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Robert Hutton

Associate

Robert Hutton advises UK and international private equity sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices on private equity investments, M&A transactions, corporate restructurings, and general commercial matters. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Robert previously worked in the London office of another leading international law firm.

Selected Representations

  • Digital Colony Partners in a number of matters, including:
    • its investment in iWireless;
    • its investment in OpenCell; and
    • its investment in Stratto.
  • Greater Sum Ventures in a number of matters, including:
    • its investment in SuperControl;
    • its investment in GiveSmart; and
    • its investment in GroupCall.
  • Christian Louboutin on its fragrance joint venture with Puig
  • General Motor’s on its 35% investment in wejo, comprising both cash and a long-term data sharing agreement, which valued the company at $275 million
  • Heritage Capital on its acquisition of a controlling interest in luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent, Group of Companies S.A., and a strategic partnership with Geoffrey J.W. Kent, its founder, chairman, and CEO
  • Yandex, one of Europe's largest internet companies and the leading search provider in Russia, in its $3.75 billion transaction with Uber to combine their ridesharing businesses in Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, and Georgia
  • Yandex in its $1 billion joint venture with Sberbank in relation to Yandex.Market, Russia’s leading online e-commerce comparison marketplace
  • Silversea Cruises in connection with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd’s $1 billion plus investment in the luxury cruise line sector
  • Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets on its purchase and co-investment in real estate assets in the Slovak Republic and Czech Republic from HB Reavis
  • Endless LLP, on its disposal of Brabant Alucast Czech, Site Strakonice SRO as part of its ongoing disposal of assets from the Brabant Alucast group
  • The management team of Bookatable on their partial sale of equity and reinvestment in Bookatable in connection with the sale of the business to Michelin restaurants
  • Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe on the sale of GlobalCollect, the leading full service online payment service provider, to Ingenico S.A for €820,000,000
  • Mid Europa Partners, on its acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in Walmark, a.s. one of the largest suppliers of dietary supplements in the CEE region
  • Novator Partners on its co-investment in the Aasa Group, an online consumer lending business operating in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Sweden
  • Kaupthing bank on its restructuring of, and reinvestment in, high street retailers Coast, Karen Millen, and Oasis & Warehouse

Education

  • Strathclyde University, Scotland, 2009, Dip LP
  • University of Glasgow, Scotland, 2008, LLB, Law, Hons

Admissions

  • England & Wales, Registered Foreign Lawyer
  • Scotland

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