With a global roster of experienced private equity lawyers, we deliver strategic advice for clients, drawing on deal flow that keeps us at the heart of market-leading trends.
We advise clients across the full spectrum of investments from growth equity to middle-market and large cap. Our team brings extensive experience representing private equity funds, sponsors and their portfolio companies in all aspects of their business. Our work spans fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, financings, control and minority investments, regulatory compliance investigations and disputes. We also work closely with our finance team who have experience advising on investments in debt securities, derivatives and structured products, strategic liquidity and exit transactions.
And with deep resource across all major markets in the private capital arena, our clients include many of the world's leading private equity sponsors, investment funds, asset managers and sovereign wealth funds. Moreover, our global team brings deep knowledge of real assets, including real estate, energy and infrastructure, while our sector capabilities mean we have clients across tech, financial services, consumer, industrials and life sciences and can advise across the entire private equity cycle.
Experience
Carlyle and Southern Capital
Carlyle and Southern Capital on the US$1.17 billion sale of IDX listed Indonesian telecom towers company Solusi Tunas Pratama
Blackstone
Blackstone on the non-US elements of its acquisition of a majority stake in Emerson’s Climate Technologies business – a deal valuing the business at US$14 billion
Blackstone
Blackstone on its £140 million strategic investment in Currencies Direct
BlackRock
Advised on the $750 million purchase of the music catalogs of “modern evergreen” artists, with a focus on female and diverse songwriters. The investment is part of a strategic alliance with Influence Media Partners
Sentinel Capital Partners
Advised on the acquisition of Bandon Holdings, headquartered in Austin, Texas, the largest franchisee in the Anytime Fitness family. Anytime Fitness, headquartered in Woodbury, Minnesota, is the largest fitness company in the US and the fastest growing gym franchise in the world
HIG Capital
We advised the private equity house on the acquisitions Tres60 Servicios Audiovisuales, Impursa and Sistemas
Awards and recognitions
"I think they are great. They have become my go-to outside counsel for a lot of matters, including middle-market M&A transactions."
Chambers USA
"Very commercial thinking partners who are well connected in the market with deep knowledge of the industry."
Legal 500 UK
"The team has robust experience and is able to provide recommendations on the market standard so that the client's interest is protected."
Chambers, Global Guide, Asia-Pacfic Region, 2025
Recognized for Corporate M&A; Highly Regarded (2023-2024)
Chambers USA
Recognized for M&A: Middle-Market and Private Equity Buyouts
Legal 500 USA
New York (Tier 1, 2019 – 2021), National Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (2022)
US News & World Report and Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firms
Recognized for Private Equity
Décideurs
Key contacts
Raji Azzam
Partner, Melbourne
Howard T. Spilko
Partner, Global Head of Private Equity and Chair of Corporate, US, New York
Ernest S. Wechsler
Managing Partner, Corporate, US, New York
Peiwen Chen
Partner, Head of Private Capital, Asia, Singapore and Hong Kong
John Taylor
Partner, London and Nordic Group
Alberto Frasquet
Socio, Director de mercantil, EMEA, Madrid and Latin America Group
Dr Christoph Nawroth
Partner, Germany
Hayley Neilson
Partner, Sydney