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Emily Thornton-Wood

Associate
London
About

Emily is an Associate in our Corporate Group.

She has experience across a broad range of corporate law matters, with a growing focus on international M&A. She assists in advising global businesses on cross-border transactions and supporting the coordination of multi-jurisdictional due diligence exercises. She also has experience in disposals, investments, joint ventures, re-organisations, shareholder arrangements and general corporate governance matters.

Emily's work spans many sectors, largely concentrating on Energy & Natural Resources and Real Estate.

Areas of FocusEnergy and Natural ResourcesReal Estate
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Education
  • The University of Law, MA Law and LPC
  • Durham University, Liberal Arts (English Literature and Classics), BA Hons

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm, on its proposed acquisition of a majority controlling interest in Castrol, a global leader in lubricants, from BP p.l.c. The transaction values the Castrol business at an enterprise value of approximately USD10.1 billion and is expected to close end of 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals.
  • Advising a consortium of investors led by a Middle Eastern sovereign investment fund, which participated in a competitive auction process to acquire Shell's downstream South African oil and gas business.
  • Advising a consortium of investors led by MEAG and Infranity, along with funds affiliated with DigitalBridge Group, Inc., on a EUR2.5 billion Investment Partnership with Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses.
  • Advising QuadReal Property Group on the acquisition of a GBP500 million eight-asset, 3,460 bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) portfolio from Apollo-managed funds and entities.
  • Advising a global private equity and investment company on a series of disposals of assets from its portfolio of UK-based hotels.
  • Advising a US listed REIT in connection with multiple corporate acquisitions of fully tenanted retail parks in the UK.
  • Advising Tekever on the acquisition of West Wales Airport, securing a strategic site that will be developed into a national centre for the testing, evaluation, and advancement of unmanned aerial systems.
Languages
  • English

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+44 207 153 7673
+44 7721 585 436
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