Rohan is a senior associate in our global transactions practice and advises on commercial and intellectual property matters.
Rohan advises corporates and private capital sponsors on a wide range of transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, carve-outs, joint ventures, collaborations, media rights, licensing, outsourcing and other complex commercial contracts. He has a particular focus on the technology and media, entertainment and sports sectors.
During his time at Freshfields, Rohan has been seconded to our New York office. Rohan is also a Trustee of The Charleston Trust, a charitable art museum and cultural centre.
Technology and media, entertainment and sport
- Advising DAZN Group 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, Spox and VoetbalZone football website businesses to Integrated Media Co.
- sale of DAZN Player, DAZN's proprietary video player and advertising business, to Integrated Media Co.
- combination of its global sports content company, Perform Content, with STATS, a leader in sports AI.
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on its investments in:
- Premiership Rugby, the English professional rugby union competition.
- PRO14 Rugby, an international professional rugby union competition.
- Aleph Holding, an enabler of digital advertising and partner to all major social media companies.
- Webpros, a provider of web hosting automation software and services.
- Acronis, a provider of cyber protection, backup and disaster recovery services.
- System C and Graphnet Health, providers of population management software for the health sector.
- Odevo, a provider of property management software and tech-enabled property management services.
- Advising Panther Media Group/OSN on its acquisition of a majority stake in Anghami, a music and audio streaming business, and its combination of Anghami with OSN's video streaming platform, OSN plus.
- Advising Cinven and OTPPB on the combination of internet services providers group.ONE and dogado group.
- Advising Lloyd's Register on its:
- acquisition of Ocean Technologies, a provider of maritime HR, L&D and operations tech platforms.
- acquisition of OneOcean, a provider of voyage compliance, safety and environmental tech platforms.
- carve-out and sale of its business assurance, inspection and cybersecurity technology business to GSAM.
- Advising Art UK on the launch of Museum Data Service, a joint venture tech platform for sharing UK art records.
- Advising Pocket Angel on the launch of its mobile application for digital donations to homeless causes.
Financial services and fintech
- Advising Warburg Pincus on its acquisition of Specialist Risk Group, an insurance intermediary business.
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of DIF Capital Partners, a European infrastructure manager.
- Advising TCV on its role leading a £100M Series C investment in Allica Bank, an SME-focussed UK fintech bank.
- Advising RiverStone on its acquisition of Catalina Insurance Ireland, an Irish insurance company.
- Advising Eurobank of its collaboration with, and Series B investment in, Plum Fintech, a smart money business.
- Advising J.P. Morgan on its investment in Viva Wallet, a fintech cloud payments business.
- Advising Goldman Sachs on its €1.6B acquisition of NN Investment Partners, a major European asset manager.
Life sciences
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on its investment in Rayner, an ophthalmology business.
- Advising Thermo Fisher on its €725M 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, industrials, retail and consumer
- Advising SSE on its:
- £500M carve-out and sale of its domestic retail energy business to OVO Energy.
- £1.4B sale of a minority stake in its energy transmission business to OTPPB.
- Advising General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero on its investment in ABB E-mobility, an EV infrastructure business.
- Advising Saint-Gobain on its $1bn acquisition of Fosroc, a global construction chemicals business.
- Advising UPS on its acquisition of Bomi Group, a multinational healthcare logistics and transportation provider.
- Advising Compass on its £475M acquisition of CH&Co, a UK and Irish catering business.
- Advising Stock Spirits on its acquisition of the Clan Campbell whisky brand and related supply arrangements.
- Advising Teneo on its acquisition of Tulchan Communications, a PR and communications advisory firm.
- Advising Fuller, Smith & Turner on its £250M carve-out and sale of its brewery and beer business to Asahi.
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on its proposed €1.6B sale of the Etraveli Group to Booking Holdings.


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