Rohan Jerath

About Rohan Jerath

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 and developed our sports site. Rohan is also a Board Trustee of a charitable art museum at The Charleston Trust.

Recent work

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.