

Biography
Lachlan Low is counsel in our global M&A and Corporate practice based in London.
He has experience across a broad range of cross-border matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings.
As a chartered company secretary, Lachlan also manages the White & Case Corporate Actions and Governance team which advises UK public companies on their day-to-day legal affairs and engages with listed companies outside of their transaction cycle to provide advice on a range of matters, with a particular focus on corporate governance and corporate advisory.
Prior to joining White & Case, Lachlan worked as UK counsel for a listed, market leading, global allergy immunotherapy company and has also worked in the London office of a leading global law firm where he specialised in corporate transactions in the financial institutions sector, also advising on non-contentious regulatory and governance matters.
Experience
- Representation of Cathexis L.P., a private investment holding company on the sale of Yondr Group, a global developer, owner and operator of hyperscale data centers, to DigitalBridge and La Caisse.
- Representation of DWS Asset Management in the transfer of their investment advisory mandate for certain funds to Cygnum Capital.
- Representation of Groupe BPCE (second largest banking group in France pursuing banking and insurance activities) on its €1.1 billion acquisition of Société Générale Equipment Finance, one of the European leading providers of industrial equipment lease financing.
- Representation of International Game Technology PLC, an English incorporated, NYSE listed lottery and gaming company, on the proposed separation of its Global Gaming and PlayDigital businesses by way of a spin-off to IGT shareholders and immediately subsequent US$6.2 billion merger of such separated and spun-out business with Everi Holdings Inc., a Delaware incorporated, NYSE listed gaming and fintech company, to create a comprehensive and diverse global gaming and fintech enterprise.
- Representation of UniCredit on:
- its acquisition of 9.7% stake in Alpha Bank held by Dutch investment group Reggeborgh;
- its acquisition of the 8.9% stake in Alpha Services and Holdings, the holding company of Alpha Bank held by the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund; and
- its acquisition of an approx. 90% equity interest in Greece's Alpha Bank's Romanian subsidiary, Alpha Bank Romania.
- Representation of The Co-operative Bank on:
- its £3.2 billion bank balance sheet re-calibration exercise, which involved contemporaneous court-approved capital reduction processes at the level of The Co-operative Bank and its UK holding company; and
- its formal sale process under the UK Takeover Code and successful capital restructuring and change of control, including £250 million of new investment by a committee of bondholders and £450 million capitalisation of Tier 2 bonds.
- Representation of Avast plc, the FTSE100 global leader in digital security and privacy, on its proposed US$9.2 billion merger with NortonLifeLock Inc. which is being structured as a takeover of Avast by NortonLifeLock.
- Representation of MotorK Plc on its initial public offering on Euronext Amsterdam.
- Representation of Rio Tinto, Amigo, Avast, Next15, Alfa Financial Software Holdings, DiscoverIE, Energean Oil & Gas and Stallergenes Greer on their continuing corporate legal obligations as private and publically listed companies, including AGM project management and annual report and accounts process.
- Representation of Bright Scholar on its purchase of CATS Colleges, a network of schools in UK, China and North America.
- Representation of ComplyAdvantage on its US$30 million Series B fundraising round led by Index Ventures and Balderton Capital.
- Representation of Legal and General Assurance Society on the acquisition of part of Scottish Equitable's annuity portfolio.*
- Representation of National Australia Bank on its £1.58 billion demerger and IPO of CYBG.*
- Representation of Equistone Partners Europe on the sale of its majority stake in the insurance broker A-Plan to HgCapital.*
- Representation of Euroins Insurance Group on the regulatory aspects of their €50 million issuance of floating rate subordinated notes.*
- Representation of Deutsche Bank on the auction sale of its asset management business to Permira and the sale of its London wealth management business to Rathbone Brothers Plc.*
- Representation of Mizuho Bank on the sale of its portfolio of private equity fund interests to Lexington Capital Partners and the establishment of a new parallel fund, with a transaction value in excess of £1 billion.*
- Representation of ICAP on its multi-jurisdictional intra-group reorganization.*
- Representation of XL Insurance Company on its conversion to a Societas Europea ("SE") under the European SE Regulations.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case.