Ryan Martin

Mr. Martin’s experience includes advising:

Mergers and Acquisitions

• The consortium led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital on its £4.25 billion acquisition of Chelsea Football Club
• A multinational pharmaceutical company on the acquisition of a UK biotech company for up to US$1.5 billion
• Ortho Clinical Diagnostics on the US$6 billion acquisition by Quidel Corporation
• Ultra Electronics on the £2.6 billion recommended cash acquisition by Cobham*
• Premier Oil on its merger with Chrysaor to create Harbour Energy in a c. US$4 billion deal*
• Ensco on its US$12 billion combination with Rowan*
• Ørsted on the disposal of a 50% interest in the Walney Extension offshore wind farm for approximately £2 billion*
• INEOS on its acquisition of Ligue 1 football club, OGC Nice*
• Countrywide on its recommended cash acquisition by Connells*
• Palamon Capital Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Thomas International*

Venture Capital and Growth Equity

• OMERS and the Oman Investment Authority on the US$465 million Series C financing of Group14 Technologies
• Elwood on its Series A financing co-led by Dawn Capital and Goldman Sachs, with participation from Barclays, BlockFi Ventures, Chimera Ventures, CommerzVentures, Digital Currency Group, Flow Traders, and Galaxy Digital Ventures 
• B-FLEXION on its financing of Volta Trucks and Evolito
• Zinal Growth on its financing of Pledge
• Legal & General Capital on its growth equity investment in Kensa*

Other Corporate Matters

• Ara Partners on its investment in Cycle Ø
• Dyson on the relocation of its headquarters from the UK to Singapore*
• Arm on the implementation of its executive share plan*
• Countrywide on the proposed strategic investment by Alchemy and recapitalisation* 
• De La Rue on its equity capital raising and related agreements*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham