Louise Batty

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

Advising on incentives aspects of:
  • International Paper Co.'s public takeover of DS Smith plc (previous firm experience). 
  • DWF Group plc’s public takeover by Inflexion (previous firm experience).
  • Spotify’s acquisition of Sonantic (previous firm experience).
  • UTA’s acquisition of Curtis Brown Group (previous firm experience).
  • Netflix, Inc.’s acquisition of The Roald Dahl Story Company Limited (previous firm experience).
  • Barilla Iniziative S.p.A.’s acquisition of Pasta Evangelists (previous firm experience).
  • Electronic Arts Inc.'s recommended cash offer for Codemasters and acquisition of Playdemic (previous firm experience).
  • Novartis' acquisition of Gyroscope Therapeutics (previous firm experience).
  • Raymond James Financial Inc.'s acquisition of Charles Stanley plc (previous firm experience).
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.