Louise Batty
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Louise Batty

Partner

Email

louise.batty@aoshearman.com

Offices

London

V-CARD

Louise specialises in employee equity incentives and executive compensation.

She acts for companies (both publicly listed and private, across all sectors) on all aspects of the design, implementation and operation of incentive arrangements, spanning remuneration structures, governance and regulatory compliance, including across borders, and high-profile executive appointments and departures. Louise has extensive experience advising on the implications for incentive and remuneration arrangements of corporate events including mergers and acquisitions and IPOs.

She is recognized by The Legal 500 UK and Chambers UK, where clients describe her as an “expert in her field,” “efficient, responsive and solution driven,” “extremely knowledgeable”, and “a go-to lawyer for any queries” and is an active member of the Share Plan Lawyers Group, serving on its Corporate Governance Committee.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Sequence, an AI-native revenue management platform, on the incentives aspects of its sale to Intuit, a global financial technology company.
  • Airtel Money, one of Africa’s largest fintech platforms, in relation to executive remuneration, incentives and governance aspects of its IPO on the London Stock Exchange with an initial market capitalization of GBP5.3bn and a offer size up to GBP582m.
  • Cadeler A/S and Cadeler plc on the incentives aspects of the redomiciliation of the Cadeler group from Denmark to the United Kingdom by way of an exchange offer, pursuant to which Cadeler plc will acquire all of the outstanding share capital of the group’s existing holding company, Cadeler A/S.
Relevant experience prior to joining A&O Shearman includes advising on incentives aspects of:
  • International Paper Co. on its public takeover of DS Smith plc.
  • DWF Group plc on its public takeover by Inflexion.
  • Spotify on its acquisition of Sonantic.
  • UTA on its acquisition of Curtis Brown Group.
  • Netflix, Inc. on its acquisition of The Roald Dahl Story Company Limited.
  • Barilla Iniziative S.p.A. on its acquisition of Pasta Evangelists.
  • Electronic Arts Inc. on its recommended cash offer for Codemasters and acquisition of Playdemic.
  • Novartis on its acquisition of Gyroscope Therapeutics.
  • Raymond James Financial Inc. on its acquisition of Charles Stanley plc.

Recognition

“Louise is an excellent practitioner.”
Chambers UK 2027 (Employee Share Schemes & Incentives)
“She is very capable.”
Chambers UK 2027 (Employee Share Schemes & Incentives)
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.