Alice Maresi is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins.

Alice represents public and private companies and private equity funds on public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, and investments.

She advises clients on a variety of transactions within numerous industries, most recently tech; entertainment, sports, and media; mining; finance; cosmetics and retail; automotive; video gaming; and networking technologies.

Alice trained in Latham’s London office, gaining broad experience in corporate real estate, M&A, private equity, banking, and data and technology transactions. She seconded to Latham’s Hong Kong office, where she assisted on a full spectrum of corporate transactions and advised technology clients on data privacy changes in Europe and East Asia-Pacific.

Alice maintains an active pro bono practice, representing charities and victims of domestic abuse, and attending law clinics to provide advice to vulnerable individuals on a low income.

Alice’s experience includes advising:

  • Anglo American plc on a proposed US$70 billion merger of equals with Teck Resources Limited to form the Anglo Teck group, a global critical minerals champion
  • DAZN, a world-leading sports entertainment platform, on the acquisition of Foxtel Group, one of Australia's leading media companies, from News Corp and Telstra at an enterprise value of US$2.2 billion
  • L Catterton on a minority investment for an enterprise value of £1.5 billion in the Value Retail group, which owns and operates luxury retail shopping outlets globally, including Bicester Village in the UK
  • One of the largest automotive group retailers, Lithia Motors, Inc., in the United States on (i) a c. £400 million acquisition of the UK motor and leasing business of a UK premium listed company which will be a pureplay digital media services SaaS business, (ii) a joint venture; and (iii) a £30 million subscription for shares, and subsequently, its sale of its 51 per cent. equity interest in such join venture
  • L’Oreal on its acquisition of luxury cosmetics brand Aesop for US$2.5 billion
  • Verisure (an H&F portfolio company) on its proposed acquisition of ADT Mexico, a Mexican affiliate of Johnson Controls, Inc.
  • Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool) on its strategic joint venture with Arçelik A.Ş
  • Warburg Pincus co-led group on non-redeemable series A preferred share financing for JD Property which was expected to raise c. US$700 million
  • Hyve, an international organi z er of exhibitions and conferences, on the sale of its Indian business to Informa Markets India Private Limited
  • PTTEP HK Holding Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP), on its acquisition of Jadestone Energy’s 27.18% equity stake in APICO LLC, which holds a 35% non-operated participating interest in the Sinphuhorm gas field and a 100% participating interest in the Dong Mun gas discovery onshore Thailand
  • Leading technology and social media companies on global approaches in relation data privacy, data sharing, and to AI-generated content moderation

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • LLB, University of Essex, 2016
    1st

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Romanian
  • Italian