Lo, Beatrice

Beatrice Lo

Partner

beatrice.lo@lw.com
    Lo, Beatrice

    Beatrice Lo

    Partner

    beatrice.lo@lw.com

    Profile

    Beatrice Lo advises corporate and private equity clients on their most complex transactions, often within highly regulated industries and with a cross-border element.

    Ms. Lo draws on extensive experience representing clients on their key transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, carve-outs, and equity investments, as well as providing general corporate law advice. Ms. Lo’s work spans across a number of industries, including:

    • Power, energy transition, and renewables
    • Financial services and fintech
    • Insurance and insurtech

    She understands the markets in which her clients operate and crafts effective solutions that help them achieve their ultimate business objectives.

    Experience

    Ms. Lo’s recent experience includes advising:

    Energy Transition, Renewables, and Power

    • Energy Capital Partners, an energy-transition infrastructure investor, on the £341 million sale of Triton Power to Equinor and SSE Thermal
    • Iberdrola on its £1.63 billion sale of a 40% stake of East Anglia, a UK-based provider of energy services, to Green Investment Group
    • A green investment company on acquiring a stake in an offshore windfarm and related joint venture arrangements with a leading European energy supplier*
    • A Danish renewable energy company on selling a gas-fired power station to a consortium of investors led by a global investment bank*
    • Helios Investment Partners, an Africa-focused private investment firm, selling a 25% interest in Axxela, Nigeria’s largest private-sector gas distributor, to Sojitz
    • An investment firm on acquiring a controlling stake in a solar power development project in Nigeria
    • A multinational oil company relating to its recommended cash-and-share offer for a British energy company*

    Financial Services and Fintech

    • La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) on its partnership with Generation Investment Management and investment in FNZ, a global fintech company
    • A large European bank on its proposed joint venture with a global investment firm to create a global asset manager in Europe and Latin America*
    • A diversified asset management firm on acquiring a London-based fixed income manager*

    Insurance and Insurtech

    • A European insurance group on selling its life insurance subsidiary to a private equity firm*
    • A number of clients relating to various investments in, and acquisitions of, insurance brokerage businesses
    • A UK mutual life insurance company on selling its offshore subsidiary in a management-led buyout supported an independent private equity firm*

    Other Complex Transactions

    • The senior secured noteholder committee on the €1.8 billion debt and equity recapitalization of Selecta, a Swiss-headquartered pan-European coffee and vending machine business
    • Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation on its disposal of the Grosvenor House Hotel in London

    *Matter handled prior to joining Latham

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • Legal Practice Course, Nottingham Law School
    • LL.B. (Hons), University College London

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