Alexander Crosthwaite is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department.
He specializes in complex mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions as well as securities law.
Mr. Crosthwaite's experience includes representing:
- Astorg in the context of its acquisition of Nemera, the world leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of drug delivery devices for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and generics industries
- Worldline in its acquisition of SIX Payment Services from SIX in exchange for listed stock
- Astorg Partners and SGG in the leveraged acquisitions of Equitis, CIM, First Names, Lawson Conner, and Augentius
- CDPQ in its joint acquisition with Suez Environment of GE Water
- Tikehau in its leveraged acquisition, with Raise and IDI, of Meriguet
- Astorg Partners in its acquisition, with Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, of HRA Pharma
- KKR in its acquisition of Webhelp
- Imerys in its acquisition of Kerneos (from Astorg) and a Greek mining group S&B Minerals (from Rhône Capital)
- Siemens mobility business in its merger with Alstom
- FMC Technologies in its merger of equals with Technip
- The Ares Life Sciences fund in its acquisition of Stallergenes, and subsequent cross-border merger with Greer Laboratories*
- SCOR in its acquisition of a controlling stake in MRM*
- Kering in the sale of Conforama to Steinhoff*
- IAC / InterActive Corp on the merger of its European dating business with Meetic followed by two tender offers and the take-private of Meetic SA
- Quiksilver in connection of the acquisition and the sale of Rossignol*
- The Renault-Nissan Alliance in its acquisition of AvtoVAZ-Lada*
- Cap Gemini in its acquisition of CPM Braxis*
- Warnaco on the disposal of Lejaby, its French lingerie business*
- Arcelor in its defense against Mittal Steel’s hostile takeover bid
- Eiffage in its defense against Sacyr's hostile takeover bid
- Chiquita Brands in the formation of a joint venture with Danone*
- Philip Morris International in the formation of a joint-venture with TKP*
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham