Robert Hutton advises domestic and international private equity sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices on complex cross-border private equity investments, M&A transactions, strategic investments, and general commercial matters.
Robert has more than 10 years’ experience counseling clients in a variety of sectors, with a particular focus in the infrastructure, luxury travel, and technology sectors.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Robert worked in the London private equity team of another leading international law firm.
Infrastructure
Digital Colony Partners in a number of matters, including:
its investment in iWireless
its investment in Spyder
its investment in OpenCell
its investment in Stratto
Digital Infrastructure Accelerator in a number of infrastructure investments in emerging markets
Macquarie Capital in an emerging markets infrastructure investment
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets in its purchase and co-investment in real estate assets in the Slovak Republic and Czech Republic from HB Reavis
Endless LLP in its disposal of an aluminum foundry in the Czech Republic as part of its ongoing disposal of assets from the Brabant Alucast group
Luxury Travel
Heritage Capital in a number of matters, including:
its sale of 66.6% of Silversea Cruises to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) for an amount in excess of $1 billion
its sale of the remaining 33.4% of Silversea Cruises to RCCL in exchange for shares in RCCL
its acquisition of a controlling interest in luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent, Group of Companies S.A., and a strategic partnership with Geoffrey J.W. Kent, its founder, chairman, and CEO
its acquisition of Cox & Kings, the world’s oldest travel business, as a portfolio entity of Abercrombie & Kent
various other non-public matters and portfolio matters
A leading sovereign wealth fund in the potential acquisition of an ultra-luxury cruise line
Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection in its proposed acquisition of Sea Cloud Cruises
Technology
Greater Sum Ventures in a number of matters, including:
its investment in ParentApps
its investment in TrackerRMS
its co-investment, along with Frontier Growth Partners, in Vetstoria
its investment in SuperControl
its investment in GiveSmart
its investment in GroupCall
One of Europe's largest internet companies and leading search providers in its $3.75 billion transaction with Uber to combine ridesharing businesses in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
MML Capital Partners in its minority investment in data and AI solution provider Altius
Novator Partners in its co-investment in Aasa Group, an online consumer lending business operating in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Sweden
DMS Governance in its sale of a controlling interest to MML Capital Partners
General Motors in its 35% investment in wejo, comprising both cash and a long-term data sharing agreement, which valued the company at $275 million
2009年 Strathclyde University, Scotland (Dip LP)
2008年 University of Glasgow, Scotland (LLB (Hons) Law)
England & Wales, Registered Foreign Lawyer
Scotland
Recommended, Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity: Transactions – Mid-Market Deals (Up to £250m), The Legal 500 UK (2024, 2025)
Recommended, Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £50m–£500m, The Legal 500 UK (2025)