Biography
Ed is an Associate in the Firm's Global Intellectual Property practice, based in London. He advises international and UK-based clients from a diverse range of sectors, including private equity, technology, pharmaceutical and financial services, on complex IP and technology issues in the context of tech-intensive M&A transactions, joint ventures and strategic commercial projects.
His practice includes advising on the IP and technology elements of cross-border M&A transactions and PE investments, as well as drafting and negotiating commercial agreements for the acquisition, development and licensing of technology and brands.
Ed spent eight months on in-house secondment with leading British information and analytics provider RELX plc.
Experience
- Söderberg & Partners on its acquisition of Benchmark Capital from Schroders plc (2026).
- Rimac Group and Rimac Bugatti on the IP and carve-out (from VW) aspects of the acquisition of Bugatti from Porsche. (2026)
- PX3 Partners on the acquisition of Markmonitor, a global leading domain management provider.* (2025)
- Dropbox, Pinterest and others on IP matters and the Online Safety Act.* (2025)
- CVC on its $300m joint venture with FIVB for worldwide commercial rights in volleyball.* (2021)
- CVC on the acquisition of secondaries markets firm Glendower Capital LLP.* (2022)
- CVC on its $470m investment in Aleph Holding, advertising agent to Facebook, Twitter and others.* (2021)
- CVC on its acquisition of a stake in server and hosting software company WebPros.* (2019)
- Apple on its acquisition of VFX technologies.* (2023)
- LexisNexis Intellectual Property on its acquisition of patent classification AI technology Aistemos.* (2023)
*Previous law firm experience