Emil George

Associate

London
emil.george@lw.com
+44.20.7710.1095

PRACTICES

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Public Company Representation

INDUSTRIES

  • Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure
  • Retail & Consumer Products
  • Technology

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

EDUCATION

  • LLM in Commercial Legal Practice & LPC, BPP Law School, 2018
  • Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, 2017
  • BA in History, University of Birmingham, 2016

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

  • English

PROFILE

Emil George is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department.

Emil has a broad corporate practice covering a range of matters including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, reorganizations, and general corporate advice.

Prior to joining Latham, Emil worked in the London and Dubai offices of a Magic Circle firm and also spent time on secondment to Marks and Spencer Group.

EXPERIENCE

Emil's experience includes advising:

  • Savvy Games Group on its US$4.9 billion acquisition of Scopely, Inc.
  • Savvy Games Group on its acquisition of 8.8% of Embracer Group for US$1 billion
  • Lowell Group on the acquisition of Hoist Finance UK 
  • Sumo Group on its £919 million recommended cash acquisition by Tencent Holdings*
  • Samsung Life Insurance on the acquisition of a minority interest in, and its US$1 billion seed capital commitment to, Savills Investment Management*
  • SGS on the €550 million acquisition of Synlab Analytics & Services*
  • Electrocomponents on its placing and retail offer to raise gross proceeds of approximately £180 million*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham