Anthony Doolittle | London | Hogan Lovells

Anthony Doolittle

Partner Corporate & Finance

Doolittle Anthony

Anthony Doolittle
Doolittle Anthony
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Anthony Doolittle is a partner in the firm's corporate practice in London. His practice covers a wide range of transactions, including public and private M&A, joint ventures, and equity capital markets work.  

Anthony has developed in-depth knowledge in the financial services, insurance, life sciences, and energy sectors. Before joining Hogan Lovells, Anthony was a senior associate in the corporate department of a Magic Circle law firm.

Representative experience

Apis Partners as lead investor on a c. £70 million investment in Moneybox, one of the UK’s fastest-growing and most profitable digital wealth management platforms

New Incubation Ventures, the strategic early-stage investment arm of The Estée Lauder Companies, on its investments in Vyrao and Haeckels

Wanda on its sale of Sunseeker International, a British luxury performance motor yacht manufacturer, to Lionheart and Orienta

Vodafone on its joint venture with Accenture to create a new global services company, Vodafone Shared Operations Limited (VSOL) 

Schroders on its acquisition of wealth management firm Whitley Asset Management Ltd

Global Ports Holding PLC on its £310m recommended takeover offer by Global Yatırım Holding A.Ş and its related delisting from the London Stock Exchange

Tenet Group on the sale of Tenet & You, a whole of market IFA firm, to My Pension Expert

Tenet Group on its exclusive arrangement to transfer Tenet’s Wealth Network to Openwork

Neuropool Ltd, a social enterprise, on its seed funding round and receiving an equity investment from the Growth Impact Fund

Shaftesbury plc on its all-share merger with Capital & Counties Properties plc to create Shaftesbury Capital PLC, to create a central London REIT with a combined portfolio of approximately £5bn.

Virunga Power on the commitment by Gridworks, a UK government-backed investor, to invest up to $50 million to fund new sustainable electricity generation projects across Africa

AmerisourceBergen on its US$6.47 billion acquisition of Alliance Healthcare from Walgreens Boots Alliance.
 

Norwegian Air Shuttle on its joint venture with CCB Leasing Corporation, a subsidiary of China Construction Bank Corporation, to finance, own and lease 27 aircraft.
 
 

Qatar Insurance Company on its participation in a £200m investment by Pollen Street Capital in the insurance broker, Markerstudy, and QIC’s ongoing partnership with Markerstudy.
 

Goldman Sachs in connection with its investments in Nutmeg, Starling Bank, Trussle and other fintechs.
 

ISTARI on its cornerstone investment in Sonrai Security as part of its $50m series C fundraising.

Innogy SE on the combination of its subsidiary, Npower, with the domestic retail business of SSE to form a new listed energy retail company.

 

Vodafone on the combination of Vodafone Netherlands with the Netherlands business of Liberty Global.

 

Standard Life plc on the recommended offer and scheme of arrangement to acquire Aberdeen Asset Management plc for share-for-share consideration.

 

The Innovation Group plc on the recommended offer by the Carlyle Group and scheme of arrangement to acquire the company for £499 million.

 

Actelion on the future collaboration aspects of the acquisition by Johnson & Johnson of Actelion for $30 billion and spin-out of a new research company, Idorsia.

 

Credentials

Education
  • B.A. Modern History, University of Oxford, 2007
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • Solicitor, England and Wales

Recognition

Next Generation Partner - Fintech: corporate and commercial

Legal 500

2025
Recommended - M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+

Legal 500

2025
“Anthony Doolittle is fantastic.”

Legal 500

2025
Key lawyer in Tier 1 Fintech team

Legal 500

2021-2022