Alexander Crosthwaite
Partner
Paris
alexander.crosthwaite@lw.com
+33.1.40.62.20.79
PRACTICES
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Public Company Representation
INDUSTRIES
EDUCATION
- Master in Management, HEC Paris, 2005
- Postgraduate Degree Business and Tax Law, University of Paris I, 2005
- Graduate Degree Private Law, University of Paris XI, 2004
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- English
PROFILE
Alexander Crosthwaite is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. He focuses on complex mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, public company representation, as well as securities laws.
Accolades
- Recognized as a Notable Practitioner. IFLR 1000 France 2020
- Financial Services Lawyer of the Year. The Deal 2018
EXPERIENCE
Alexander's experience includes representing:
- Bridgepoint on its proposed public tender offer for Esker
- Webhelp in its US$4.8 billion combination with Concentrix Corporation
- Imerys, the world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, on its exclusive negotiations to sell its High Temperature Solutions business (HTS) to Platinum Equity
- Astorg in the signing of a binding agreement with Alpha Private Equity whereby Astorg will acquire IPCOM, a pan-European leading B2B specialty distributor of technical and building insulation products
- TA Associates in the partial sale of Odealim, a leading French insurance brokerage firm for real estate professionals
- Tradesy, a pioneer in the US second-hand fashion industry, in its acquisition by Vestiaire Collective
- Astorg in the acquisition of IQ-EQ by a Continuation Fund
- Astorg and Goldman Sachs in the sale of HRA Pharma, a rapidly expanding, innovation-driven consumer healthcare company, to Perrigo
- Webhelp in its acquisition of OneLink, an innovator in digitally-enabled CX, BPO, and technology services
- Astorg in its acquisition of Solina, the leading European manufacturer of ingredient and seasoning blends for the food industry from Ardian
- Elsan Group, a portfolio company of KKR, in its acquisition of Groupe C2S, a France-based company operating private clinics
- KKR in its acquisition of a controlling interest in French hospital operator Elsan alongside CVC, Téthys, Ardian, and other French institutional investors
- Impala in the takeover of the cosmetics group Alès Groupe in bankruptcy proceedings
- Calliditas in its acquisition of controlling Interest in Genkyotex, a leader in NOX inhibition therapies, followed by a public tender offer
- ATEC in its public tender offer for EOS imaging, a leader in outcome-improving orthopedic medical imaging and software solutions
- TechnipFMC in its planned spin-off transaction to separate into two industry-leading, independent, publicly traded companies
- KKR and the founders of Webhelp, one of the world’s leading providers of customer experience and business process outsourcing (BPO) on the €2.4 billion sale of the company to GBL
- BofA Merrill Lynch in connection with the setting up of its Paris-based EU broker dealer in the context of Brexit
- Astorg in its acquisition of Nemera, the world leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of drug delivery devices for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and generics industries
- 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
- Worldline in its acquisition of SIX Payment Services from SIX in exchange for listed stock
- Astorg Partners in its acquisition, with Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, of HRA Pharma
- KKR in its acquisition of Webhelp, a technical consultancy, customer experience, and business process outsourcing