Tiarna Meka

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