Overview
Will Willoughby focuses his practice on corporate law and has broad ranging experience of both public and private transactions including private equity, mergers & acquisitions, public company advisory work, joint ventures and corporate restructuring matters.
He regularly works on transactions across multiple jurisdictions for both domestic and international clients, across sectors such as financial institutions, energy, metals and mining, technology and pharmaceuticals.
Results
- Acted for one of the largest banks in the UAE as the lead co-investor in the £2.2 billion recommended cash acquisition of a payments processing business listed on the FTSE 250 market of the London Stock Exchange*
- Acted for a multinational private equity corporation on its acquisition of a majority stake in an international digital marketing agency*
- Acted for a multinational private equity corporation on its acquisition of a leading manufacturer of electron microscopes and other high-tech scientific instruments, headquartered in the Czech Republic*
- Represented a UK bank in connection with its £3.2 billion bank balance sheet re-calibration exercise, which involved contemporaneous court-approved capital reduction processes at the level of the bank and its UK holding company*
- Acted for a Swedish listed software as a service (SaaS) company on its £61.49 million recommended cash offer to acquire the world’s largest business transactions network*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Credentials
Education
BPP London Holborn, LPC, 2019
University of Exeter, 2017
National Taiwan University, 2016
Admissions
England and Wales
Languages
English
