Rohan Jerath

About Rohan Jerath

Rohan is a Senior Associate in our Global Transactions practice group and advises on commercial, intellectual property, technology and data matters.

Rohan advises corporates and private equity sponsors on a wide range of transactions including acquisitions and disposals, carve-outs, joint ventures, licensing, outsourcing and other complex commercial transactions across all major sectors, including technology, media and sports, life sciences, energy and financial services.

During his time at Freshfields, Rohan has been seconded to our New York office and developed the Freshfields sports site. Rohan is also a Trustee on the Board of The Charleston Trust.

Recent work

Technology, media and sport

• Advising DAZN on its:
  • acquisition of global sports media businesses, Eleven Sports and Team Whistle.
  • strategic partnership with Pragmatic to launch DAZNBET, an online betting service.
  • carve-out and sale of Goal.com and its associated European football portals business.
  • sale of DAZN Player, its video player and advertising business.
• Advising CVC Capital Partners on its:
  
  • investment in Premiership Rugby, the English professional rugby union competition.
  • investment in PRO14 Rugby, an international professional rugby union competition.
  • $470m investment in Aleph Holding, an enabler of digital advertising and partner to social media companies.
  • investment in Webpros, a provider of web hosting automation software.
  • investment in Acronis, a provider of cyber protection, backup and disaster recovery services.
• Advising OSN on its acquisition of Anghami, a music and audio entertainment streaming business, and associated OSN+ related content licence and services agreement.
• Advising Cinven and OTPPB on the combination of group.ONE and dogado group.
• Advising Lloyd's Register on its:
  • acquisition of OneOcean, a supplier of voyage compliance, safety and environmental technology solutions.
  • carve-out and sale of its business assurance, inspection and cybersecurity technology business.
• Advising Art UK on the launch of Museum Data Service, a technology platform for sharing UK art records.

Life sciences

• Advising CVC Capital Partners on its:
  • investment in Rayner, an ophthalmology business.
  • dual investments in System C and Graphnet Health, providers of software solutions for the health sector.
• Advising UPS on its acquisition of Bomi Group, a multinational healthcare logistics provider.
• Advising Thermo Fisher on its acquisition of Henogen, a vaccines and viral vector manufacturer.
• Advising Recordati on its €750m acquisition of EUSA Pharma, a treatment developer for oncological diseases.
• Advising Smiths Medical on its negotiations with the UK Government's Cabinet Office and creation of a consortium with companies including Rolls Royce, GKN Aerospace and McLaren in connection with the emergency ramp-up, manufacture and supply of ambulatory ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Energy and industrials 

• Advising SSE on its:
  • carve-out and sale of its domestic retail energy business.
  • £1.4bn sale of a minority stake in its energy transmission business.
• Advising Saint-Gobain on its $1bn acquisition of Fosroc, a global construction chemicals business.
• Advising General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero fund on its acquisition of a stake in ABB E-mobility.

Financial services

• Advising Warburg Pincus on its proposed acquisition of Specialist Risk Group, an insurance intermediary.
• Advising CVC Capital Partners on its aquisition of DIF Capital Partners, a European infrastructure manager.
• Advising TCV on its investment in Allica Bank, an SME-focussed fintech bank.
• Advising RiverStone on its acquisition of Catalina Insurance Ireland, an Irish insurance company.
• Advising Eurobank of its collaboration agreement with, and acquisition of a minority stake in, Plum Fintech, a European fintech smart money management business.
• Advising J.P. Morgan on its investment in Viva Wallet, a European fintech cloud payments business.
• Advising Goldman Sachs on its €1.6bn acquisition of NN Investment Partners, a European asset manager.

Retail and others

• Advising Compass on its acquisition of CH&Co, a UK and Irish catering business.
• Advising Stock Spirits on its acquisition of the Clan Campbell whisky and its supply and distribution agreements.
• Advising Teneo on its acquisition of Tulchan Communications, a communications advisory firm.
• Advising Fuller, Smith & Turner on its carve-out and sale of its brewery and beer brands business.
• Advising CVC Capital Partners on its €1.6bn sale of the Etraveli Group, a provider of innovative travel solutions.
• Advising JTI on its US joint venture with Altria Group for the commercialisation of reduced risk products.