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Isla Smith

Biography

Isla advises on a wide range of cross-border public and private M&A transactions covering different industry sectors, including public and private mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, as well as general corporate governance advice.

Practice areas

  • Global employment and compensation
  • M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
  • Corporate and M&A

Selected experience

  • Sasol on its divestment of its shareholding in Central Termica De Ressano Garcia and other shareholder claims for approximately USD 145 million.
  • Chipita S.A. on the sale of its business to Mondel?z International, Inc. for approximately $2 billion.
  • Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited on the sale of RiverStone to CVC.
  • Tetra Laval group on its acquisition of Avon Rubber p.l.c.'s milkrite | InterPuls business for approximately £180 million.
  • DBAY Advisors Limited on the acquisition of a 51% stake in the trading entities of Eddie Stobart Logistics plc and the associated recapitalisation of the business.
  • Intercontinental Exchange on its partnership with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and nine of the world's largest energy traders to establish ICE Futures Abu Dhabi, a new Murban oil exchange.
  • Thomas Cook (India) Limited on the acquisition of certain intellectual property assets.
  • MS Pharma Ventures Holding on its acquisition of Genepharm SA.
  • Discovery, Inc. on its agreement with BBC Studios to separate their 50/50 UKTV joint venture following which the parties hold UKTV's former lifestyle and entertainment businesses respectively.
  • The Supreme Petroleum Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company on the granting of interests in the new round of offshore oil concessions.

Education

  • Kaplan Law School Legal Practice Course (Distinction)
  • University of Oxford St Catherines College B.A. in Jurisprudence

Admissions

  • England and Wales