Daniel Baker

Representative matters include advising:

• A sovereign wealth fund and a US tech company on compliance and regulatory issues in connection with the Foreign Subsidies Regulation
• Viasat on the global merger control aspects of its US$7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat
• AMD on the global merger control aspects of its US$35 billion acquisition of Xilinx
• The Carlyle Group on the global merger control aspects of its €2 billion acquisition of Flender GmbH from Siemens AG
• Leonard Green & Partners on the global merger control aspects of various private equity investments in the healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain sectors
• Apple in relation to the EC’s investigations into third-party complaints about Apple’s App Store practices, most notably with respect to music streaming
• Rexam on the global merger control aspects of its £4.3 billion public bid by US rival, Ball, bringing together the world’s two largest beverage can producers*
• Neptune Energy backed by funds advised by Carlyle, CVC, and other co-investors on its US$3.9 billion acquisition of Engie’s oil and gas exploration and production business, Engie E&P International*
• BASF on the global merger control aspects of its €7.6 billion acquisition of Bayer’s seed and crop protection businesses and related assets, which Bayer divested in connection with its acquisition of Monsanto*
• Mars on the EU merger control aspects of its acquisition of Swedish animal hospital and veterinary clinics operator, AniCura*
• A major US media corporation on the merger control and antitrust aspects of a potential joint venture establishing a subscription video on demand, direct-to-consumer, over-the-top video streaming service*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham