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

Key contacts

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Howard T. Spilko

Partner, Global Head of Private Equity and Chair of Corporate, US, New York

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Ernest S. Wechsler

Managing Partner, Corporate, US, New York

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Peiwen Chen

Partner, Head of Private Capital, Asia, Singapore and Hong Kong

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John Taylor

Partner, London and Nordic Group

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Alberto Frasquet

Socio, Director de mercantil, EMEA, Madrid and Latin America Group