Mario Barka

A selection of Mario’s experience includes representing:

• SLB on its acquisition of ChampionX Corporation
• Bunge Limited on its merger with rival Viterra, requiring merger notifications in 30 jurisdictions globally (EU conditional Phase I clearance)
• FIS on its acquisition of Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions business and on its concurrent sale of Worldpay with GTCR to Global Payments
• Golden Energy and Resources Limited (GEAR), a leading energy and resources company, on its acquisition of the Illawarra Metallurgical Coal business from South32
• HongShan Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in Golden Goose Group S.p.A., a leading luxury sneaker maker
• ArchiMed on its acquisition of ZimVie, a global life sciences leader in the dental implant market
• Abcam, a biotechnology company, on its sale to Danaher 
• A major semiconductor company in an abuse of dominance investigation by the European Commission*
• Saudi Aramco on:
  • Its US$69.1 billion acquisition of SABIC*
  • Its acquisition of Valvoline Inc.’s global products business*
• DIC Corporation on its acquisition of BASF's global pigments business*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham