Ben Leigh

Ben’s representative transactions include advising:

• Goldman Sachs on its involvement in Generali’s AI research initiative in finance and financial markets
• A US-based social media company on its acquisition of an AI hardware company
• A battery designer and manufacturer on a JV to develop a gigafactory for the manufacture of EV batteries
• Wayve on its Series D
• Perplexity on its commercial agreements with publishers
• Perplexity on its Series B
• A US-based social media company on its commercial agreements with telecommunications providers and operators
• A leading content delivery network on compliance with the Digital Services Act
• A leading AI model developer on data protection and EU AI Act compliance
• A US-based audio AI company on data protection, EU AI Act, and Digital Services Act compliance
• A leading China-based technology company on EU AI Act compliance
• An international payments provider on global data protection compliance
• DoorDash, Inc. on its take-private of Deliveroo plc
• Coinbase on its acquisition of Deribit
• FIS on its sale of Worldpay and acquisition of Global Payments’ issuer solutions business
• FTMO on its acquisition of OANDA
• Worldpay on its acquisition of Ravelin
• EQT, CPP Investments, and Nord Anglia Education on the sale of Nord Anglia Education
• Canva on its acquisition of Affinity
• Yellow Wood Partners on the carve-out of Elida Beauty from Unilever
• Mastercard in its acquisition of a minority stake in MTN Group
• AllianceBernstein on its JV with Société Générale
• TWG Global and Billie Jean King Enterprises on its JV with the International Tennis Federation
• Sky Capital on its minority investment into 111Skin, a luxury skin and healthcare provider
• A leading VC firm on its series C funding of a gen-AI conversational platform
• L Catterton on its growth investment into Irene Forte Skincare
• a16z on its series A funding of Gensyn Limited