Richard Hilton

Partner
Joined firm 2012. Partner since 2022.

Richard is a partner in our Corporate and M&A group, advising a broad range of clients on international transactions and advisory matters. He has particular expertise in mergers, acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures.

Richard is also a member of our Sustainability practice and regularly advises clients on environmental and climate-related regulation.

Highlights include advising:

Public M&A

  • Authentic Brands Group on its acquisition of Ted Baker
  • ContourGlobal on its acquisition by KKR
  • Fortress Investment Group on its offer for Morrisons
  • GW Pharma on its acquisition by Jazz Pharmaceuticals
  • Japan Industrial Partners on its offer for Toshiba
  • Shell on its acquisition of BG Group
  • Sophos on its acquisition by Thoma Bravo
  • Takeaway.com on its acquisition of Just Eat

Private M&A

  • Abrdn on the sale of its insurance business to Phoenix
  • Arrow Global on the sale of two loan servicing platforms to Intrum
  • BHP on the sale of a minority stake in Cerrejón, a coal mining operation in Colombia, to Glencore
  • Booking Holdings on the acquisition of Etraveli Group from CVC Capital Partners
  • ContourGlobal on the sale of nine hydro-electric power plants in Brazil to Pátria Investments
  • Davidson Kempner on the acquisition of Jojo Maman Bébé from multiple sellers, in partnership with Next
  • GSK on its three-part transaction with Novartis, which involved the acquisition of Novartis’ vaccines business, the sale of GSK’s oncology business, and the creation of a consumer healthcare joint venture
  • Vodafone on the proposed merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK, and the sale of Vodafone Hungary to 4iG and Corvinus

Other

  • Aviva on the impact of Covid-19 on its general insurance business
  • Shell on the simplification of its corporate structure
  • Standard Chartered on the launch of its cryptocurrency trading venture in partnership with BC Group
  • Vodafone on its network-sharing joint venture with Virgin Media O2
  • Various corporates on equity and debt capital raises, including AscentialCountrywide and Drax
  • Various corporates on environmental and climate-related matters
  • Various insurers on reorganisations and transfers of business in preparation for Brexit