Hugo Cliff

hugo.cliff@lw.com

+44.20.7710.1156

Profile

Hugo Cliff is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department.

Mr. Cliff handles a broad range of corporate matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and general corporate matters.

Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Cliff was as an associate in the corporate department of a multinational law firm based in London.

Experience

Mr. Cliff’s experience includes advising:

Rivulis, a portfolio company of Temasek, on the acquisition of the international irrigation business of Jain Irrigation Systems, an India-based micro irrigation systems company with notable operations in Brazil
Equistone Partners and Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity), on the sale of Acuity, a leading provider of high-value research, analytics, and business intelligence to the financial services sector, with operations in South America, North America, Asia, and Europe, to funds advised by Permira
Silver Lake in its minority investment in New Zealand Rugby, a national rugby union team
Bridgepoint Capital on its investment in MiQ, a leading global programmatic media partner, alongside its founders and management shareholders
Ares on its acquisition of SLR Global, a UK-based ESG consultancy and advisory business, from Charterhouse and management shareholders
Mphasis on its acquisition of Datalytyx, a UK data management and analytics company*
Shareholders of Hindawi Limited on the $300m sale of Hindawi Limited, a leading publisher of Open Access journals, to John Wiley & Sons, Inc.*
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), part of ADQ and owner of the London ExCel centre, on the acquisition of the DoubleTree By Hilton London ExCe.*
Miller Homes, one of the U.K.’s leading homebuilders on its sale to funds managed by Apollo*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham