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Anna Pugh

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Anna Pugh is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s antitrust team. Anna trained at the firm’s London office and gained experience in the antitrust, private equity and special situations departments and the finance department in the Hong Kong office. 

Anna advises clients on EU and UK competition and regulatory law matters. Anna’s experience includes inquiries before the EU Commission and UK Competition and Markets Authority; advising on mergers and acquisitions; as well as advising on matters of EU public policy.

Experience

Representative Strategic Company Experience

  • Bloomberg on antitrust aspects of its acquisition of Broadway Technology, a cutting-edge provider of high-performance front-office fintech solutions
  • Lumenis on the sale of the global surgical business to Boston Scientific
  • Avista Healthcare Partners on its acquisition of PK Benelux
  • Google on its acquisition of an interest in Reliance Jio Platforms valued at $4.5 billion

Representative Private Equity Experience

  • Advent International on its acquisition of PatientPoint, a digital health company
  • Bain Capital in connection with its:
    • ~$750 million leveraged tender offer for Nissin, an international logistics company
    • ~$5.5 billion acquisition of the supermarket and specialty store business, which includes major chains Ito Yokado, York-Benimaru, Loft, and Akachan Honpo, from Seven & i Holdings.
    • $18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation from Toshiba Corporation, by way of a Bain Capital-led consortium including Apple, Seagate Technology, Kingston Technology, Hoya, Dell Technologies and SK Hynix
    • $7.5 billion acquisition of Hitachi Metals
  • Baring Private Equity Asia, now EQT Asia, in connection with its:
    • $7.3 billion merger with EQT
    • $800 million acquisition of IGT Solutions
    • $1.2 billion acquisition of the Healthcare Services business of Hinduja Global Solutions Limited
    • acquisition of Straive, a global provider of technology-driven content and data solutions
    • $381 million acquisition of NIIT Technologies Limited (public to private)
  • BDT & Co in connection with its merger with MSD Partners LP.
  • AEA Investors on its sale of LoneStar to Epiris
  • Vista Equity Partners on their investment in Aptean

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