About
Rob is a corporate Senior Associate in our global transaction group in London, specialising in advising clients on public and private M&A transactions and general corporate and listed company matters.
Rob acts for clients across a broad range of sectors, including tech, betting and gaming, industrials and retail.
During his time at Freshfields, Rob has spent time on secondment at the M&A team of a leading international telecommunications company, as well as at the firm’s Singapore office.
Additional Information
Recent work includes:
- Advising Strava, the app for active people, on the acquisition of Runna, a UK-headquartered tech company developing personalised running training plans and coaching
- Advising a leading US hardware and software business on certain strategic private acquisitions of tech and AI-related software businesses from founders and funders
- Advising Ferguson Enterprises Inc. on its United States redomiciliation
- Advising Flutter Entertainment plc on its NYSE listing
- Advising Indivior PLC on its NASDAQ listing
- Advising Euromoney Institutional Investor plc on the c.£1.6 billion recommended cash offer by a consortium comprising Astorg and Epiris
- Advising Ferguson plc on its NYSE listing
- Advising Flutter Entertainment plc on its acquisition of Tombola for an enterprise value of £402 million
- Advising London Stock Exchange Group plc on its acquisition of Refinitiv in an all-share transaction for a total enterprise value of $27 billion
- Advising London Stock Exchange Group plc on its €4.325 billion disposal of the Borsa Italiana Group
- Advising Flutter Entertainment plc on its $11 billion all-share cross-border merger with The Stars Group
- Advising Cancer Research UK on the sale of the British Journal of Cancer
Robert Foley
Senior Associate
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