Romain Perrois

Romain’s experience includes advising:

Merger Control

• Orange in the creation of a 50/50 joint venture with MásMóvil
• SLB in obtaining global merger control clearances for its acquisition of ChampionX Corporation
• Agility Public Warehousing Co. on merger control and FDI aspects in relation to its £571 million acquisition of John Menzies
• The Carlyle Group in obtaining global antitrust clearance for its acquisition of Theramex, one of the largest specialty pharma platforms dedicated to women and their health, from CVC
• Ecolab Inc. in its reverse Morris trust transaction involving its ChampionX business and Apergy Corporation, which valued ChampionX at US$4.4 billion*
• EDF on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Framatome, the nuclear reactor business of Areva*
• Red Hat, Inc. in its acquisition by IBM in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$34 billion*
• Viagogo in its US$4.05 billion acquisition of StubHub from eBay*
• DuPont in its US$45.4 billion merger of its Nutrition & Biosciences business with International Flavors and Fragrances Inc* 
• Essilor in its €46 billion combination with Luxottica*
• Konecranes, a Finnish engineering firm, in its €4.5 billion merger with Cargotec, a Finnish cargo handling machinery maker*
• Gilead Sciences, Inc. in its US$5.1 billion transaction with Galapagos NV — named M&A Deal of the Year at the IFLR1000 Europe 2020 Awards*
• WeWork Companies LLC in its US$4.4 billion investment from SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund* 

Antitrust Investigations and Litigation

• Kuoni and Thomas Cook in relation to the EU Commission’s investigation of geo-blocking clauses*
• A major sports league in ongoing abuse of dominance proceedings*
• A multinational conglomerate leader in the healthcare industry in ongoing abuse of dominance proceedings*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham