Emily Cridland is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the firm’s Corporate Department.

She trained in Latham's London and Singapore offices and spent time as an associate working in-house on secondment to Markit Group Limited (now part of S&P). Her practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital, reorganisations, and general corporate matters for clients across a variety of industries.

In addition to her legal practice, Emily has previously held the role of Vice Chair on the firm's Recruiting Committee and has also served on the Associates Committee.

Emily’s representative transactions include advising:

  • Ericsson on its joint venture with some of the world’s largest telecom operators — including América Móvil, AT&T, Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Reliance Jio, Singtel, Telefonica, Telstra, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Vodafone — to combine and sell network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) on a global scale to spur innovation in digital services
  • atai Life Sciences on its investment into Beckley Psytech Limited, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing novel psychedelic therapies
  • System1, Inc. on the sale of Total Security Limited, a cybersecurity company, to a group led by Just Develop It Limited
  • Ericsson / Cradlepoint on its acquisition of cloud-based security specialist Ericom
  • IHS Markit on its joint venture with PIMCO, Man Property Holdings, State Street, and Microsoft to set up a new technology-led company, HUB, to build a cloud-based operating platform aimed at transforming asset managers’ operations technology
  • Novo Holdings A/S on its acquisition of BBI Group, a leading supplier of products and services to the global diagnostics and life sciences industries
  • Nordic Capital on its acquisition of ADVANZ PHARMA, a London-based pharmaceutical company
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals on its sale of Vernalis (R&D) Limited, a UK-based fragment and structure-based drug discovery research company, to HitGen
  • Eleusis Holdings on its acquisition of Kalypso Treatment Centers, a leading provider of ketamine infusion therapies in the United States
  • Nestlé Health Science on its acquisition of Vital Proteins
  • Atnahs Pharma on its acquisition of assets related to five hypertension medicine brands from AstraZeneca
  • Thomas Cook Group in connection with its strategic review, re-financing and the proposed sale of its airline and ultimately its attempted recapitalization
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment and its subsidiary, Columbia Pictures Corporation, on the acquisition of Silvergate Media, a developer of children’s brands for broadcasters, streaming platforms, and retail partners (including the Octonauts, Peter Rabbit, and Hilda animated series)
  • GlaxoSmithKline on its:
    • Divestment of its Prevacid®24HR business to Perrigo Company
    • Divestment of assets relating to the Bialcol and Cibalgina brands in Italy to Vemedia
    • Divestment of certain North American consumer health assets to Crown Laboratories
    • Divestment of five over-the-counter dermatology brands and one pediatric cough remedy brand to the STADA Group
  • Peloton Advantage, a portfolio company of Amulet Capital Partners, on the acquisition of Open Health Communications, a UK-based provider of healthcare communications and market access services
  • Netflix on the acquisition of Millarworld, the comic book company founded by Mark Millar, creator of a number of iconic characters and stories, including Kick-Ass, Kingsman, and Old Man Logan, the first ever acquisition by Netflix
  • ACCO Brands Corporation in connection with its €296.9 million acquisition of Esselte Group, a leading European office products company, from private equity firm J.W. Childs
  • Astorg Partners on its acquisition of Audiotonix, a global producer of audio mixing consoles

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Nottingham Law School, 2010
  • Bachelor of Law (Hons), University of Sussex, 2008