Christopher Cox

Chris’ experience includes advising:

Infrastructure and Data Centers

• NorthC Group, a leading European data center provider, on its strategic acquisition and financing of six data centers in Germany and the Netherlands from Colt Technology Services
• StepStone Group on disposing of a portfolio of data center assets in Switzerland to STACK Infrastructure
• PAI Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation on selling Refresco, one of the world’s largest beverage contract manufacturers, to KKR
• Digital Realty Trust on its minority equity investment in AtlasEdge, a UK-based digital infrastructure provider
• AGC Equity on its joint venture with Iron Mountain to acquire and develop a data center in Germany
• Urbaser on the £400 million sale of its UK business to FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente, an environmental services provider
• Landmark Dividend on selling its digital billboard portfolio to Cyclone Acquisitions

Retail and Hospitality

• The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia on acquiring a 40% stake in Selfridges luxury department store and its strategic partnership with Central Group
• L Catterton on its £1.5 billion acquisition of Hammerson’s entire minority interest in Value Retail, the owner of luxury shopping destinations, including Bicester Village
• StepStone Group on:
  • Its joint venture with Proprium Capital Partners and acquisition of a&o hostels, Europe’s largest hostels platform
  • Investing in a portfolio of luxury hotels in Portugal and Spain
• Canyon Partners and Bain Capital Crediton the £525 million sale of the QHotels portfolio to Aprirose*

Technology and Healthcare

• Nordic Capital on the £2.25 billion disposal of The Binding Site, an immunodiagnostic kits and reagents manufacturer, to Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Bregal Unternehmerkapital on acquiring a majority stake in the cloud-based e-commerce software provider Billbee
• Brookfield Asset Management on acquiring the Arlington Group, a UK-based science and technology real estate business, from TPG
• TA Associates on acquiring Enscape, a Germany-based real-time rendering and virtual reality software business
• Canva on acquiring Kiln Enterprises, a UK-based data-visualization software business

Residential and Logistics

• One Investment Management on its joint venture with Orange Capital Partners and €422.5 million acquisition of 89.9% of the shares in entities holding Alder Group’s North-Rhine-Westphalia-based residential real estate portfolio
• Ares on the £230 million sale of London Square, a London-based housing developer, to Aldar Properties
• Aermont Capital on acquiring Keepmoat, one of the UK’s largest house-builders
• Intriva Capital on investing in Node Living, a community-living real estate investment and operating group
• Hansteen on disposing of its €1.3 billion German and Dutch logistics portfolio to Blackstone, and a subsequent £580 million public tender offer and return of capital*

Media and Sports

• DAZN Group on corporate restructuring and sports media commercial matters
• Cohen Media Group on acquiring UK-based exhibitor, distributor, and streaming platform Curzon Cinemas

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham