Watson Farley & Williams LLP is aviation counsel to Apollo-managed funds on their recommended cash acquisition of easyJet plc, a leading pan-European low-cost airline, valuing the business at approximately £5.7bn (US$7.7bn).
The WFW team is led by Partner Patrick Moore and Global Aviation, Aerospace and Defence Sector Head Jim Bell, supported by Partner Chris Mitchell, Senior Associates Abi Carter, Akira Obuchi, Alexander Kyriacou, Alice Lightfoot, Liam Clozier and Michael Keightley and Associates Emma Devenish, Fawwaz Ahmed, Florence Bell, Henry Stevenson, Hollie Pickering, Lyssetta Teo, Marili Haraka, Peter Clemons, Saachi Juneja and Tom Coates, from the firm’s London Assets and Structured Finance team.
The wider WFW team includes Partner Solange Leandro and Associates Max O’Driscoll and Hamish Ungless from the Regulatory team; Partner Christina Howard and Associates Alice Halpin, Idil Yusuf and Toby Hunt from the Corporate team; Partner Tim Murray, Senior Associate Simon Jennings and Associates Lauren Satill, and Matthew Robinson from the Dispute Resolution team; and Partners Devan Khagram and Anna Robinson and Associate Isabel Boyce from the Employment team.
