Devdeep Ghosh

Devdeep’s representative transactions include advising:

Energy and Infrastructure

Power

• Igneo Infrastructure Partners on its:
  • Acquisition of the UK division of Wheelabrator Technologies Holdings, a waste-to-energy business in the UK
  • Acquisition of SSE’s 50% stakes in Multifuel Energy Limited and Multifuel Energy 2 Limited, including two operational energy-from-waste plants and one plant which was under development
• Suez SA on its acquisition of old Suez UK’s recycling and recovery business from Veolia
• A final-stage bidder consortium on their proposed acquisition of Cory Riverside Energy*
• A final-stage bidder on their bid for Westburton Power Plant, including its BESS assets
• Apollo on its £4.5 billion financing to EDF, the proceeds to be used for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station
• Varo Energy on its acquisition of Preem AB

Renewables

• Igneo Infrastructure Partners on its sale of a significant minority interest in Finerge, a leading Iberian renewables business involved in developing, constructing, and operating wind farms and solar PV plants, to AXA
• CPPIB on its joint venture with Enbridge to form Maple Power*

Terminals

• African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) on the acquisition of a significant minority interest in Bulkstream, which operates East Africa’s largest dry bulk terminal
• Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 and West Street Infrastructure Partners on their acquisition of HES International*

Transport

• The Public Investment Fund on its acquisition of a minority interest in Heathrow Airport
• PSP on its investment in CSIA, Mumbai’s international airport*
• A consortium of lenders on various corporate matters relating to Budapest Airport
• A final-stage bidder on the proposed acquisition of London City Airport*
• APG on its acquisition of an indirect interest in Alpha Trains*
• InfraRed, Equitix, and the National Pensions Service of Korea on their acquisition of High Speed 1*
• JP Morgan Infrastructure Investments Fund on its acquisition of Beacon Rail Lux Holdings*

Digital Infrastructure

• VEON on the disposal of its Pakistan telecom towers business*

Natural Resources

• Denham Capital on the sale of its majority interest in Alphamin Resources, operator of the world’s highest-grade tin mines located in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Private Equity

• Standard Chartered Bank on the disposal of its private equity division via sale of its investment portfolio to funds managed by Intermediate Capital Group and spinout of the portfolio management business to Affirma Capital*
• Patria Investments on its acquisition of abrdn’s European private equity business, comprising of its fund-of-funds, primaries, secondaries. and co-investment strategies
• Partners Group and International Schools Partnership (ISP), a leading international group of K-12 schools, in relation to the investment by Partners Group and OMERS in ISP
• L Catterton, LVMH, and Groupe Arnault on the sale of Princess Yachts to KPS Capital Partners
• Landon Capital on its investment in a consortium of US family offices that acquired Paladone Holdings Limited, a lifestyle products and wholesale gift supply company
• Novo Holdings on its acquisition of BBI Group
• Platinum Equity and Leaders Roman Group on their acquisition of the Acorn Group

Strategic M&A

• Temasek on its minority investment in South Pole, a climate finance specialist
• Imerys on the sale of its high-temperature solutions business
• OneTrust on its acquisition of AppsecTest, a developer of mobile apps that tests for GDPR compliance
• Fidelity National Information Services on its acquisition of a leading global SaaS platform for post-trade securities and derivatives processing technology
• LyondellBasell on its acquisition of a minority interest in National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) from Alujain Corporation
• Duolingo on its “acqui-hire” of NextBeat
• Infracapital on the restructuring of Duon, its Polish gas distribution business, and GGE, its Slovak utility business*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham