Anton Goldstein

Experience Highlights
M&A

– Advising General Electric on the US$3.4 billion sale of its water business
– Advising DSV on its US$1.3 billion take-private of UTi Worldwide
– Advising AAR on the US$55 billion sale of TNK-BP to Rosneft (IFLR’s M&A “deal of the year” for 2013)
– Advising on the US$1.4 billion business combination of Burger King and Justice Holdings
– Advising Vallares on US$4.2 billion business combination with Genel
– Advising Diageo on its acquisition of a stake in Zacapa Rum
– Advising CCR on the US$232 million acquisition of a stake in Quito International Airport
– Advising Mercuria on the acquisition of a 12% stake by ChemChina
– Advising Iluka Resources on its GBP215 million takeover of Sierra Rutile (IJ Global’s “Africa M&A deal of the year” for 2016)

Capital Markets

– Advising on the US$2 billion IPO of Despegar on the New York Stock Exchange
– Advising on the US$4.3 billion IPO of Lenta on the London Stock Exchange (creating the largest publicly-listed BVI company at the time)
– Advising on the IPO of LSC Lithium on the Toronto Stock Exchange
– Advising Kinross Gold on its US$500 million note issuance

Corporate Finance

– Advising Premier Oil on its US$3.8 refinancing
– Advising Nomura on the £237 million refinancing of Camden Market

Professional Background
– Mergers and acquisitions lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London
– Mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, London
– Seconded to Goldman Sachs (Principal Investment Division)
– Tutor of Commercial Law, University of Oxford

Education
– University of Oxford, Law degree, first class honours (Martin Wronker Prize in Law, Proxime Accessit)

Bar Admissions
– British Virgin Islands, Solicitor, 2009
– England & Wales, Solicitor, 2005 (not currently practising)

Awards & Accolades
– Recognised in the 2023 edition (and since 2012) of Chambers Global (corporate and finance, investment funds – band 1)
– Recognised in the 2024 edition (and 2019) of Legal 500 Caribbean (investment funds)
– Recognised in the 2024 edition (and since 2011) of Legal 500 Caribbean (corporate and commercial)
– Recognised in the 2024 edition (and 2018) of Legal 500 Caribbean (banking, finance and capital markets)
– Recognised in the 2023 edition (and since 2013) of IFLR1000 (financial and corporate)
– Recognised in the 2023 edition (and since 2016) of IFLR1000 (investment funds)
– Recognised in the 2022 edition (and since 2018) of Who’s Who Legal (private funds)
– Recognised in the 2017 edition (and since 2013) of Who’s Who Legal (private equity, hedge funds, investment funds)
– Recognised in the 2015 edition of Who’s Who Legal (mergers and acquisitions)

Associations
– Appointed to the BVI Financial Services Commission’s Focus Group on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive