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
Aquiline Capital Partners
Aquiline Capital Partners on its acquisition of Wealth at Work from Equistone
Bain Capital
Bain Capital on its A$3.5 billion acquisition of Virgin Australia Group by way of a deed of company arrangement and all related financing arrangements
EQT Infrastructure
EQT Infrastructure on its A$2.4 billion acquisition of a 70% stake in Icon Group
Inflexion Private Equity Partners
Inflexion Private Equity Partners on the sale of Succession Wealth to the Aviva Group for £385 million
Three Hills Capital
Three Hills Capital on its acquisition, refinancing and realisation of Hunter Wellingtons
Francisco Partners
Represented Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm, in a strategic growth investment in Acoustic, LP, a global marketing and customer experience provider for B2C brands
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