• Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales

Advised:

• Michelin - on its US$545m acquisition of PT Multistrada Ara Sarana Tbk (a listed public company in Indonesia) pursuant to a private sale and purchase agreement and a subsequent mandatory tender offer resulting in Michelin acquiring 99.64 percent of the total issued share capital of PT Multistrada Ara Sarana Tbk.
• Michelin, owner and publisher of the Michelin Food Guide - on its acquisition of Robert Parker Wine Advocate, a global wine and food distributor that also grades wines and has a large database of wine and food.
• BP PLC - on its acquisition of the aviation fuel business of Statoil Fuel and Retail in Northern Europe.
• On LDC's cornerstone investment - in an IPO on the Malaysian Stock Exchange, Bursa Malaysia, of Leong Hup International (LHI) Berhad, one of the largest fully integrated producers of poultry, eggs and livestock feed in Southeast Asia.
• Louis Dreyfus Company - on its acquisition of a 30 percent interest in Allegro Aqua Pte Ltd and the concurrent sale of its interest in Allegro Aqua to Barramundi Asia Pte. Ltd.
• Jupiter Fund Management plc - in relation to the sale of its Private Client & Charities operations to Rathbone Investment Management Limited, a subsidiary of Rathbone Brothers Plc,
• HSBC Investment Bank Holdings plc as sponsor to Quintain Estates & Development PLC - on its new joint venture arrangements with Knight Dragon Limited and on the subsequent sale of its remaining 40 percent interest in Greenwich Peninsula.
• Desire Petroleum Plc - on its recommended merger with Falkland Oil & Gas Limited, creating a Falklands Islands-focused oil & gas company.
• Quintain Limited - in relation to the sale of its interest in iQ, a student accommodation portfolio.
• On the disposal of an African food business by way of an auction sale.