Matt Watson
Managing Associate, London
"I provide commercial advice on strategic transactions and fundraisings for public and private companies across the technology, industrial and energy sectors, with a focus on high-growth businesses."
Overview
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Overview
Matt is an associate based in the London Corporate team. He advises on strategic investments, acquisitions and corporate fundraisings for public and private companies across the technology, industrial and energy sectors, with a focus on high-growth businesses. He also spent 6 months in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Work highlights
His experience includes advising:
- Moneyfarm: a European digital wealth manager on its £44.1m Series D funding round and its acquisition of Profile Pensions, a UK digital pensions adviser
- Visa: on its £700m acquisition of Currencycloud, a UK-based FX payments business
- Rightmove plc: on its acquisition of Homeviews and other strategic investments in the property technology space
- A consortium of global telecom network providers including AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone: on a first-of-its-kind Network API venture with Ericsson to create a broader ecosystem for developer platforms
- Getir: a European food delivery unicorn, on its £768m Series E funding round
- Biffa plc: on its £1.3b takeover by ECP, a US private equity investor
- Twitter: on its acquisition of a push notifications software start-up
- Wickes plc: On its demerger from Travis Perkins and initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange
- Capital on Tap: a UK-based fintech start-up on its intragroup reorganisation
- The Carlyle Group: on its acquisition of Calastone, the largest global funds network
Professional experience
Matt's prior experience includes:
- SSE plc and Equinor: on their disposal of a joint 20% stake in the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm to Eni
- QIA: on its rights as a major shareholder in Heathrow Airport during the acquisition of a stake in Heathrow by the Saudi investment fund
- Kier Group plc: on its £241m equity capital raise and carve-out sale of its housebuilding business
- Morgan Stanley: on its post-Brexit European reorganisation
- China Merchants Port: On its acquisition of a stake in a global portfolio of port terminals from CMA CGM
- SIX Group: on the CHF3bn auction sale of its payment services division to Worldline.
Education and qualifications
Matt holds a degree in Philosophy (BA) from the University of Exeter and an MSc in Law, Business and Management from the University of Law.