Georgia Moorhouse is an associate in Cohen & Gresser’s London office and a member of the firm’s Corporate practice group.
Georgia’s practice focuses on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, restructurings, and corporate finance, including initial public offerings. She has also advised on tax, intellectual property, and corporate governance-related issues.
Prior to joining Cohen & Gresser, Georgia was a Corporate associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where she began her career as a trainee solicitor. She also completed a secondment at the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs International.
Georgia completed her LPC and MSc with Distinction from the University of Law and received her LLB with First Class Honors from the Queen Mary University of London.
Georgia Moorhouse is an associate in Cohen & Gresser’s London office and a member of the firm’s Corporate practice group. Georgia’s practice focuses on…
Education
University of Law (LPC, MSC, 2017); Queen Mary University of London (LLB, 2016)
Bar Admissions
England & Wales
Cohen & Gresser advised Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and its subsidiary Deutsche Aircraft Holdings (DAH) as lead counsel in connection with an important minority equity investment in DAH. The investment comes from a joint venture formed between OHB SE, a leading European space technology corporation, and AFK Enterprise AG, a Swiss-based family office, and will propel the development of new green aviation technologies including the D328eco®, an environmentally friendly version of the acclaimed Do328 short-haul passenger aircraft manufactured by Deutsche Aircraft GmbH. With new propulsion systems, latest-generation avionics and more seats, the D328eco is anticipated to set new standards for environmentally friendly short-haul flying.
The equity stake in DAH is subject to approval from the German Government which is currently supporting development of the D328eco with a high-volume development cost loan which, supports development of clean aviation initiatives at Deutsche Aircraft. The transaction is anticipated to close during the first quarter of 2023 following regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
The Cohen & Gresser team was led by Jeffrey M. Bronheim and Daniel H. Mathias, with assistance from C&G associates James Mossetto and Georgia Moorhouse.
International law firm
Cohen & Gresser represented
Sierra Space Corporation, a commercial space company that is building and delivering the infrastructure and systems required for the future of space travel, in its record-breaking $1.4 billion Series A financing round.
The private funding round represents the largest aerospace and defense capital raise in the world in 2021 and the second-largest private capital raise of all time in the aerospace and defense sector.
Leading global investors including General Atlantic, Coatue, and Moore Strategic Ventures, along with private equity funds managed by firms including Black Rock and AE Industrial Partners and various family offices, all participated in the transaction.
Cohen & Gresser served as counsel to our client Sierra Space on all aspects of the transaction. “We are proud of the opportunity to assist Sierra Space in this groundbreaking transaction to support the future of space travel,” said
Jeffrey M. Bronheim, lead partner on the engagement for Cohen & Gresser.
The Cohen & Gresser team was led by
Jeffrey M. Bronheim,
Bonnie J. Roe, and
Daniel H. Mathias, with assistance from associates
Winnifred A Lewis and
Georgia Moorhouse. C&G partners
Nicholas J. Kaiser (tax),
Ronald F. Wick (antitrust), and
David F. Lisner (litigation) provided additional support.
Read Sierra Space Corporation’s press release
here.
