Costa Smith > Baker Botts (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Baker Botts (UK) LLP Offices
41 LOTHBURY
LONDON
EC2R 7HF
England
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Costa Smith
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Costa Smith advises on a wide range of corporate matters, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity transactions in the technology, infrastructure and energy sectors. The transactions on which Costa advises are often complex and cross-border in nature.
Costa has also gained experience during secondments at both a global insurance company and the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (General Counsel’s Division).
Memberships
Qualified Solicitor, England & Wales, 2011
Education
Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School 2009
Master of Laws, International & European Law, Universiteit van Amsterdam 2008
Bachelor of Laws, Chinese Law, University of Nottingham 2007
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
Baker Botts (UK) LLP fields a considerable workload, notably handling digital infrastructure projects pertaining to data centers and towers, fiber networks, and subsea cables. Stuart Blythe is lauded as ‘attentive and timely’ and is often engaged in commercial agreements, M&A, and restructurings. Costa Smith is commended by clients as ‘extremely professional, diligent, and a delight to work with.’
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Real estate > Construction: contentious