Andrew Boyd

Andrew’s experience includes advising:

• Uber on multiple cross-border transactions, including its:
  • Acquisition of luxury chauffeur company Blacklane.*
  • Acquisition of UK technology company Autocab*
  • Acquisition of Denmark’s Dantaxi*
  • Acquisition of technology company Segments AI.*
  • Strategic investment in Wayve Technologies, a leading developer of embodied AI technology for automated driving*
• Visa on multiple M&A and VC transactions, including:
  • Its acquisition of UK AI company Featurespace*
  • Its acquisition of a minority equity stake in fintech unicorn Interswitch*
  • Countless minority venture investments*
• SoftBank on multiple transactions, including its:
  • US$2.8 billion acquisition of 40% of Norwegian robotics company AutoStore*
  • Investments in Airtel Africa and Goggo Networks*
  • £24.3 billion takeover of chip designer ARM Holdings, the largest all cash-acquisition in UK public takeover history*
• Tate & Lyle on multiple transactions, including acquiring leading global Stevia producer Sweet Green Fields and dietary protein manufacturer Quantum Hi-Tech*
• HgCapital, a private equity firm, and its portfolio company GTreasury on acquiring CashAnalytics, a leading cash forecasting and AR/AP analytics solution*
• Coral Tree Partners, a private equity firm, on multiple transactions, including acquiring DMC International, a technical broadcast production company with production centers across Denmark and Sweden*
• Alpine Investors, a private equity firm, on multiple transactions, including its:
  • Investments via its Alpine X platform in Interskill Learning*
  • Acquisitions via its business services platform Evergreen Services Group of CMS Group, Digital Origin, and The Final Step*
  • Acquisition via portfolio company Predictis of Uplisting Limited*
• eBay on acquiring KnownOrigin, a leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace enabling artists and collectors to create, buy, and resell NFTs via blockchain-supported transactions*
• Heidrick & Struggles on acquiring businessfourzero*
• SoundCloud on multiple transactions, including its US$75 million investment from Sirius XM*
• Unity Technologies on multiple cross-border acquisitions, including DeltaDNA, Artomatix, and Game Digital’s Multiplay division*
• Toshiba on its dual-track disposal process of smart-meter leader Landis+Gyr, which was completed through a US$2.4 billion initial public offering of Landis+Gyr’s shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange*
• ON Semiconductor on acquiring SensL Technologies, a specialist in SiPM-, SPAD-, and LiDAR-sensing products for automotive, medical, industrial, and consumer markets*
• LIVEKINDLY Collective, one of the world’s largest plant-based food companies, on acquiring No Meat, Iceland Foods’ vegan meat alternative company*
• Hassad Food on acquiring an equity stake in Sunrise Foods*
• Verlinvest/Sonora Mills on disposing of the Popchips’ European operations to KP Foods*
• Pontifax AgTech on its investment in Tropic Biosciences*
• Cherokee on acquiring Hi-Tec Sports and its related follow-on disposals of non-core assets*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham