Antoni Terra

Mr. Terra has been named as a Future Leader in Competition Law by Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), in which clients describe him as “an excellent strategic thinker” and “highly responsive,” and note that he has “a comprehensive understanding of EU and international merger control filings.”

Mr. Terra regularly represents global corporations in high-profile multijurisdictional merger control cases, including complex remedy structures. He has advised clients in a wide range of industries, including automotive, aviation, chemicals, consumer goods, e-commerce, electronics, energy, financial services, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, media and entertainment (including music and gaming), pharmaceuticals and technology.

Mr. Terra’s merger control experience includes advising:

• ABB Ltd on the antitrust aspects of its:
  • US$7.8 billion sale of an 80.1% stake in its Power Grids division to Hitachi, Ltd.
  • US$2.6 billion acquisition of the industrial solutions business of General Electric Company
• Aircastle Limited on its US$7.4 billion acquisition by an entity controlled by affiliates of Marubeni Corporation and Mizuho Leasing Company Limited
• Berry Global Group, Inc. on its acquisition by Amcor plc at a combined enterprise value of US$37 billion
• Downtown Music Holdings LLC on its US$775 million acquisition by Virgin Music Group
• Elon Musk on his US$44 billion acquisition of X Corp (formerly Twitter, Inc.)
• Gilead Sciences, Inc. on its US$11.9 billion acquisition of Kite Pharma, Inc.
• Intel Corporation on its:
  • US$11 billion sale of a 49% equity interest in Fab 34, a chip manufacturing facility in Ireland, to funds managed by Apollo Global Management, Inc.
  • US$15.3 billion acquisition of Mobileye N.V.
  • US$4.2 billion joint venture with TPG Capital, L.P. to form an independent cybersecurity company called McAfee
  • agreement with Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. to jointly invest approximately US$30 billion to create a first-of-its-kind Semiconductor Co-Investment Program that introduces a new funding model to the semiconductor industry
  • proposed (but terminated) US$5.4 billion acquisition of Tower Semiconductor
• Konecranes Plc on the global antitrust aspects of its proposed (but terminated) merger with Cargotec Corporation
• LANXESS AG on its US$2.5 billion acquisition of Chemtura Corporation
• Levantur, S.A. (Grupo Piñero) in the structuring and creation of a long-term strategic joint venture with Hyatt Hotels Corporation to manage Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts-branded properties
• Maui Jim, Inc. on its acquisition by Kering SA
• Moody’s Corporation on its US$3.3 billion acquisition of Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing BV
• Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, along with Bain Capital and Kohlberg & Company, L.L.C., on their strategic investment in PCI Pharma Services
• NXP Semiconductors N.V. on its US$625 million acquisition of TTTech Auto
• Prosus N.V. on the antitrust aspects of its €4.1 billion acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.
• Scopely, Inc. on its US$3.5 billion acquisition of the games business of Niantic, Inc.
• Squarespace, Inc. on its US$6.9 billion going-private acquisition by Permira Advisers
• Triumph Group, Inc. on its going-private acquisition by affiliates of Warburg Pincus LLC and Berkshire Partners LLC at an enterprise value of US$3 billion
• Vantiv, Inc. on its US$10 billion acquisition of Worldpay Group plc
• WABCO Holdings Inc. on its US$7 billion acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen AG
• Willis Towers Watson on its:
  • proposed (but terminated) US$30 billion acquisition by Aon plc
  • US$4 billion sale of Willis Re to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.