Ben Richard Coleman

Mr. Coleman's representative transactions include advising:

Public Cross-Border M&A

• Waterfall Asset Management on its £640 million takeover of investment trust Pollen Street Secured Lending
• Financing banks on the US$5.3 billion takeover of G4S by Allied Universal
• Ligand Pharmaceuticals on its £35 million acquisition of UK AIM traded biotech company Vernalis
• Financing banks on the US$3.8 billion takeover of Sophos Group by Thoma Bravo
• JP Morgan as financial adviser on the £3.9 billion takeover of NEX by CME
• Financing banks on the £4.7 billion takeover of Merlin Entertainments by Blackstone, KIRKBI, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
• Athyrium Capital Management and other certain creditors of Aegerion on the reverse takeover of Amryt Pharma
• Avalon Battery Corporation on its US$36 million reverse takeover of redT energy

Private Cross-Border and Domestic M&A 

• Agility on the US$4.1 billion sale of its Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) business to DSV Panalpina
• Credit Suisse on the sale of its fund platform to fund distribution platform Allfunds, backed by Hellman & Friedman
• 4Wall Entertainment, an AV equipment provider on its acquisition of Smart AV
• Goldman Sachs on its disposal of a portfolio of listed and unlisted legacy debt and equity interests*
• A UK listed asset manager on its acquisition of a property portfolio in connection with a £100 million scheme*
• AXA on the disposal of a UK based broking subsidiary*
• A global management consultant on several acquisitions of multidisciplinary consultancies*

Cross-Border Joint ventures

• EIG on the acquisition of a 49% interest in a joint venture formed to hold Saudi Aramco’s domestic oil pipeline with a US$12.4 billion value
• Equinix Inc, a US data center company, on its joint venture agreement with a national telecommunications carrier*       

Public Company Representation

• Wesco Aircraft, a global aerospace distribution company, on its UK corporate arrangements
• Manchester United on the corporate elements of a recent debt restructuring     

Equity Capital Markets and Corporate Finance

• Ortho Clinical Diagnostics on its US$1.3 billion initial public offering
• EPE Special Opportunities on its migration to Bermuda and association readmission 

Restructuring Representation

• Thomas Cook on the corporate elements of its attempted restructuring

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham