Sports fund, and EE Capital, the family office of Elaine and Eduardo Saverin, on the acquisition of a strategic minority equity interest in Liverpool F.C.
• evoke plc (formerly 888 Holdings PLC) on its:
  • £2.2 billion acquisition of William Hill International from Caesars Entertainment
  • £243 million acquisition by Bally’s Intralot
• Apollo Sports Capital on its minority investment in Wrexham AFC 
• Main Street Advisors on its acquisition of the Red Bull KTM Tech3 MotoGP team
• A private family office on its acquisition of minority interest in an F1 team
• This Day and MARV on their minority investments in Best Intentions Analytics, the holding company of Brentford Football Club and Mérida AD
• TWG Global and Billie Jean King Enterprises on their partnership agreement with the International Tennis Federation to form the Billie Jean King Cup Limited
• The consortium led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital on its £4.25 billion acquisition of Chelsea Football Club
• A group of US sports and media investors in a strategic partnership with the International Basketball Association (FIBA) to invest in the Basketball Champions League (BCL) and other global basketball competitions

M&A

• Eldridge Industries on its €150 million investment in Isar Aerospace
• VistaJet on its US$600 million equity investment by a consortium led by RRJ Capital
• Vivo Energy on its merger with Engen, creating one of Africa’s largest energy distribution companies with 3,900 retail stations
• One of the lead financial advisors to UBS on its proposed takeover of Credit Suisse
• The Carlyle Group on its US$825 million acquisition of Occidental’s entire onshore portfolio in Colombia
• NRG Energy on its US$3.625 billion acquisition of Direct Energy, a North American subsidiary of Centrica
• Total on the expansion of strategic partnership with Adani Group via its acquisition of a 37.4% controlling interest in Adani Gas Limited
• Fortress Investment Group on the sale of Florida East Coast Railways to Grupo Mexico*
• GlaxoSmithKline on:
  • Forming a world-leading consumer healthcare joint venue with Pfizer*
  • Its three-part interconditional Vaccines, Oncology, and Consumer Healthcare joint venture with Novartis*
• Shire on its:
  • US$32 billion acquisition of Baxalta*
  • US$5.9 billion acquisition of Dyax*
• Talisman Energy on its:
  • North Sea joint venture with Addax/China Sinopec*
  • US$8.3 billion takeover by Repsol*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham