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Philip Coletto
Work Department
Corporate & Financial Services
Position
Philip Coletto is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Private Equity Group in London. His practice focuses on advising private equity sponsors and other institutional investors on a range of complex, cross-border investments, including leveraged buy outs, minority investments, carve-outs, special situation transactions and growth and venture capital. Philip has represented, amongst others, Insight Partners, Davidson Kempner, Blantyre Capital, Genstar Capital, Aquiline Capital Partners, Freshstream, IK Partners, Bluewater, Ardian and FFL Partners.
Education
University of Bristol Law School, LPC, 2007; University of Bristol Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), 2006; University of Nottingham, B.A., 2005
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
‘A commercially driven team which gets things done‘, Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP is regularly engaged by a number of sponsors for assistance with big-ticket transactions. Practice head Gavin Gordon is the key relationship partner for a number of the team’s leading clients, who turn to Gordon for his expertise in cross-border matters with a European or transatlantic aspect. David Arnold is a seasoned PE partner who regularly handles strategic buy and sell-side mandates, while Claire McDaid‘s expertise is notably concentrated in distressed transactions. Other active advisers include Philip Coletto, who often works on deals involving tech or financial services assets, and Andrew Gray, who regularly works with a range of established US and UK firms.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > High yield
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration