Stuart William McRobbie

Stuart’s experience includes advising:

M&A

• TotalEnergies on:
  • The merger of its UK upstream oil & gas business with NEO NEXT (an existing JV between Repsol and HiTec Vision), in exchange for a 47.5% interest in NEO NEXT
  • Its EUR 2.2 billion joint venture with Masdar, pursuant to which TotalEnergies and Masdar will combine their respective onshore renewables businesses in Asia
  • Its ongoing investment in Adani Green Energy, a listed India-based provider of renewable energy
• Novavax Inc., a global biotechnology company developing vaccines to address serious infectious diseases, on the sale of its manufacturing campus located in Bohumil, Jevany, Czech Republic, to Novo Nordisk, a leading global healthcare company
• Lithia Motors, Inc. on its Class 1 acquisition of Pendragon plc’s motor business (in competition with two takeover offers) and strategic partnership with Pendragon plc
• Whirlpool Corporation on:
  • Its strategic joint venture with Arçelik A.Ş (Arcelik), as part of its portfolio transformation (M&A Deal of the Year at the IFLR Europe Awards 2025)
  • The sale of certain of its interests in Whirlpool of India Ltd, including its long-term brand and licensing arrangements with Whirlpool of India
  • The carve-out sale of its MENA business to Arcelik
• Shift 4 on its acquisition of Global Blue
• Agility, a supply chain services, infrastructure, and innovation company, on its acquisition of John Menzies plc
• A Fortune 500 company on the acquisition of the entire business and assets of a UK-headquartered company
• A US-based tech company on the acquisition of the entire business and assets of a UK-headquartered company
• UK PLCs/bidders on various unsolicited and recommended takeover offers
• A NASDAQ-listed corporation on two separate multi-billion dollar carve-outs*
• One of the UK’s largest pension funds on the acquisition of various wind farms and its investments into other forms of renewable energy*
• A multinational energy company on its acquisition of a 50% stake in a mid-development 1GW wind farm (and related joint venture arrangements)*
• A luxury goods conglomerate on its acquisition of an online premium beauty retailer*
• A NASDAQ-listed SPAC on its business combination with an international healthcare provider*
• Various oil and gas service company acquisitions and disposals in Aberdeen, including management buy-outs*

Private Equity / Venture Capital

• Energy Capital Partners on its recommended cash offer for Biffa plc
• Equistone Partners and Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity), on the sale of Acuity, a leading provider of high-value research, analytics, and business intelligence to the financial services sector, to funds advised by Permira
• Astorg on acquiring OPEN Health and bolt-on acquisitions by OPEN Health
• Silver Lake on:
  • Its investment in New Zealand Rugby
  • Its investment in Klarna
• Various large-cap and mid-cap firms on auction bids
• Various firms on the management of their management incentive plans
• Secondary transactions and follow-on funding rounds

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham