Charlotte Irvine
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Technology
- Private Equity Transactions
- Health Care & Life Sciences
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Corporate & Finance
- Emerging Technologies
- Telecom, Media & Technology
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Fintech
- United Kingdom & Europe
- Private Capital
- Represents clients and investors across a range of transaction types, with a particular focus on technology.
- Experience advising clients on cross-border M&A, corporate re-organisations and private equity and venture capital financing.
Charlotte is a Counsel in Akin's technology transactions group , based in the London corporate practice. Her practice concentrates on cross border and domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity and venture capital financing. Charlotte has acted for trade buyers, high-growth companies, portfolio companies, founders, investors and management teams.
She has experience across a range of industry sectors, including artificial intelligence (AI)/ machine learning, information technology (IT) infrastructure, fintech, gaming, digital health, biotechnology and life sciences.
Charlotte has spent time on secondment at a multinational healthcare company and at a multinational hospitality company listed on the LSE and the NYSE.
M&A
- Advised an iGaming software provider on its acquisition of multiple online gaming studios.
- Advised AdvancedAdvT Ltd on its acquisition of multiple software businesses from Capita and its subsequent onward sale of one of the businesses.
- Advised a NASDAQ-listed digital sports entertainment and gaming company on its acquisition of a UK golf pricing business.
- Advised a US-based SaaS platform provider on its acquisition of a subscription management and live streaming platform based in the UK and Macedonia.
- Advised a US-based global healthcare data provider on its acquisition of a UK-based SaaS provided.
- Advised a wellbeing platform provider on its acquisition of a digital machine-learning platform.
- Advised a cyber-security company on its acquisition of a security solutions company.
- Advised Snyk, a leader in developer security, on its acquisition of Enso Security, an application security posture management solution developer .
- Advised Cision, a global comprehensive communications platform, on its acquisition of Factmata, an advanced social and news media monitoring company.
- Advised Kheiron Medical Technologies Limited, a UK-based AI cancer diagnostic company, on its sale to DeepHealth, a diagnostic imaging provider.
- Advised ChannelAdvisor, a cloud-based e-commerce platform, on its sale to CommerceHub, a global commerce network, for $725 million.
- Advised Quickbase, Inc. (a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners) on its acquisition of CloudPipes, a UK and Bulgarian provider of cloud-based integration and automation platforms.
- Advised the investor shareholders of a UK biotech company on its sale to a multinational healthcare group based in Japan.
- Advised Smiths Group plc on the sale of the Smiths Interconnect Microwave Telecoms business to Infinite Electronics Inc.
- Advised IHG on its arrangements with French investor Convivio to rebrand and operate 12 high-quality open hotels and one pipeline hotel in the UK following the acquisition of the hotels by Convivio from Starwood Capital Group.
- Advised AstraZeneca AB on its agreement with Grünenthal to divest the European rights to Nexium.
- Advised AstraZeneca AB on its agreement with Grünenthal to divest the global rights to Vimovo in all markets excluding the US and Japan.
- Advised Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets on the divestment of its European rolling stock leasing business to Akiem Group.
- Advised a high net worth individual on his acquisition of shares in a League Two football club.
EducationL.P.C., The College of Law, Guildford, 2015
GDL, University of Law, London, 2014
B.A., University of Warwick, 2013
L.P.C., The College of Law, Guildford, 2015
GDL, University of Law, London, 2014
B.A., University of Warwick, 2013
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
