Former partner in London and Hong Kong with Ashurst LLP and Macfarlanes LLP and Secretary to the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers.
Robert has advised on significant transactions (including activism) involving listed and private companies, private equity, venture capital and strategic investors.
Robert has worked across all business sectors and has particular expertise in Financial Services, Energy & Natural Resources and the Green Economy.
Robert has experience of several Panel Appeals both as external secretary to the Hearings Committee and the Takeover Appeals Board; and as advocate at appeals before the Hearings Committee and Takeover Appeal Board.
Robert is co-author of the chapter on Takeovers and Stakebuilding in the textbook, European Securities Law 3rd Edition which was published by Oxford University Press in April 2021.
Robert was born in Singapore and has worked from Hong Kong and London on international transactions worldwide.
MICHAEL WACHTEL
Michael is a corporate lawyer advising international clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, financings, stock exchange listings, joint ventures, licences and concessions, production sharing agreements, regulatory/compliance, projects and commercial contracts.
Michael has practiced law for nearly 30 years and was previously Head of Oil & Gas at a major international law firm. Michael has experience of managing major claims and disputes. As well as first rate legal analysis, Michael adds a highly commercial and practical approach to closing deals and solving problems.
Michael gained a masters degree in mechanical engineering and began his career as an engineer in the upstream petroleum business before qualifying as a solicitor at a City firm of international lawyers.
Michael has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
PAUL DILLON
Paul Dillon is an international disputes lawyer.
Formerly a Partner in several major international law firms, Paul has more than 30 years’ experience in all forms of dispute resolution. He has been involved in many court hearings, arbitrations and mediations, mainly in London, but he has also dealt with hearings and arbitrations in countries all over the world.
Significant matters:
Handling many disputes between major oil companies in the extractive resources sector and their counterparties, including in relation to investment disputes and joint venture agreements.
Advising a state-owned company on a circa US$ 150 million claim under a services agreement.
Obtaining a world-wide seizing injunction in Italy for a major trader against an Italian company.
Defending warranty claims following the sale of subsidiary companies to a Chinese state-owned company.
Representing minority shareholders’ interests in a multi-jurisdictional Companies Act dispute.
Acting for a sugar producer in a warranty claim under a major plant upgrade contract, and then enforcing the judgment in Germany.
Example Jurisdictions: UK, Brazil, Libya, Kuwait, Iraq, Senegal, Yemen, Peru, Nigeria, US, Korea, India, France, Germany, Netherlands and Italy.