Ryan Martin

Ryan’s experience includes advising:

Sports, Entertainment, and Media

• The consortium led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital on its £4.25 billion acquisition of Chelsea Football Club
• Dynasty Equity on its strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club
• DAZN on its US$2.2 billion acquisition of Foxtel Group from News Corp and Telstra, the minority investment in DAZN by SURJ Sports Investments, and the corporate aspects of its commercial rights agreements with Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga
• Apollo Sports Capital on its investment in Wrexham AFC and its debt financing of Nottingham Forest Football Club
• The England & Wales Cricket Board on eight strategic franchise partnerships for The Hundred 
• The consortium led by Andrew Cavenagh and 49ers Enterprises Global Football Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in Rangers Football Club
• Marv and This Day on their investment in Best Intentions Analytics, the multi-club ownership company that owns Brentford Football Club
• A Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on investments and commercial agreements as part of its global sports strategy, including its growth equity investment in the Professional Fighters League
• The consortium led by Fahad Al Ghanim on the acquisition of MK Dons Football Club
• INEOS on its acquisition of Ligue 1 football club, OGC Nice*
• Multiple clients on M&A, financings, and commercial agreements in the international sports market, including in football, tennis, cycling, cricket, mixed martial arts, basketball, sailing, and table tennis

Technology

• A Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on its investment in X.AI Holdings Corp, the holding company of X.AI and X (formerly Twitter)
• OMERS on its financing of Northvolt (Swedish battery company) and Group14 Technologies (US silicon battery company)
• A fintech VC on the US$615 million Series I financing of Monzo (UK fintech)
• Eldridge Industries on its investment in Isar Aerospace (European space company)
• Novartis on the acquisition of Gyroscope Therapeutics (UK gene therapy biotech)
• B-FLEXION on its financing of Volta Trucks (Anglo-Swedish electric trucks company), Evolito (UK electric urban air mobility company), and numerous US healthcare investments
• A Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on its investment in Docplanner (European healthcare software provider)
• Lightrock on its financing of CMR Surgical (UK surgical robotics company) and Group14 Technologies (US silicon battery company)
• A Southeast Asian sovereign wealth fund on its financing of Truelayer (UK fintech) and Tropic Biosciences (UK agricultural biotech)
• Elwood (UK digital asset platform for institutions) on numerous matters, including its Series A financing co-led by Dawn Capital and Goldman Sachs
• Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund on the financing of a Kenyan technology company
• TQ Ventures on its financing of LawHive (UK legaltech platform)
• Radical VC and a Southeast Asian sovereign wealth fund on the financing of V7 (UK AI data platform for computer vision)
• Zinal Growth on its financing of Pledge (UK carbon tracking company)
• Oman Investment Authority on the US$610 million Series C financing of Group14 Technologies (US silicon battery company)
• Dyson on the relocation of its headquarters from the UK to Singapore*
• Arm on the implementation of its executive share plan*

Other Significant Transactions

• Ortho Clinical Diagnostics on the US$6 billion acquisition by Quidel Corporation
• Royal London on its acquisition of an individual protection business from Scottish Equitable plc
• Ara Partners on its investment in Cycle Ø
• 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*
• Countrywide on the proposed strategic investment by Alchemy and recapitalization*
• De La Rue on its equity capital raising and related agreements*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham