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Dominic Ross

Dominic Ross

Partner

Partner
Dominic Ross

Dominic Ross is a Partner in Clifford Chance's corporate department specialising in public and private M&A as well as a wide range of board advisory matters, including corporate governance and shareholder activism defence.

Dominic has extensive experience advising corporates and financial sponsors on complex and strategically significant cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on the healthcare, defence and consumer goods and retail sectors.

  • S&P Global on its agreement to acquire With Intelligence, a leading source of private markets data, insights and analytics, for US$1.8 billion from Motive Partners and a number of other sellers
  • EDF Energy Customers on its takeover of EV charging business Pod Point Group Holdings PLC
  • ED&F Man Holdings in relation to an exclusive agreement to dispose of ED&F Man Commodities’ three business units: Volcafe (coffee), ED&F Man Liquid Products (molasses, animal feeds and fish oil) and ED&F Man Sugar to Hartree Partners, LP
  • A large global aerospace company on its defence against an aggressive shareholder activist
  • Mondelēz International on the sale of its developed-market chewing gum business in the US, Canada and Europe to leading European gum and confectionery maker Perfetti Van Melle Group for US$1.350 billion
  • Avast plc, the FTSE100 cybersecurity service provider, on its US $9.2 billion takeover by NortonLifeLock,Inc
  • Triton on its £1.3 billion takeover of Clinigen Group plc
  • Advanz Pharma on its US $846 million takeover by Nordic Capital
  • Aroundtown SA on its €1.57 billion hostile joint takeover with CPI Property Group of Globalworth
  • Morrisons on its long-term commercial arrangements with Amazon and Ocado
  • Avon Protection plc on over $500 million of acquisitions and disposals, including:
    - its acquisition of 3M's ballistic protection business
    - its disposal of its Milkrite business to DeLaval
  • Takeda on multiple portfolio disposals including:
    - the US$670 million divestment to Orifarm in Europe;
    - the US$825 million divestment to Hypera Pharma in Brazil, Mexico and certain other Latin American countries;
    - the US$660 million divestment to STADA in Russia, Georgia, and a number of countries from within the CIS; and
    - the US$200 million divestment to Acino in a number of EMEA countries.
  • Gala Coral on its £2.3 billion merger with Ladbrokes plc
  • Berendsen plc on its £2.2 billion takeover by French listed company Elis SA
  • Xchanging plc on its competitive takeover, ultimately won by Computer Sciences Corporation
  • Cape plc on its takeover by Altrad 
  • URS Corporation on its takeover of Scott Wilson plc
  • Strategic Value Partners on its €750 million takeover of Pfleiderer Group S.A

 Certain matters may have been worked on prior to joining Clifford Chance

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Career & qualifications

  • University of Exeter (LL.B) 2003
  • Admitted as solicitor in England & Wales 2007
  • Partner at Ashurst LLP 2015
  • Partner at White & Case LLP 2018
  • Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner in 2022

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