Richard Youle
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Work Department
Corporate, private equity.
Position
Richard 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 include advising: HgCapital on the competitive bid for Goldshields Group; Oaktree on the acquisition of Countrywide via a debt restructuring (Awarded IFLR Private Equity ‘Deal of the Year’); Montagu Private Equity and the consortium on the £1.2bn P2P of Biffa Plc; Montagu and LINPAC on the restructuring of LINPAC Group via a CVA and scheme of arrangement; Montagu on the sale of British Car Auctions by Montagu Private Equity to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice; Terra Firma on the approx €3bn sale of 50% of German Motorway Service Operator Tank and Rast to RREEF Infrastructure.
Career
Associate Eversheds 1997-99; associate SJ Berwin 1999-2001; managing associate Linklaters 2001-06; partner 2006 to date.
Education
Newcastle University (1995); College of Law, York (1996).
Practice Areas
M&A
