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
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