Christian Roberts

Mr. Roberts’ experience includes advising:

• AllianceBernstein (NYSE: AB), a leading global investment management and research firm, on the formation of its joint venture to create a leading global cash equities and research business with Société Générale (EURONEXT: SCGLY) 
• The Public Investment Fund (PIF), one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world, in connection with its proposed strategic investment in the £653 million capital raise by way of firm placing and rights issue by Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc (AML: LSE)
• Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE: FOUR), a leading global payments company on the US$575m merger of Shift4 payments, LLC with Credorax Inc. d/b/a Finaro, an Israeli-based global online merchant acquiring bank and payment service provider
• Brookfield Asset Management on the acquisition of Spanish natural slate producer Cupa from The Carlyle Group, one of the largest global producers and distributors of natural slate and stone products
• 21st Century Fox Inc. in its US$30 billion bid for Sky plc*
• HP Inc. on its £380 million acquisition of Apogee Corporation Limited, one of Europe’s largest providers of printers, outsourcing, and document processing*
• The Mayo Clinic on a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), the operator of the largest healthcare network in the UAE, in connection with the development of the US$1 billion Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City project and establishment of the 4th Mayo Clinic campus and first Mayo Clinic campus outside of the United States*
• Sensyne Health, a digital healthcare company that develops regulated medical products and services using artificial intelligence, on its £225 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market*
• 3i Infrastructure Plc on the sale of its £387 million controlling stake in Wireless Infrastructure Group to Brookfield Infrastructure*
• New Mountain Capital on its 20% secondary share sale of the US$5.5 billion global platform provider Blue Yonder to Panasonic Corporation*
• News UK (part of News Corporation UK) in connection with its digital advertising joint venture platform (the ‘Ozone Project’) alongside the Telegraph Group, Guardian Media Group, and Reach plc*
• Trussle Lab Limited, a UK-based online mortgage broker, in its £13.6 million Series B fundraising round led by Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments and Propel Venture Partners (recognized by The Lawyer as the leading Growth Capital Fintech deal in 2018)*
• AEA Investors LP on its acquisition of a majority stake in Process Sensing Technologies Ltd, a leading provider of precision measurement and monitoring instruments*
• A joint-owned portfolio company of HG Capital and Vista Equity Partners on the acquisition of Software (Europe) Limited, a cloud-based provider of HR and finance-management software*
• IHS in its joint venture with MTN to acquire 9,000 mobile phone towers and IHS’ associated US$2.6 billion fundraising, one of the largest global independent providers of shared telecommunications infrastructure*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham