Ludmilla Le Grand

Ludmilla’s experience includes advising:

• Microsoft in securing CMA Phase 1 unconditional merger clearance of its high-profile hiring of former employees of Inflection.ai and entry into related agreements
• Ericsson in relation to its proposed joint venture with all major European leading CSPs regarding its platform to aggregate APIs, with parallel reviews across the globe
• Thermo Fisher Scientific in obtaining complex UK and German (Phase II) clearance of its US$3.1 billion acquisition of Olink
• Viasat in relation to its US$7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat, including both UK CMA and EC Phase II processes resulting in unconditional clearances 
• Demant A/S in relation to its Phase II CMA review regarding its disposal of Oticon Medical to Cochlear Limited, including a complex carve-out remedy
• Bunge Limited for its US$34 billion merger with rival Viterra, requiring merger notifications in 30 jurisdictions globally (EU conditional Phase I clearance)
• E.ON in securing a Phase II conditional clearance from the EC for its €43 billion acquisition of Innogy and asset swap deal with RWE, as well as a Phase I unconditional clearance from the CMA for the minority investment made by RWE into E.ON at the same time*
• Unilever in relation to its €6.8 billion disposal of its spreads business*
• BBA Aviation in securing a Phase I conditional clearance with remedies from the CMA for its sale of ASIG to John Menzies*
• WestRock in relation to its acquisition of paper solutions provider MPS*
• PSP on a wide variety of complex merger control structures and filings around the globe*
• Volvo and Renault Trucks in relation to the European Commission’s Trucks cartel investigation*
• A global energy client in relation to Article 9 commitments with the European Commission*
• A UK water company in relation to its challenge to the CMA of Ofwat’s 2019 price control determinations*
• A leading urban transport network company and other claimants in private enforcement claims in the UK High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal*
• Several platforms in the financial services sector on issues around competitor collaboration and information exchange*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham