Edward Barnett

Mr. Barnett’s experience includes advising:

• The consortium led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital on its £4.25 billion acquisition of Chelsea Football Club
• 888 Holdings on its US Sports Betting and Gaming partnership with Authentic Brands’ Sports Illustrated
• TechnipFMC plc on the spin-off of its onshore/offshore business to create a standalone publicly traded company, Technip Energies, listed on Euronext Paris, with a separate OTC listing of its ADRs
• Easybrain, a leading mobile game developer with a core focus on puzzle and logic games, in its acquisition by Embracer Group
• Total on its agreement to acquire a 20% minority interest in Adani Green Energy Limited
• NVIDIA on its proposed US$40 billion acquisition of Arm Limited, the Cambridge-headquartered semiconductor and software design company, from SoftBank
• Stormlight Holdings (Silverstein family’s investment firm) in a significant investment into Swansea City Football Club
• NRG Energy on its US$3.625 billion acquisition of Direct Energy, a North American subsidiary of Centrica plc
• Venator Materials on its acquisition of European TiO2 paper laminates business (the "8120 Grade") of Tronox, a producer of titanium dioxide pigment
• Farfetch on its acquisition of certain operating assets of Style.com, an e-commerce fashion site
• GlaxoSmithKline plc on the Series A Preferred Share Financing for Sitryx Therapeutics Limited
• GlaxoSmithKline plc on the sale of the North American rights for Keri®, a provider of skin care products, to Crown Laboratories
• GlaxoSmithKline plc on the sale of its Prevacid®24HR business to Perrigo Company
• Farfetch on a joint venture to expand in the Middle East
• BDT Capital on its acquisition of Fox International
• SENT Entertainment Ltd on its acquisition of Como 1907, an Italy-based football club
• Cain International on its equity investment in Oasis BH, company that indirectly wholly owns the Beverly Hills Hilton and the Waldorf-Astoria Beverly Hills
• Israel Chemicals Limited on its US$1 billion sale of its fire safety and oil additives business units to SK Capital Partners
• KSL Capital on the acquisition by Apple Leisure Group, a portfolio company of KSL Capital Partners of Alua Hotels & Resorts
• TechnipFMC plc on its tax-free spin-off into two publicly traded companies
• On the proposed acquisition by Dana Incorporated of the driveline division of GKN plc
• The sellers on the disposal of Method and Ecover global consumer products businesses to US private company SC Johnson
• 888 Holdings plc on its aborted cash and share offer for bwin.party digital entertainment plc*
• 888 Holdings plc on its proposed acquisition by William Hill plc*
• Accenture on the acquisition of Nokia Siemens Newtorks’ IPTV business*
• Big Bus Tours shareholders on the sale to Exponent Private Equity*
• Coca-Cola Iberian Partners on its three-way merger with Coca-Cola Enterprises and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke, to form Coca-Cola European Partners*
• Facebook Inc. on its acquisitions of Monoidics Ltd, LiveWire, and other confidential M&A matters*
• Giant Network Technology Co. and other Chinese investors in connection with the acquisition of Playtika from Caesars Entertainment*
• GlaxoSmithKline plc on its disposal of Ribena and Lucozade drinks brand to Suntory Inc. of Japan*
• GlaxoSmithKline plc on its acquisition of Cellzone Ltd*
• Interwoven Corp on its acquisition by Autonomy plc*
• Kop Football Limited on the acquisition of Liverpool Football Club plc*
• Lloyds Banking Group on the disposal of De Vere Villages and Golf Resorts.
• Manchester United Football Club on corporate finance matters and significant commercial matters including its merchandising agreement with Adidas AG*
• Electronic Arts on its acquisitions of Playfish and Chillingo*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham