Edward Barnett

Ed’s experience includes advising:

• Anglo American on the:
  • Sale of its Australian steelmaking coal business to Peabody Energy Corporation for US$3.775 billion
  • Sale of its 33.3% minority interest in Jellinbah Group Pty Ltd to Zashvin Pty Limited for A$1.6 billion
• MSD UK Holdings Limited, lender to West Bromwich Albion Group Limited, in connection with the indirect sale of 87.8% of West Bromwich Albion Football Club to Bilkul Football WBA, LLC
• Manchester United plc on its agreement with Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the Chairman of INEOS, under which he will acquire up to a 25% shareholding in the company
• Farfetch on various transactions, including on:
  • Its sale to Greenoaks and Coupang via a UK pre-pack administration process, as well as the negotiation of a committed first lien delayed draw term loan facility of up to US$500 million
  • The proposed acquisition of 47.5% of YOOX Net-a-Porter from Richemont 
  • Its global strategic partnership and joint venture with Alibaba Group and Richemont
  • Its acquisition of certain operating assets of Style.com
• Block M shareholders on bp’s agreement to acquire the 50.03% interest it does not already own in Lightsource bp, one of the world’s leading developers and operator of utility-scale solar and battery storage assets
• TechnipFMC plc on various transactions, including on:
  • Its entry into an agreement to sell its Measurement Solutions business to One Equity Partners
  • The spin-off of its onshore/offshore business to create Technip Energies, listed on Euronext Paris
  • Its tax-free spin-off into two publicly traded companies
• Dynasty Equity, a global sports investment firm, on its strategic minority investment in Liverpool F.C.
• One of the lead financial advisors to UBS on its proposed takeover of Credit Suisse
• Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital consortium on its £4.25 billion acquisition of Chelsea Football Club
• Whirlpool Corporation on its strategic joint venture with Arçelik A.Ş (Arcelik), as part of its portfolio transformation (M&A Deal of the Year at the IFLR Europe Awards 2025)
• AllianceBernstein on its joint venture with Societe Generale 
• 888 Holdings plc on various transactions, including on: 
  • Its US partnership with Sports Illustrated
  • Its £2.2 billion acquisition of William Hill international
• Silver Lake on various transactions, including on:
  • Its investment in Australian A-League
  • Its acquisition of stakes in City Football Group, parent company of, among others, Manchester City Football Club
• TotalEnergies on various transactions, including on:
  • Its agreement with Adani Enterprises Limited to acquire a 25% interest in Adani New Industries Limited 
  • Its agreement to acquire a 20% minority interest in Adani Green Energy Limited
  • The sale of TEPKRI Sarsang to ShaMaran Petroleum
  • The sale by TOTAL Deutschland of a stake in Großtanklager-Ölhafen Rostock to EUROPORTS 
• Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. on various transactions, including on:
  • Its US$1.2 billion acquisition of OpenBet
  • The acquisition of Madrid Open tennis tournament and the Acciona Open de España golf tournament
• NVIDIA on its proposed US$40 billion acquisition of ARM from SoftBank
• NRG Energy on its US$3.625 billion acquisition of Direct Energy, from Centrica plc
• Venator Materials plc, on various matters, including on:
  • The sale of its iron oxide business to Cathay Industries 
  • Its acquisition of European TiO2 paper laminates business from Tronox
• Meta Platforms, Inc. on various transactions, including on:
  • Its acquisition of Unit 2 Games 
  • The acquisition by Oculus VR 
  • Its acquisition of Papers with Code
• GlaxoSmithKline plc on various transactions, including on:
  • The financing for Sitryx Therapeutics Limited 
  • The sale of the North American rights for Keri® to Crown Laboratories
  • The sale of its Prevacid®24HR business to Perrigo Company
  • The sale of OTC brand portfolio including Baldriparan, Formigran, Spalt, and Kamol, to PharmaSGP
  • The sale of OTC brands including Breathe Right® Nasal Strips to Foundation Consumer Healthcare
• London Stock Exchange group plc on its US$1.1 billion sale of BETA+ to Clearlake Capital Group and Motive Partners
• Swingers (indoor golf experience) on its financing round led by Cain international and Knighthead Capital Management
• Threads, on its divestment of a majority stake to Chalhoub
• Delivery Associates on its sale to Trill Impact
• Easybrain, on its acquisition by Embracer Group
• Celsius Network on an investment led by WestCap and CDPQ
• Ascential plc on various transactions, including on: 
  • Its acquisition of Shenzhen 4KMiles Technologies 
  • Its acquisition of Sellics
• Authentic Brands Group on its US$2.5 billion acquisition of Reebok
• Stormlight Holdings in a significant investment into Swansea City Football Club
• BDT Capital on its acquisition of Fox International
• SENT Entertainment Ltd on its acquisition of Como 1907, an Italy-based football club
• Cain International on its equity investment in the Beverly Hills Hilton and the Waldorf-Astoria Beverly Hills
• Israel Chemicals Limited on its US$1 billion sale of its fire safety and oil additives business units to SK Capital Partners
• KSL Capital on the acquisition by Apple Leisure Group
• The sellers on the disposal of Method and Ecover to SC Johnson
• Emperador on its acquisition of The Dalmore, Jura, and Whyte & Mackay whisky brands from Diageo*
• Big Bus Tours shareholders on the sale to Exponent*
• Coca-Cola Iberian Partners on its three-way merger with Coca-Cola Enterprises and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke*
• Kop Football Limited on the acquisition of Liverpool Football Club plc* 
• Manchester United Football Club on corporate finance matters and significant commercial matters*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham