Isla Smith is a senior associate in the London Mergers & Acquisitions practice.  

She 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.

• 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 Mondelēz 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.
• General Electric on the combination of its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes.
• Unibail-Rodamco on its proposed $25 billion acquisition of Westfield Corporation.
• General Electric on the sale of its commercial lending and leasing business to a consortium backed by AION Capital Partners.
• Liberty Global plc on its $8.2 billion acquisition of Cable & Wireless Communications plc.
• Anglo American plc on the sale of its Anglo American Norte copper business in Chile to an investor consortium led by Audley Capital.
• Canada Square Operations Limited on its sale of a portfolio of UK first charge residential mortgages to Metro Bank plc.
• Liberty Global on the creation of a tracking stock under English Law for its operation in Latin America and the Caribbean (the Liberty Latin America and Caribbean Group, or "LiLAC Group").