Richard Porter

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Richard Porter is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice and Head of the Singapore Office.

He advises on a wide range of cross-border corporate transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity issues and restructurings. He is also a member of Shearman & Sterling's Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Healthcare, Retail & Consumer, Energy and Private Capital industry groups.

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Energy

InterContinental Energy on its US$115 million Series B capital raise with GIC and Hy24.
An Asian battery manufacturer on its joint venture with a sovereign wealth fund to invest in electric vehicle assets.
An Asian institution on its investment in a sustainable aviation fuels business.
General Electric on the US$3.25 billion sale of its Distributed Power business to Advent International and on various potential acquisitions in the oil and gas sector.
IFM Investors on its acquisition of a minority stake in VTTI B.V.
Hague & London Oil B.V. on its share for share exchange with Wessex Exploration PLC.

Private Capital

Mubadala on its US$1 billion strategic partnership with KKR in APAC.
A prominent Asian sovereign wealth fund on various co-investment transactions.
Investcorp on:
   •   its US$500 million fund with Fung Capital in China’s Greater Bay Area;
   •   its £100 million acquisition of a majority stake in Tyrrells; and
   •   its subsequent £300 million sale of Tyrrells to Amplify Snack Brands, Inc.
CVC Capital Partners on:
   •   its investment in Skroutz, Greece's leading e-commerce platform (Fund VII);
   •   its acquisition of Metropolitan Hospital Group (Fund VI); and
   •   its acquisition of e-Travel SA, through its portfolio company Etraveli AB (Fund VI).
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on its Series C investment in 10x Future Technologies.
SS&C Technologies on its acquisition of Capita's life insurance and pensions servicing business in Ireland.
Marlin Equity Partners on the acquisition of Wax Digital and its merger with Medius.
Vitruvian Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in JacTravel.
Intuit Inc. on its acquisition of Acrede Technology.
Symphony Technology Group on its purchase of the Bernard Hodes business in the UK.
Morgan Stanley Private Equity on the disposal of its majority stake in Zenith Vehicle Contracts Limited.
Electra Private Equity on its £150 million acquisition of a majority stake in Hotter Shoes.

TMT

Liberty Global plc on:
   •   the sale of its European assets to Vodafone for US$22.7 billion;
   •   its split-off of Liberty Latin America, with an enterprise value of approximately US$9.3 billion; and
   •   the takeover of Cable & Wireless Communications plc at an enterprise value of US$8.2 billion.
Fenway Sports Group (FSG) on the investment in FSG by RedBird Capital Partners, valuing FSG at US$7.35 billion, and New England Sports Ventures on its acquisition of Liverpool Football Club.
Discovery, Inc. on its agreement with BBC Studios to separate their UKTV joint venture.
Viacom on its US$345 million acquisition of Televisión Federal S.A. from Telefónica S.A and its £450 million acquisition of Channel 5 Broadcasting and ViacomCBS on its US$500 million sale of CNET Media Group to Red Ventures.
Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corp on its joint venture with Sky to set up and operate Sky News Arabia.
Aabar Investments on Aabar’s and Daimler’s acquisition of a stake in Brawn GP and on its acquisition of a stake in Virgin Galactic.

Consumer

Chipita S.A. on the sale of its business to Mondelēz International, Inc. for approximately US$2 billion.
Barry Callebaut AG on its US$950 million acquisition of the cocoa ingredients business of Petra Foods.
American Sugar Refining, Inc. on its investment in Belize Sugar Industries Limited.

Financial Services

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;
   •   its intra-group reorganization and €1.3 Billion IPO of Euronext; and
   •   various internal corporate matters.
ICE Benchmark Administration Limited on the acquisition of the ISDAFIX Benchmark from International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
ICE Clear Europe on the setting up of its credit default swap (CDS) clearing service, one of the first European CDS clearing houses.
An Asian blockchain infrastructure company on certain capital raise transactions.
Citi Holdings on the sale of various mortgage portfolios by Future Mortgages Limited and Canada Square Operations Limited and on the sale of Future Mortgages Limited.
Attica Bank S.A. on the sale of its non-performing loan portfolio to Aldridge EDC Specialty Finance.

Public M&A

Qatar Investment Authority on its £2.6 billion takeover of Songbird Estates plc and the follow-on £4.1 billion takeover of Canary Wharf Group plc.
AlbaCore Capital on its arrangements with TDR Capital for the £1.9 billion takeover of BCA Marketplace plc.
Fairfax on its £1.2 billion takeover of Brit plc.
Vector Capital on its takeover of Trafficmaster plc.
Scandent Holdings on the acquisition by Xchanging plc of a 75% stake in Indian-listed Cambridge Solutions Limited.

Industrials / Manufacturing

BE Aerospace, Inc on its US$398 million acquisition of UFC Aerospace Corp and its US$162 million acquisition of Satair A/S’s OEM distribution business.
The Dow Chemical Company on its intra-group reorganization in connection with its merger with DuPont.
Lecta S.A. on its corporate reorganization, its €670 million refinancing and its €45 million acquisition of PaperlinX’s Italian Operations.