Josh Cohen is an associate in the firm’s London office and a member of the Corporate Department.

Josh advises on a broad range of M&A and private capital transactions, with a particular focus on the technology, media, and sports sectors. Josh’s clients include public and private corporates, private capital investors, and sovereign wealth funds.

Prior to joining Latham, Josh practiced at another international law firm, where he completed a secondment at Goldman Sachs.

Josh’s experience includes advising:

Technology

  • Doordash on its US$8 billion acquisition of Wolt*
  • Runna on its acquisition by Strava*
  • CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent growth fund, on its acquisition of a minority interest in Italian software unicorn TeamSystem*
  • Quantexa on its US$175 million Series F financing round at a valuation of US$2.6 billion*
  • Cube on its strategic partnership with Hg*

Sports

  • 1892 Holdings, the consortium led and managed by Amit Bhatia, with investments from Amit Bhatia and the Mittal Family Trusts, K5 Sports, with Jeff Bezos as the lead investor in the K5 Sports fund, and EE Capital, the family office of Elaine and Eduardo Saverin, on the acquisition of a strategic minority equity interest in Liverpool F.C.
  • Rangers Football Club on its majority acquisition by a consortium of investors led by Andrew Cavenagh and 49ers Enterprises Global Football Group*
  • An investor on its acquisition of a strategic minority interest in the Aston Martin Formula 1 team*
  • A sovereign wealth fund on its investment in the E1 electric powerboat racing series*

Strategic M&A

  • UL Solutions on its €575 million acquisition of Eurofins Scientific’s Electrical and Electronics business
  • Athora on its £5.7 billion acquisition of Pension Insurance Corporation Group*
  • OpenText Corporation on its £5 billion recommended offer for Micro Focus International plc*
  • FD Technologies on its £230 million disposal of its First Derivatives business*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • LLM, BPP University, 2020
    with distinction
  • LLB, University of Birmingham, 2019
    First Class