Henry Llewellyn

Henry Llewellyn focuses his practice on obtaining antitrust, foreign direct investment and EU foreign subsidies regulation approvals of high-profile transactions, which are often cross-border and global in scope. He has represented clients in matters involving the European Commission, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Federal Trade Commission and other global competition authorities. 

Henry’s engagements include:

• Blackstone in a variety of transactions, including acquisitions of Advarra Holdings, Inc, Senior plc and Skroutz; the announced acquisition of Essendi and sale of Cerdia and Cirsa; and its strategic investments in Currencies Direct and Quantum Systems.
• Antin Infrastructure Partners in a variety of transactions, including its acquisitions of NorthC and Swiftair.
• KKR in a variety of transactions, including in connection with the combination of Nielsen IQ and GfK SE; its acquisitions of Ocean Yield, Simon & Schuster, Wittur GmbH and Topcon Corporation; and its strategic investments in FGS Global, OHB SE and Zenobe Energy.
• Silver Lake in a variety of transactions, including its acquisitions of Qualtrics, Software AG (and subsequent sale of Software AG’s IntegrationCo business) and strategic investment in Clubessential Holdings. 

• Microsoft in relation to its acquisitions of Nuance and Xandr
• PPD Inc. in its $17.4 billion acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management in relation to its acquisition of MDVIP

Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Henry was an Associate at Slaughter and May. Henry earned his BA (Hons) from Trinity College, Dublin in 2011, and a Post Graduate Diploma in European Competition Law from King’s College London in 2017. Henry is admitted to practice in both Belgium and England and Wales.