Tiarna Meka
Associate
Baker & McKenzie Services Limited
Not admitted to practice law in this jurisdiction
Biography
Tiarna is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Corporate M&A practice in London. Tiarna primarily advises clients in relation to cross-border mergers and acquisitions and global carve-out transactions. Tiarna also provides counsel regarding general corporate matters, shareholder arrangements and corporate reorganisations.
Tiarna has previously undertaken a long-term secondment to Baker McKenzie’s New York office (2024-2026).
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised Egis, a global provider of architecture, consulting, construction engineering, operations and mobility services, on its acquisition of US engineering leader H.W. Lochner, Inc.*
Advised Owens Corning in connection with the sale of its glass reinforcements business to Praana Group at an enterprise value of USD 755 million.* - Advised Astorg and Cobepa-backed Corsearch in its acquisition of Edison IP Enforcement.*
- Advised Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for neurological disorders, in its USD 185 million sale of substantially all of its assets to Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA through a sale process pursuant to Section 363 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.*
- Advised Hitachi Ltd. on its USD 11 billion acquisition of ABB's power grids business in over 100 jurisdictions (the largest ever acquisition by a Japanese industrial company).
- Advised Emerson on the sale of its Climate Technologies business to Blackstone for USD 14 billion, a carve-out across 44 countries.
- Advised Sika AG on its EUR 5.3 billion acquisition of MBCC Group from Lone Star and the carve-out and sale of MBCC Group's admixtures business to Cinven.
- Advised Novonesis on the global carve-out and sale of its lactase business to Kerry Group PLC.
- Advised Emerson on its sale of its InSinkErator business to Whirlpool Corporation for USD 3.0 billion.
- Advised Vertiv, a provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, on its USD 2 billion acquisition of E&I Engineering, a leading provider of electrical switchgear and power distribution systems.
- Advised Baker Hughes on its acquisition of the Power Generation Division of BRUSH Group.
- Advised KKR on its acquisition and Wella joint venture with Coty for the professional beauty and retail hair business for USD 4.3 billion, a highly complex carve-out across more than 70 countries.
* Experience whilst based in Baker McKenzie's New York office.
Admissions
- Supreme Court of Victoria~Australia (2020)
Education
- Monash University (Master of Laws, Juris Doctor)
- College of Law (Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice)
Languages
- English
Previous Offices
- New York
- Melbourne
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