Slaughter and May advised Vodafone on the formation of VodafoneThree

Slaughter and May advised Vodafone Group Plc (Vodafone) on the completion of its joint venture with CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited (CKHGT) to form VodafoneThree, a combination of their UK telecommunication businesses.

VodafoneThree is owned 51% by Vodafone and 49% by CKHGT. VodafoneThree will invest £11 billion over the next 10 years, creating one of Europe’s most advanced 5G networks.

Slaughter and May previously advised on the framework agreements to form the joint venture, and the UK and EU competition law aspects and the UK national security aspects of the joint venture (which included an in-depth Phase 2 investigation that concluded with the Competition and Markets Authority clearing the transaction based on certain remedies offered by the parties).

Corporate
Richard Hilton Partner
James Edwards Associate
Charlotte Hair Associate
Shanuk Mediwaka Associate
James Shaw Associate
Inter-company and Services
Rob Sumroy Partner
Duncan Blaikie Partner
Richard McDonnell Senior Counsel
George Mole Associate
Matthew Harman Associate
Oliver Noble Associate
Anton Nilsson Associate
Issabella Cardu Associate
Ollie Cantrill Associate
Sam Edwards Associate
Tax
Mike Lane Partner
Amy Motherwell Associate
Financing
Ed Fife Partner
Tereza Casey Associate
Damon Scurria Associate
Deirdre Healy Associate
Pensions
Chris Sharpe Partner
Ed Hunnisett Senior Counsel
Employment and Incentives
Ian Brown Senior Counsel
Chloe Sanderson Associate
Adam Gilchrist Associate