Ian Bagshaw
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Work Department
Corporate; private equity.
Position
Ian is the co-head of the private equity sector within Linklaters and focuses solely on private equity, advising private equity houses and financial sponsor clients on all forms of leveraged M&A and portfolio assistance, including restructuring advice. Transactions of significance where substantial involvement can be disclosed have included advising: Triton on the €850m ($1.1bn) acquisition of Ambea from 3i, one of the largest leveraged buyouts in the Nordic region since July 2007 and one of the largest private equity healthcare transactions completed since July 2007 (according to Mergermarket); China Investment Corporation (CIC) on its minority investment into Apax Partners LLP and its commitment to Apax’ most recent buyout fund through an innovative sidecar structure; Almatis, a portfolio company of Dubai International Capital, on its debt financing arrangements and potential restructuring options; Novator and the Company on the restructuring of Actavis; Candover and its portfolio company, DX Services, on the restructuring of DX Services; the debtor and sponsor on the restructuring of Italian luxury yacht manufacturer Ferretti; Dubai International Capital on the £600m acquisition of Alliance Medical; Dubai International Capital on the acquisition of Almatis; Quadrangle Capital Partners and GS Capital Partners on the NOK5.8bn acquisition of Get from Candover; Merrill Lynch Private Equity on the €800m acquisition of Euromedic.
Career
Associate Eversheds 1994-2000; Alston & Bird, Atlanta 1999-2000; associate Clifford Chance 2000-04, partner 2004; partner Linklaters 2007.
Education
Sheffield University (1993); York College of Law (1994).
