Tracey Lochhead > Linklaters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Linklaters LLP Offices
ONE SILK STREET
LONDON
EC2Y 8HQ
England
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Tracey Lochhead
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Tracey is a corporate partner who advises on a wide range of corporate, corporate finance and commercial matters across various sectors but with a focus on the bank and financial services sector. She acts for private equity houses, banks and corporate on public and private mergers and acquisitions, loan portfolio sales, corporate restructurings and joint ventures as well as equity capital market transactions. Tracey’s experience includes advising Cerberus on its acquisition of the Northern Rock entity and £13bn of mortgages; Investec of the sale of its UK mortgage business Kensington Group, together with other mortgage assets, to funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Advisors and TPG Special Situations Partners; and Glencore on its merger with Xstrata.
Career
Solicitor, Russell McVeagh (New Zealand) 2003-2005; legal counsel, Macquarie Goodman (New Zealand) 2005-2007; associate, Linklaters (London) 2007-2009; secondment to RBS (London/Amsterdam) 2009; managing associate, Linklaters (London) 2009-2014; partner, Linklaters (London) 2014 to date.
Languages
English
Education
Bachelor of Laws with Honours and Bachelor of Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand (2003).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
(Leading partners)‘A fantastic one-stop shop for high-quality legal services‘, Linklaters LLP‘s client roster comprises a host of large-cap sponsors, who engage the firm for representation in big-ticket, multijurisdictional transactions – from acquisitions to bilateral carve-outs. The practice is co-chaired by Alex Woodward and Ben Rodham, who jointly head up the firm’s wider global financial sponsors group. Woodward, praised for his ‘super sharp legal mind‘, regularly works on acquisitions, divestitures, and investment transactions for various major PE firms, while Rodham – ‘an exceptional transactional partner‘ – has most recently advised on high-value disposals for clients with interests in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, among others. Tracey Lochhead‘s focus is notably concentrated in financial services and mining, while Chris Boycott‘s sector coverage spans tech, healthcare, and consumer goods. Alex Lehtinen – who was promoted to partner in May 2023 – boasts recent experience in manufacturing and real estate-oriented deals. Ben Suen is also recommended. Genna Marten joined the firm from Travers Smith LLP in June 2023, while the firm strengthened its offering on the infrastructure side with the hire of John Guccione from Latham & Watkins in May 2023. Will Aitken-Davies left the team to join Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in September 2023.
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
Trusted by some of the biggest corporates in the market, the ‘fantastic’ lawyers at Linklaters LLP offer ‘strength in depth, excellent technical abilities and good teamwork’. Drawing on the expertise of specialist groups including tax, antitrust, employment and technology and working alongside a network of 30 international offices, the wide-ranging practice covers the full gamut of corporate work, advising buyers, sellers and financial advisers on public takeovers, joint ventures, corporate restructurings such as carve out transactions, as well as private M&A and equity capital markets work. Simon Branigan, global head of corporate and co-head of the firm’s bank sector has extensive experience in the mining, retail and consumer, oil and gas and financial services sectors. Aisling Zarraga, who serves as global co- head of Linklaters’ life Sciences and healthcare sector, leads on some of the largest M&A and joint venture transactions in the market, advising global pharmaceutical companies, healthcare services and biotech businesses, as well as companies from other industries, such as mining. Sought out by financial institutions such as PricewaterhouseCoopers is Tracey Lochhead , whose practice spans public and private M&A, joint ventures, loan portfolio sales and corporate restructurings. Ian Hunter advises domestic and international clients on general corporate governance, M&A transactions and equity offerings, and has a particular emphasis on the natural resources and mining sector, as well as UK Takeover-Code governed transactions and UK Listing Rules reform. James Inglis‘s practice covers public and private M&A, corporate governance advisory work and capital raisings, while global head of the technology group, Derek Tong, also assists clients with joint ventures, strategic investments and restructuring. Other key names to note include firmwide senior partner and chair Aedamar Comiskey, Iain Fenn and Fionnghuala Griggs. The practice has seen a number of departures including Nick Rumsby (now Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton), Jessamy Gallagher (now Paul Hastings LLP) and Stuart Bedford (now KPMG Law); however, it remains a strong team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+ London > Corporate and commercial
- 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: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- 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+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Trade finance
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers