Aaron Bradley

Aaron’s experience since joining Latham includes advising:

M&A

• DAZN, a world-leading sports entertainment platform, on acquiring Foxtel Group, one of Australia’s leading media companies, from News Corp and Telstra at an enterprise value of US$2.2 billion
• L’Oreal on its US$ 2.5 billion acquisition of Aesop, an Australia-based luxury beauty brand, from Natura & Co
• Aztec Group, a leading international fund and corporate services provider, on its strategic partnership with Warburg Pincus
• Cadence Design Systems on its US$1.24 billion acquisition of BETA CAE Systems International

Private Equity

• L Catterton on its investment in Value Retail, creator and operator of luxury shopping destinations, with an enterprise value of £1.5 billion
• KKR on acquiring NewDay’s portfolio of consumer credit receivables from CVC and Cinven, as well as on its related investment in NewDay’s origination and servicing business
• CVC Capital Partners on acquiring Jagex, a video game developer and publisher, from Carlyle
• Bridgepoint on its acquisition of a majority stake in Interpath, an international financial advisory firm
• Apollo-managed infrastructure funds on acquiring and financing STACK Infrastructure’s European colocation business from funds managed by Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure Advisors in a carve-out transaction
• Ares Management on its partnership with Lone Star through a £755 million investment in Quintain, an 85-acre Wembley Park estate in London
• Viking Global as the lead investor in Series C financing Cognism Limited, a UK-based software company

Capital Markets

• Doordash on its recommended take-private of food delivery platform Deliveroo
• A consortium led by Starwood Capital Group, Sixth Street, and SSW Partners on the US$7.1 billion take-private of ESR Group Limited
• Verisure on the largest European private equity-backed IPO with a €13.7 billion market capitalization
• The underwriters on AB InBev’s secondary global offering by Altria
• Energy Capital Partners (EQT) on the US$2.5 billion take-private of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure
• The underwriters on Aspen Insurance Holdings’ upsized US$397.5 million IPO
• The underwriters on Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited’s IPO

Structured Finance

• KKR on its exclusive multiyear agreement for up to €40 billion of eligible current and future Buy-Now Pay Later (BNPL) loans originated by PayPal in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom
• The underwriters on Vantage Data Centers’ inaugural issuance of £600 million in securitized term notes, the first public securitization of data centers in EMEA
• Mizuho, as initial purchaser, and Banistmo, as local placement agent, on the US$1.4 billion second tranche of the milestone-based receivables financing for construction of the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal
• Various UK SME lending platforms in connection with their accreditation under the UK government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), and Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS), and the implementation of associated funding programs for CBILS, BBLS, and RLS loans
• The originator and sponsor in relation to a public 144A issuance of notes by Ripon Mortgages PLC and backed by a portfolio of approx. £6.4 billion UK buy-to-let mortgage loans
• The originator and sponsor in relation to a public 144A issuance of notes by Harben Finance and backed by a portfolio of approx. £1.1 billion UK buy-to-let mortgage loans
• Lendo, the leading debt crowdfunding platform in Saudi Arabia, on the first P2P securitization in the country involving a US$690 million (⃁2.6 billion) warehouse facility provided by J.P. Morgan