Robert Hutton

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