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Alex Woodward
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Alex is Co-Head of the Financial Sponsors practice within Linklaters. Alex advises private equity and other financial sponsor clients on transactions including leveraged buy-outs, consortium deals, public takeovers, carve-outs and exits (including by way of IPO) across a variety of sectors. Alex has particular experience in advising sponsor clients on complex cross-border transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
(Hall of Fame)Linklaters LLP has a high-quality offering in private equity, with a focus on handling complex, cross-jurisdictional mandates. Praised as ‘always available and extremely responsive’, the team’s work in 2021 included acting on a number of take-privates in the UK and European public markets, as well as handling carve-outs. In addition to its work for prominent funds such as TDR, Apax and Carlyle, the practice also regularly represents consortiums of investors on large-scale buyouts. Highly regarded practice co-heads Alex Woodward
and Ben Rodham are well-regarded for their work in this area, with Rodham praised as ‘superbly commercial and pragmatic’. Will Aitken-Davies stands out for his work on cross-border transactions, while Chris Boycott also had a strong year in 2021, including handling public-to-privates and carve-out deals.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame - London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+) - London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Trade finance
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £500m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing