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Dipesh Santilale

Co-head of Corporate

Languages

English
German
Gujarati

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Dipesh Santilale heads up the Corporate Financial Services transactions team and is a member of the CMS Private Equity team.

Dipesh regularly advises UK and international financial institutions on M&A and restructurings, as well as providing advice on corporate governance and regulatory issues. Dipesh also regularly acts for institutions and investors on strategic corporate ventures and investments.

He also regularly advises investors and operators in the asset management and real estate sectors, advising on joint ventures, restructuring and M&A processes.

Relevant experience

Regularly advising Savills and Savills Investment Management on M&A including the recent joint venture with Samsung Life Insurance.
Sale by Sanlam Life of its UK pensions business to Chesnara and wealth management business to Oaktree Capital.
Acting on recent capital raises for Liberis (including from FTV Capital and Blenheim Chalcot), a leading UK embedded finance provider to SMEs.
Legal & General on M&A and corporate venture activity, including the recent sale to Fidelity International of a £6bn retail investment portfolio and joint venture with EDF for rolling out of EV charging infrastructure, creation of a UK science and innovation real estate joint venture, investment in Household Capital and numerous other ESG focussed technology start-ups.
AnaCap on the sale to JC Flowers of Cabot Credit Management and the acquisition and sale of leading Czech challenger bank Equa.
Trainline on the sale and re-investment aspects of the acquisition of the business by KKR from Exponent.
Ametek on numerous acquisitions including of Nu Instruments and Alphasense.
National Australia Group on strategic M&A, restructuring and demerger processes and the reorganisation and disposal of its UK CRE portfolio and ongoing corporate/regulatory advice.
Kaupthing on the restructuring and sale of the La Tasca restaurant chain, Asquith Nurseries and the Oasis & Warehouse businesses.
Qatar National Bank in relation to its joint venture development and financing arrangements relating to the Shard and investments in other prominent London and European real estate assets.
A number of South African, Danish and Swiss banks on their disposals of UK businesses.

Publications

July 12 2013 - The Government has published its response to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (the Commission) report 'Changing banking for good'… , Lexology.
June 26 2013 - The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (the Commission) has published its fifth and final report: "Changing banking for good". The report, Lexology.
May 28 2013 - Contracts sometimes provide that a party can terminate simply on the grounds that something has happened to the other party that could undermine its… , Lexology.
April 2013 - Commercial Loan Portfolios: transfer mechanisms, Building Society Association.
2009 - Statutory accounts: get them in on time, PLC.
Various articles in “PE Director” relating to managing exit processes for management teams of PE backed businesses, included in Corbett Keeling hard copy publications.

Memberships & Roles

Non Executive Trustee director of HBV Enterprise, an enterprise education charity based in Hackney
Head of the CMS Alumni programme

Education

2000 – LLB (Hons), King’s College London
1999 - Diploma in European Legal Studies, Heidelberg

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance Financial Institutions Lending Restructuring & Insolvency Corporate Equity Capital Markets Mergers & Acquisitions Real Estate Investment

sectors

Private Equity Technology

Insights by Dipesh

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News United Kingdom

CMS advises Savills on $1,112.5m acquisition of Eastdil Secured

13 Mar 2026 2 min read

Legal Update United Kingdom

Analyse, Assess and Address – Regulatory focus on Private Equity

09 Jul 2024 10 min read

Legal Update United Kingdom

Analyse, Assess and Address – Regulatory focus on Private Equity

09 Jul 2024 10 min read

News United Kingdom

CMS advises Legal & General on the UK’s biggest investment in ground source heat pumps

15 Aug 2023 2 min read

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Dipesh Santilale

Co-head of Corporate

Languages

Social media

Relevant experience

Publications

Memberships & Roles

Education

Practice Areas

sectors

Insights by Dipesh

CMS advises Savills on $1,112.5m acquisition of Eastdil Secured

Analyse, Assess and Address – Regulatory focus on Private Equity

Analyse, Assess and Address – Regulatory focus on Private Equity

CMS advises Legal & General on the UK’s biggest investment in ground source heat pumps