George, Emil

Emil George

Associate

emil.george@lw.com
    George, Emil

    Emil George

    Associate

    emil.george@lw.com

    Profile

    Emil George is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department.

    Mr. George has a broad corporate practice covering a range of matters including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, reorganizations, and general corporate advice.

    Prior to joining Latham, Mr. George worked in the London and Dubai offices of a Magic Circle firm and also spent time on secondment to Marks and Spencer Group.

    Experience

    Mr. George’s experience includes advising:

    • Savvy Games Group on its US$4.9 billion acquisition of Scopely, Inc.
    • Savvy Games Group on its acquisition of 8.8% of Embracer Group for US$1 billion
    • Lowell Group on the acquisition of Hoist Finance UK 
    • Sumo Group on its £919 million recommended cash acquisition by Tencent Holdings*
    • Samsung Life Insurance on the acquisition of a minority interest in, and its US$1 billion seed capital commitment to, Savills Investment Management*
    • SGS on the €550 million acquisition of Synlab Analytics & Services*
    • Electrocomponents on its placing and retail offer to raise gross proceeds of approximately £180 million*

    *Matter handled prior to joining Latham

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • LLM in Commercial Legal Practice & LPC, BPP Law School, 2018
    • Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, 2017
    • BA in History, University of Birmingham, 2016

    Languages Spoken

    • English

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