Macintosh, Josephine

Josephine Macintosh

Associate

josephine.macintosh@lw.com
    Macintosh, Josephine

    Josephine Macintosh

    Associate

    josephine.macintosh@lw.com

    Profile

    Josephine Macintosh is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice.

    Josephine advises on a wide range of international competition and regulatory matters, including:

    • Merger control (including Phase I and Phase II merger control investigations before the Competition and Markets Authority and the European Commission, as well as multi-jurisdictional merger control matters)
    • Competition law advice and compliance (for example, in relation to Article 101/Chapter I and Article 102/Chapter II matters, as well as competition law compliance and training programs for clients)
    • State aid
    • Foreign investment control

    Josephine’s practice spans multiple sectors and industries, including technology, life sciences and pharmaceuticals, fashion, consumer goods, and telecoms.

    Josephine advises on pro bono matters with a particular focus human rights. She has previously advised RightsDD, a tech platform for human rights compliance and acted for charity Lotus Flower and Yazidi survivors in seeking reparations, including submissions to the International Criminal Court.*

    Josephine serves on the Future Leaders Council of the World Wide Web Foundation and on the board of a human rights campaigning organization.

    *Matter handled prior to joining Latham

    Experience

    Josephine’s experience includes advising: 

    • Farfetch in the expansion of its luxury new retail partnership, alongside Alabbar, with an agreement for Farfetch to acquire a 47.5% stake in YOOX Net-a-Porter (YNAP) and for Richemont and YNAP to each adopt Farfetch Platform Solutions
    • GCP Applied Technologies in obtaining global antitrust and FDI clearances for its US$2.3 billion acquisition by Saint-Gobain
    • The Carlyle Group on obtaining global antitrust clearance for its acquisition of Theramex, one of the largest specialty pharma platforms dedicated to women and their health, from CV
    • NVIDIA Corporation on its planned US$40 billion acquisition of Arm Limited
    • Virgin Media on its 50:50 joint venture in the UK with O2*
    • A private equity company on the acquisition of a fashion retailer*
    • A chemicals company on its planned acquisition by another chemicals business*
    • A technology company on its acquisition of various printing businesses*
    • A security company in the context of a European Commission investigation*
    • A bank in the context of a European Commission investigation*
    • An insurance company in the context of a CMA investigation*
    • Anschutz Entertainment Group in the establishment of a global venue management joint venture with Onex Corporation*

    *Matter handled prior to joining Latham

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • LPC/LL.M, The University of Law, 2016
    • Graduate Diploma in Law, The University of Law, 2015
    • BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Durham, 2013
    • International Baccalaureate, The International School of Lausanne, 2009

    Languages Spoken

    • English
    • French

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

    Badges and Logos_Law360_Fintech Group of the Year_2024
    February 20, 2025 Recognition

    Fintech Group of the Year: Latham

    Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.

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