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Vica Irani
Work Department
M&A/ Financial Markets/ Private Equity/ ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)
Position
Practice Leader Corporate
Career
Vica Irani leads Jones Day’s Global Corporate Practice, covering the Firm’s M&A and Private Equity areas of focus. In over 25 years of practice, she has advised on hundreds of complex M&A, private equity, and equity capital markets transactions, across a broad range of industries (including infrastructure, natural resources, health care, industrials, technology, and defence & aerospace), with a focus on cross-border and multijurisdictional deals. She also counsels public companies on governance and related matters. Vica serves as Diversity Chair for Jones Day’s London office, is a co-chair of the Firm’s Global Women’s Affinity Group and services on the Firm’s Global Diversity, Inclusion and Advancement Committee.
Memberships
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Education
- The College of Law, London (Legal Practice Course with commendation 1998);
- University of Bristol (LL.B. 1997)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
(Leading partners)London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
Housing a team of ‘brilliant individuals with excellent legal skills coupled with commercial acumen’, Jones Day works with an international roster of private equity firms on fund management, financing, and M&A-related matters, advising across a host of sectors. Practice head Liam Bonamy boasts years of experience advising on deals in the real estate, financial services, hospitality and retail sectors. Giles Elliott works with sponsors and management teams on PE transactions and is a key adviser to New York investment firm J. F. Lehman & Company. Co-head Vica Irani is particularly focused on PE and M&A deals in the infrastructure sector, while the ‘hardworking, super-intelligent’ Julian Runnicles specialises in both M&A and equity-related financings. Patrick Stafford comes recommended for his tech focus.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m) London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Real estate > Environment
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds