Private Equity

Our Private Equity lawyers have been advising private equity funds and family offices for many decades. Our private equity practice enjoys a high standing and reputation in the European market and beyond. We strive to understand the needs of our clients and the market and to tailor our advice accordingly. The Private Equity players we represent include large, medium and small funds as well as family-run funds across the world that are facing fundraising, origination, valuation, execution, performance, exit strategies and regulation challenges.

Our Private Equity Teams provide cross-disciplinary advice on a wide range of legal and tax matters arising in relation to national and international daily pressures of valuations, performance, exit strategies and regulation. As strategic advisors, we combine many years of experience, expertise and international capability.

The relative availability of debt together with significant levels of capital committed to the private equity industry, or held on corporate balance sheets, has strongly impacted the competition for assets and pricing levels. A cohesive private equity strategy will support you to ensure that you acquire the right assets and obtain maximum value from your portfolio. We are structured around your business sectors and that of your targets. This means we can advise you on all stages of a fund’s lifecycle, from formation and administration to the making of investments, portfolio monitoring and exiting.

Your deals are executed according to tight deadlines and complex regulatory constraints. Our multi-disciplinary specialist teams across more than 40 countries globally can mobilise quickly, whatever the size and complexity of your transaction. With anti-trust, tax, employment, banking, commercial, ESG and disputes expertise, we can also assist in the protection and growth of your funds and investments. Whether your deal is in the upper or mid private equity or venture market, our specialist lawyers can guide you towards the best business outcome in your home markets and across multiple jurisdictions.