Matt Evans

• Advising CVS Group PLC before the CMA in respect of its completed acquisition of Quality Pet Care, including negotiating undertakings in lieu of a Phase 2 referral and advising on the application of an Initial Enforcement Order.
• Advising a major defence contractor on UK national security and merger control filings before BEIS and the CMA in respect of a strategic acquisition, one of the first transactions to be notified under the National Security and Investment Act 2021.
• Advising Miller Homes on its GBP 1.2bn sale to Apollo, including assessing the antitrust risks associated with each bidder.
• Advising a leading agricultural inputs supplier on UK merger control proceedings in respect of a strategic joint venture.
• Advising Wabtec Corporation on its USD11bn merger with GE Transportation, a transformative global deal requiring multiple merger clearances.*
• Advising INVISTA, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., on the disposal of its Apparel & Advanced Textiles business to Shandong Ruyi Investment Holding.*
• Acting for Greystar in creating a UK student housing business with a major pension fund and European institutional investor and acting on subsequent asset acquisitions by that business.*
• Advising CBRE Global Investment Partners on its EUR625m acquisition of 25% of the interests in CHOP from TIAA-CREF and on subsequent asset acquisitions by CHOP.*
• Advising Smith + Nephew on the USD240m purchase of Integra’s Extremity Orthopaedics business.*
• Advising Roper Technologies on the proposed USD925m sale of its electron microscope peripherals Gatan business to Thermo Fisher Scientific; I led the team guiding Roper through phase I and phase II proceedings before the CMA.*
• Conducting a multi-jurisdictional antitrust audit of a leading automotive financial services company.*
• Advising Bally’s Corporation on antitrust and foreign investment control filings in respect of its GBP2bn bid for Gamesys PLC.*
• Advising Koch Strategic Platforms on its USD500m minority equity investment in Mavenir, the only US based provider of end-to-end cloud-native software to meet the growing demand for 5G digital transformation by communication service providers and enterprises.*
• Successfully defended a major video games publisher in an antitrust investigation brought by the European Commission.*
• Successfully defended a major internet connectivity service provider in an antitrust investigation brought by the European Commission.*

* Denotes experience from a previous firm

• 21 June 2021 Competition Law Association (CLA) and International League of Competition Law (LIDC) webinar: Foreign Investment Rules: what has changed? . Matt presented at this webinar on developments in UK law and practice on foreign investment and national security law reviews in the UK.
• 23 June 2021 The Law Society Competition Section s International Summer Antitrust Conference 2021: Matt chaired a session on Competition enforcement post-Brexit: what lies ahead?
• 24 June 2021 INREV webinar: Merger control procedures in real estate deals. Matt co-presented alongside John Went, Legal Counsel CBRE GIP and John Rupp, Director of Public Affairs, INREV.
• 23 November 2022 The Law Society's "National Security and Investments Act update" Matt presented this webinar as a panellist and moderator, providing insights into the operation of the UK's new notification regime under national security powers.