Maria Loudjeva

Maria ’s experience at and prior to joining Latham includes advising:

• Paramount Skydance on its US$110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
• Anglo American on its approximately US$70 billion merger of equals with Teck Resources
• Allison Transmission on its US$2.7 billion acquisition of Dana’s Off-Highway Business
• FIS on the merger control aspects of its:
  • US$13.5 billion acquisition of Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions business
  • US$6.6 billion disposal of its stake in Worldpay
• One Rock Capital on its US$2 billion acquisition of Constantia Flexibles and follow-on acquisition of rival Aluflexpack
• Global companies in a variety of sectors on implementing the EU Regulation on Foreign Subsidies
• Carlyle, CVC, Platinum Equity, Silver Lake, and One Rock Capital on multiple PE funds deals
• Farfetch on expanding its luxury new retail partnership, with an agreement for Farfetch to acquire a 47.5% stake in YOOX Net-a-Porter (YNAP) and for Richemont and YNAP to each adopt Farfetch Platforms Solutions
• Microsoft on its US$19.7 billion acquisition of Nuance
• Aon on its planned US$30 billion acquisition of Willis Towers Watson
• Leading eyewear manufacturer EssilorLuxottica on acquiring global retailer GrandVision
• Novelis on its US$2.6 billion acquisition of Aleris, a competing global supplier of rolled aluminum products
• Specialty chemicals manufacturer Nouryon (formerly Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals) on acquiring the leading carboxymethyl cellulose manufacturer, CP Kelco
• Hyundai on its autonomous driving vehicle joint venture with Aptiv
• A capacitor manufacturer on the European Commission (EC) cartel investigation into the electrolytic capacitor market
• A global manufacturer of metal packaging on and EC cartel investigation into the metal packaging market
• Several IT and media companies as complainants and third parties on the EC investigation of Google’s abuse-of-dominance practices
• Aer Lingus on:
  • Obtaining merger control clearance in relation to its acquisition by International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) before the European Commission
  • The CMA’s merger assessment of its wet lease arrangement with another airline
• An interested third-party on the Siemens/Alstom merger investigation
• A plastic packaging manufacturer on its acquisition by a competitor
• Multinational investment funds on merger control requirements for their planned investments