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Morrison & Foerster was featured in Law360’s coverage of SoftBank’s acquisition of a 40% stake in AutoStore, a Norwegian robotics company that specializes in storage systems, for $2.8 billion.

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Morrison & Foerster was featured in Law360’s coverage of SoftBank’s acquisition of a 40% stake in AutoStore, a Norwegian robotics company that specializes in storage systems, for $2.8 billion.The MoFo deal team advising SoftBank was led by London corporate partner Andrew Boyd, together with associates Leo Martin, Jennifer Buckby, and Steph Craw, London corporate partner Simon Arlington, and San Francisco corporate partner Eric McCrath.Read the <a target="_blank" href="https://media2.mofo.com/v3/assets/blt5775cc69c999c255/blt731b2348609e9042/627321688e09542a15b7e1ff/210407-mofo-led-softbank-eyes-robotic.pdf">full article</a>.

MoFo-Led SoftBank Eyes $2.8B Stake in Robotic Storage Co.

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Andrew Boyd is an M&A partner based in the London office. He specializes in advising on strategic cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity and joint venture transactions with particular expertise advising clients in the technology and food/ag sectors.Andrew regularly represents, among other clients, Uber, Visa, SoftBank, Tate & Lyle plc, Unity Technologies, Toshiba and SoundCloud.Andrew is recommended for M&A and private equity by legal directories including Legal 500 and IFLR1000 and is noted for his ability to “speedily assimilate difficult concepts and come up with meaningful, deliverable action plans that fulfil the commercial objectives”. Clients note that “Andrew knows exactly when and where to get involved …a good person to send in when we need a different voice…he gets to the nub of the issue very, very quickly and with great clarity…” and “Andrew Boyd is fantastic; pragmatic, tons of expertise, and a joy to work with.” Legal 500 2022.Andrew is co-Managing Partner of the London office and sits on the firm’s global Partnership Selection committee and was previously a member of the firm’s global Pro Bono committee.

Andrew Boyd

Managing Partner, London

Leo Martin is a corporate partner in the Transactions Department and the Mergers + Acquisitions Group, based in the firm’s Boston office.His practice focuses on advising public and private companies in complex corporate transactions, including domestic and cross-border M&A, carve-out transactions, venture investments, and joint ventures. He regularly represents private equity sponsors and clients in a range of industries, including technology, food + agriculture, financial services, manufacturing, and consumer products.Leo earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and his B.A. from Columbia College at Columbia University. Prior to joining the firm’s Boston office, Leo spent a number of years in Morrison Foerster’s Tokyo office, where he worked on a variety of cross-border M&A transactions.

Leo Martin

Partner

Jennifer Buckby is a Mergers & Acquisitions and Emerging Company & Venture Capital partner based in the London office of Morrison Foerster.Jennifer advises on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, emerging company and venture capital transactions, and general corporate advisory matters, with particular expertise advising clients in the technology, life sciences, and food/ag sectors.Jennifer regularly represents, among other clients, Uber, Visa, SoftBank, and SoundCloud.In her M&A practice, Jennifer has represented clients in strategic domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions, including SoftBank in its acquisition of AutoStore and Uber on its acquisition of Autocab.In her venture capital practice, Jennifer has served as company and investor counsel in early- and late-stage financings and minority strategic investments, including representation of Visa Ventures in strategic Fintech investments around the world and SoundCloud in its Series G funding round.In 2018–19, Jennifer was seconded to Visa, working within its M&A and investments team.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Jennifer trained and practiced in the London and Singapore offices of an international law firm.After obtaining an LL.B. Law from the University of Bristol in 2010, Jennifer completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in 2011. She is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales.<h4 dir="ltr">﻿Representative Experience</h4><ul><li dir="ltr">Uber in multiple cross-border acquisitions, including its acquisition of UK technology company Autocab.</li><li dir="ltr">SoftBank in multiple transactions, including its $2.8 billion acquisition of 40% of robotics company AutoStore and its $200 million investment in mobile satellite business OneWeb.</li><li dir="ltr">SoftBank Vision Fund 2 as lead investor in a $190 million financing round in UK Fintech platform Primary Bid.</li><li dir="ltr">Visa in multiple M&A and venture capital transactions, including its acquisition of a minority equity stake in Fintech unicorn Interswitch and investments in Bankable, Fidel, Ecolytiq, and TerraPay.</li><li dir="ltr">SoundCloud in multiple transactions, including its $75 million investment from Sirius XM and its acquisition of Musiio.</li><li dir="ltr">Alpine Investors in multiple acquisitions, including in connection with the Evergreen Services and Predictis platforms.</li><li dir="ltr">LIVEKINDLY Collective, one of the world’s largest plant-based food companies, in its acquisition of No Meat, Iceland Foods’ vegan meat alternative company.</li><li dir="ltr">Autodesk as lead investor in a £36 million Series B funding round for UK software maker CloudNC.</li><li dir="ltr">OrbiMed as lead investor in a $104 million Series E funding round for UK healthcare technology and diagnostics company Binx Health.</li><li dir="ltr">Ally Bridge Group as co-lead investor in a $600 million Series D funding round for surgical robotics company, CMR Surgical.</li><li dir="ltr">Ares in its investment in Swedish vehicle technology company Opus.</li><li dir="ltr">Cambridge Quantum Computing in its merger with Honeywell Quantum Solutions.</li></ul>

Jennifer Buckby

Simon Arlington is a partner based in the Corporate Group focusing on M&A and private equity.Simon represents clients across all aspects of M&A and private equity, including raising capital, acquisitions, disposals, investments, and joint ventures, together with corporate governance, portfolio company transactions, and incentive schemes.He focuses on complex cross-border matters, and his experience spans several industry sectors, including food & agriculture, retail, pharmaceuticals and biotech, financial services, natural resources, real estate, and technology.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Simon worked at several international law firms. He has spent time on secondment at a PE fund with global interests in the natural resources and energy sector and trained at a magic circle law firm.

Simon Arlington

Eric T. McCrath is the Chair of Morrison Foerster.Eric has been a trusted advisor on hundreds of public and private M&A, private equity, and financing transactions over the course of his career. As part of his market-leading M&A practice, he counsels strategic acquirers and targets in a variety of industries, including technology (semiconductors, software, AR/VR, FinTech, AI), healthcare, consumer products, financial institutions, media, gaming, and transportation. He represents leading U.S. and global companies and regularly advises on complex cross–border transactions.Eric is regularly recognized by leading publications, including Legal 500 US and Chambers USA, with client sources describing him as “greatly skilled at advising on the most complex and high–profile M&A transactions,” and noting that he “combines strong technical skills and a flair for complexity with commercial awareness, pragmatism and sound judgment.”Eric joined Morrison Foerster as a partner in 2007. He has held multiple leadership roles at the firm prior to being elected chair in June 2022. He has been a member of Morrison Foerster’s Executive Committee since 2016, the Compensation Committee since 2019, has served as Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Corporate Department of over 400 lawyers since 2018, and has also held a number of practice leadership roles.A diverse lawyer of Asian heritage, Eric is also one of the longest-standing members of Morrison Foerster’s Diversity Strategy Committee, having served since 2010.

Eric McCrath

Chair

Mergers + Acquisitions