Robert Hutton

Robert has more than 15 years’ experience counseling clients in a variety of sectors, with a particular focus in the infrastructure, technology, and luxury travel sectors.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Robert worked in the London private equity team of another leading international law firm.

Infrastructure

• TAWAL, an affiliate of Saudi Telecom Company, on its approximately €1.22 billion ($1.32 billion) acquisition of United Group’s telecommunications towers business in Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovenia
• TASC Towers in connection with an emerging markets telecom infrastructure investment
• Digital Bridge in a number of matters, including
  • its investment in iWireless
  • its investment in Spyder
  • its investment in OpenCell
  • its investment in Stratto
• Digital Infrastructure Accelerator in a number of infrastructure investments in emerging markets
• Macquarie Capital in an emerging markets infrastructure investment
• Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets in its purchase and co-investment in real estate assets in the Slovak Republic and Czech Republic from HB Reavis
• An international infrastructure group on its sale of a UK airport
• Endless LLP in its disposal of an aluminium foundry in the Czech Republic as part of its ongoing disposal of assets from the Brabant Alucast group

Technology

• Greater Sum Ventures and its portfolio entities in a number of matters, including
  • its investment in Itris
  • its investment in LogicMelon
  • its investment in ParentApps
  • its investment in TrackerRMS
  • its co-investment, along with Frontier Growth Partners, in Vetstoria
  • its investment in SuperControl
  • its investment in GiveSmart
  • its investment in GroupCall
• PSG Equity and its portfolio entities in a number of pan-European investments
• Brink’s Company in the acquisition of a minority interest in Korala Associates Limited (UK), a global provider of software solutions for ATMs and point of sale devices
• One of Europe's largest internet companies and leading search providers in its $3.75 billion transaction with Uber to combine ridesharing businesses in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
• MML Capital Partners in its minority investment in data and artificial intelligence (AI) solution provider Altius
• DMS Governance in its sale of a controlling interest to MML Capital Partners
• Novator Partners in its co-investment in Aasa Group, an online consumer lending business operating in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Sweden
• General Motors in its 35% investment in Wejo, comprising both cash and a long-term data sharing agreement, which valued the company at $275 million

Luxury Travel

• Heritage Capital in a number of matters, including
  • its sale of 66.6% of Silversea Cruises to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) for an amount in excess of $1 billion
  • its sale of the remaining 33.4% of Silversea Cruises to RCCL in exchange for shares in RCCL
  • 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
  • its acquisition of Cox & Kings, the world’s oldest travel business, as a portfolio entity of Abercrombie & Kent
  • various other non-public matters and portfolio matters
• A leading sovereign wealth fund in the potential acquisition of an ultra-luxury cruise line
• Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection in its proposed acquisition of Sea Cloud Cruises