Simon Pritchard

Mr. Pritchard’s experience includes advising:

Transactions

• Viasat on obtaining UK Phase 2 merger clearance for its US$7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat*
• Thermo Fisher on obtaining unconditional UK and EU merger clearance for its U$17.4 billion acquisition of PPD*
• Novartis on EU and global antitrust merger clearances for its three-way, inter-conditional asset swap with GSK concerning oncology, vaccines, and consumer health (GCR 2015 Matter of the Year, 2015 FT Innovative Lawyers’ Award)*
• Seagate Technology on obtaining unconditional EU Phase 2 clearance for its US$1.4 billion acquisition of Samsung’s global hard disk drive business during parallel market consolidation (GCR 2012 Matter of the Year)*
• VTech on obtaining unconditional UK Phase 2 clearance for its acquisition of Leapfrog*
• Celesio on obtaining UK Phase 2 clearance with moderate conditions for its acquisition of Sainsbury’s national UK pharmacy business*
• Sainsbury’s on its proposed £7.3 billion merger with Walmart’s UK grocery business, Asda*
• GTCR in connection with its acquisition of PRNewswire, the UK’s first “fast-track Phase 1 remedies” case*
• Amec Foster Wheeler on obtaining UK Phase 1 remedies clearance for its takeover by John Wood, the first “twin track” CMA case involving parallel merits and remedies negotiations, respectively*
• Siemens on obtaining unconditional EU clearance for its acquisition of Gamesa in the wind turbine sector*
• Novartis on obtaining conditional EU Phase 1 clearance for its US$40 billion acquisition of Alcon*
• DS Smith on obtaining conditional EU Phase 1 clearance for its €1.6 billion acquisition of SCA*

Investigations & Litigation

• JD Sports Fashion, as successful leniency applicant, on two separate CMA cartel investigations in connection with replica football kit of Glasgow Rangers and Leicester City football clubs, respectively*
• The Royal Bank of Scotland/NatWest on the CMA’s retail and small- and medium-enterprise (SME) banking market study and market investigation*
• AXA PPP on the CMA’s private healthcare market investigation, judicial review proceedings, and remittal to the CMA*
• Sainsbury’s on the first successful interim challenge to the CMA’s procedure in Sainsbury’s/Asda*
• JD Sports Fashion on its successful litigation against the CMA’s decision to unwind the completed acquisition of Footasylum (remittal on irrationality grounds) and the CMA’s decision to impose a penalty for failure to comply with an initial enforcement order (decision withdrawn)*
• Eventim on securing the first judicial review remittal of a Phase 2 merger inquiry under the modern UK regime*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham