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CMS named Pan-European Private Equity Legal Adviser of the Year

20/04/2016

CMS was awarded ‘Pan-European Legal Adviser of the Year’ at the Private Equity Awards 2016. Now in its sixteenth year, these awards, hosted by Real Deals, are the oldest, and most respected accolades bestowed on the private equity industry and those that advise it.

2015 was a particularly standout year for the CMS Private Equity Group, led by James Grimwood, which saw the team advise on some of the biggest mid-market deals including some six transactions for LDC, four for Lonsdale Capital and three for Sovereign Capital.

However, it was the team’s successful push into the high-end market, acting for some of the largest global funds both domestically and internationally, that made 2015 a significant year. In addition to advising on transactions for the likes of CVC, Cinven, BC Partners and Advent, we acted on the UK’s largest buyout of 2015; AMP Capital’s acquisition of a majority stake in Angel Trains, which has a value of over GBP 3.5 bn.

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