Nayantara Ravichandran

Nayantara’s experience includes advising:

• FIS on the merger control aspects of its US$13.5 billion acquisition of Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions business, and of its US$6.6 billion disposal of its stake in Worldpay
• Bridgepoint and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) on the sale of their shareholdings in Dorna Sports to Liberty Media for €4.2 billion, obtaining unconditional Phase 2 approval from the European Commission
• AMD on its US$4.9 billion cash and stock transaction purchase of ZT Systems
• Viasat in obtaining unconditional clearance from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) following a Phase 2 investigation in relation to its US$7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat plc*
• Pennon Group and Bristol Water in obtaining conditional Phase 1 approval from the CMA in relation to Pennon’s completed acquisition of Bristol*
• Sony Music Entertainment on the CMA’s market study into music and streaming services*  
• Application Developers Alliance (ADA) on an intervention in appeal proceedings before the Competition Appeal Tribunal brought by Meta against the CMA's decision to prohibit Meta's acquisition of GIPHY*
• A UK water company in relation to Ofwat’s 2019 price control review and subsequent redetermination proceedings before the CMA*
• A UK energy company on energy licence modification appeals before the CMA, following Ofgem’s RIIO-2 price control decision*
• Carrier Global Corporation in the multijurisdictional merger control and foreign investment filings arising out of its acquisition of sole control over Toshiba Carrier Corporation*
• Caesars Entertainment on its £2.9 billion takeover of online and retail betting operator William Hill, and subsequent sale of William Hill's non-US businesses*
• Tech clients on the implication of the UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham