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Private Equity Law

As a leader in the private equity sector, we have extensive experience advising private equity and venture capital investors, investee companies and management teams. Our lawyers can assist throughout the complete private equity and venture capital investment cycle.

With a practice spanning the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and emerging markets, our private equity team is truly global.

Our firm has one of the broadest footprints of any legal practice. This presence is key to our success, with long-established offices in each of the major financial and industrial markets, as well as significant expertise within emerging markets. With one of the strongest integrated platforms in CEE and the CIS, resources that span China, the wider Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, we can bring our global perspective and knowledge of the local landscape to every transaction.

The combination of our multi-jurisdictional corporate transactional, finance and investment funds expertise, supported by our colleagues specializing in every relevant practice area, from taxation and benefits, and intellectual property, to regulatory, restructuring and insolvency, competition and antitrust and public policy, to real estate, environmental, pensions and labor and employment, positions us as a leading full service private equity practice. 

Our dedicated team can advise you across the complete private equity cycle:

  • Fundraising – Formation of investment funds and alternative investment vehicles and co-investment transactions
  • Investments and transactions – Venture capital and private equity transactions and acquisitions of portfolio investments
  • Portfolio management – The day-to-day management of portfolio companies, including bolt-on acquisitions, restructurings, debt refinancing and management incentive arrangements
  • Exits – Formulation and implementation of exit strategies including divestitures, recapitalizations or IPOs

We have worked with leading private equity firms, hedge funds, venture capital funds, family funds, equity fund investors, private equity-backed companies, debt providers and management teams.

Our lawyers regularly counsel sponsors on the formation of investment funds and act for private equity and venture capital backed businesses looking to grow organically or by acquisition.

The deep expertise of our multi-disciplinary industry groups in sectors such as chemicals, diversified industrials, financial services, retail, technology, healthcare, life sciences, and food and drink, gives us insight and understanding into the business drivers you face throughout each transaction and the issues that are critical to completing your transaction.

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  • Ranked 3rd (UK) for Announced Deals – Ranked by Number of Deals, Factset 2023
  • Ranked 6th (Europe) for Announced Deals – Ranked by Number of Deals, Factset 2023
  • Law Firm of the Year (Transactions) – Unquote PE Awards Ceremony, 2022, short-listed for Law Firm of the Year (Transactions), ION Analytics Group PE Awards in 2024
  • Top 10 global private equity deals – The Deal Private Equity Law Firms 2022
  • Tier 1 for mid-market M&A (up to US$500 million) – The Legal 500 US 2024
  • Band 1 for M&A – Chambers USA 2024
  • Tier 1 nationally for Corporate – The Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2024
  • Tier 2 nationally for M&A – The Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2024
  • Tier 2 nationally for Securities/Capital Markets Law – The Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2024
  • Ranked 11th for US Middle Market: Announced Deals (ranked by volume of deals) – Factset Q1, 2024
  • Ranked Top 30 globally by volume of deals – Mergermarket Global Legal Adviser 2023