Shoubber, Faris

Faris Shoubber

Associate

faris.shoubber@lw.com
    Shoubber, Faris

    Faris Shoubber

    Associate

    faris.shoubber@lw.com

    Profile

    Faris Shoubber is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department.

    Faris advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and general corporate matters.

    Faris trained in the firm’s London office, gaining experience in corporate, restructuring, and leveraged finance transactions.

    Faris has spent time on secondment at private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners.

    Experience

    Faris' experience includes advising:

    • Varkey Group on the investment in GEMS Education by a consortium led by Brookfield Asset Management 
    • Platinum Equity and its portfolio company Awaze on the disposal of Landal Greenparks, a provider of European holiday parks, to Roompot
    • Nordic Capital on its £2.25 billion sale of The Binding Site, a manufacturer of immunodiagnostic kits and reagents, to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
    • Platinum Equity on its acquisition of Leaders Romans Group, a UK-based property services group
    • Astorg Partners on the acquisition of Opus 2, a legal technology provider
    • One Rock Capital Partners and its portfolio company GPD Companies, Inc. on the acquisition of Distrupol, a leading European distributor of thermoplastic polymers and elastomers
    • Waterfall Asset Management on its successful £639 million takeover offer for the investment trust Alternative Credit Investments plc (formerly Pollen Street Secured Lending plc)
    • The committee of bank lenders in relation to the debt restructuring of Travelex, a foreign exchange and payment systems business
    • Leonard Green & Partners and its portfolio company CPA Global, a leader in intellectual property software and tech-enabled services, on its US$6.8 billion combination with Clarivate Plc, a leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation
    • BC Partners on its sale of Antelliq Corporation, a France-based developer of digital animal identification, traceability, and monitoring solutions, to Merck
    • Young's Seafood group on its sale to Karro Food Group, owned by CapVest Partners‎

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • LPC, BPP Law School, 2017
    • LLB, University of Bristol, 2015

    Practices