Luke Rowland

Luke’s experience includes advising:

• SoftBank on:
  • Its proposed acquisition of Swiss-headquartered ABB’s robotics division at an enterprise value of US$5.375 billion*
  • Acquiring Graphcore, a UK-based semiconductor and microprocessor developer*
  • Acquiring Balyo, a robotics company listed on the Paris Bourse*
  • Investing in Wayve Technologies Ltd’s Series D funding round*
• Visa on:
  • Acquiring Featurespace, a developer of real-time AI payment-protection technology that prevents and mitigates payments fraud and financial crime risks*
  • A number of minority corporate venture capital investments across EMEA*
• ARKA Group on acquiring Lumacron Technology, a developer of commercial solutions for optical network access*
• Kyowa Kirin on acquiring Orchard Therapeutics, a global gene therapy leader listed on NASDAQ*
• Breedon Group, a vertically integrated construction materials group, on its class 2 acquisition of BMC Enterprises, a supplier of ready-mixed concrete, aggregates, and building products in St Louis, Missouri, for a US$300 million enterprise value*
• John Wood Group on disposing of its Built Environment consulting business to WSPGlobal for gross proceeds of about US$1.9 billion*
• Meggitt on Parker-Hannifin’s recommended cash offer, valuing Meggitt at about £6.3 billion*
• Shire on Takeda Pharmaceutical’s recommended cash and share offer, valuing Shire at £46 billion*
• FWD Group on acquiring SCB Life Assurance and the associated long-term exclusive bancassurance partnership with Siam Commercial Bank for US$3 billion aggregate consideration*
• The Luxembourg Stock Exchange on selling its wholly owned subsidiary Fundsquare to FE fundinfo and LuxSE’s rollover investment into FE fundinfo*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham