Roddy Martin

Roddy has considerable experience of advising on cross-border M&A deals, both inbound and outbound, notably those involving newly-industrialised economies, particularly India and China, with a focus on public takeovers, schemes of arrangement, sell-side and buy-side private auctions and bi-laterals, joint ventures, buyouts, minority participations and management equity pieces.

Roddy is also client relationship partner for a number of FTSE companies and international conglomerates.

He is a senior member of the firm's India Executive.

"Pragmatic and highly effective", Legal 500 UK

Ranked individual, Chambers Global - Corporate/M&A (expertise based abroad) - India

Roddy's experience includes advising:

• TUI Travel on its £5.2 billion merger by scheme of arrangement with TUI AG to create one of the first German incorporated, LSE listed, FTSE companies
• PA Consulting Group on the controlling investment by scheme of arrangement from The Carlyle Group, valuing PA at US$1 billion
• Reliance Communications on its proposed US$1.6 billion sale of its telecom towers business to Brookfield Infrastructure
• United Spirits on its £430 million disposal by auction sale of Whyte & Mackay to Emperador
• United Breweries on the partial disposal of its interests in United Spirits to Diageo, with a deal value of £1.2 billion
• the owners of Harrods (a Fayed family trust) on the £1.5 billion sale of Harrods Group to Qatar Holding, the investment arm of the Qatar Investment Authority
• major national oil companies on their proposed takeovers of Bowleven, First Calgary and Petrokazakhstan
• China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) on its US$18.5 billion merger proposal with Unocal Corporation
• the seven global investment banks providing the equity bridge on Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co/Pessina's £11 billion takeover of Alliance Boots