Laurence is an Of Counsel in our Financial Sponsors Group specialising in Infrastructure and Private Equity.
Laurence is a corporate lawyer who has extensive experience advising leading private equity sponsors and infrastructure funds on a broad range of cross-border M&A transactions and investment transactions, with a particular focus on transport infrastructure assets and technology focused private equity transactions. Laurence advises clients on all stages of the investment cycle including acquisitions and disposals, co-investment and joint ventures, management equity plans, corporate governance, refinancings and corporate reorganisations.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Global Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of TCR from 3i Infrastructure plc
- Global Infrastructure Partners, as part of a consortium together with Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Employees’ Provident Fund of Malaysia and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, on their $3.9 billion pre-conditional voluntary cash takeover offer for Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Scandinavian Airlines on its emergence from Chapter 11 insolvency
- SilverTree Equity on the sale of a co-controlling interest in Orbus Software to FTV Capital
- Advent International on the carve-out sale of Tag (part of the Williams Lea Tag group) to Dentsu
- Sign In Solutions Inc on its recommended cash offer for Smartspace Software plc
- PSG on the sale of Nomentia to Inflexion
- Eutelsat and its Board on its combination with OneWeb
- Digital Edge (backed by Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners) on its multi-tranche investment in Indonesian data centre operator PT Indointernet
- Permira on its acquisition of a 60% interest in EF Kids & Teens private English tutoring business in China and Indonesia
Services
Background
Laurence graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2010. After completing the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course, he qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2015.
Laurence worked in Hong Kong in 2020 – 2022 and in 2024 spent seven months on secondment to Global Infrastructure Partners. He joined Herbert Smith Freehills in 2026.
