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Nick Cline

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Nick Cline is an M&A lawyer with more than 25 years of experience focusing on UK and international company board advisory work and cross-border M&A, investment, recapitalization and joint venture transactions. He is a former member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Nick has represented, among others, Vodafone, VEON, Virgin Media, Qatar Investment Authority, Taylor Wimpey, Thomas Cook Group, Aon, Warner Bros., Mattel, Yildirim Holdings, Emerson Electric, and Human Rights Watch.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
(Leading partners)Latham & Watkins fields a ‘very sharp and thoughtful’ team that is well-positioned to assist clients in all-manner of corporate transactions, particularly across the tech, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and leisure sectors. Praised for its ‘strength and depth at all levels‘, the group leverages its strong platform for international transactions and is increasingly active in regulated public company deals. Practice co-head Richard Butterwick has a proven track record of working on complex, cross-border M&A, with a specific focus on Takeover Code law. Fellow co-chair Huw Thomas is noted for his experience advising on UK and international private equity and M&A transactions, joint ventures, and restructurings. Edward Barnett is a key port of call for global companies seeking assistance in complex M&A transactions, while Nick Cline engages in UK and international cross-border M&A, particularly in the energy, media, tech, and financial services sectors. A litany of multinational companies, financial investors and financial institutions turn to vice chair Sam Newhouse, who specialises in big-ticket, cross-border transactions across the UK, US, Africa and India. Farah O’Brien is recommended for her work with later stage growth-investors, sponsors and their portfolio companies.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+ London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Industry focus > TMT
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Acquisition finance