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Nicholas Plant
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Nicholas is co-leader of Dentons’ global private equity practice.
He has more than 20 years’ experience advising on both domestic and cross-border leveraged buyouts and has led over £10 billion of LBOs in the last five years.
Nicholas has worked extensively for some of the leading private equity houses, including Apax, Blackstone, Centerbridge, CVC Capital Partners, Duke Street Capital, European Capital, Graphite Capital, Investcorp, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and ZQ Capital.
Career
Trained SJ Berwin 1998, qualified 2002. Partner in present firm since 2013. Secondee, Goldman Sachs London 2002; Associate, Hogan Lovells London 2002-04; Partner and Associate, SJ Berwin London 2004-13; Partner, Dentons UKMEA LLP London 2013 to date.
Education
Kings Secondary School, Canterbury; University of Southampton (1992 BA); American University in Washington DC (1993 MA).
Leisure
Grade 8 piano; Glyndebourne member; keen skier.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
(Leading partners)Boasting expertise across multiple sectors, Dentons
acts for various investors and funds on a host of mid-market, multijurisdictional transactions. UK corporate head Neil Nicholson‘s recent engagements include a number of strategic investment deals in the tech sector. Nicholas Plant has considerable experience acting for multinational investors and funds on complex cross-border leveraged buyouts, as well as a number of mandates concerning African-focused PE funds. Stephen Levy acts as the global relationship partner to some of the firm’s most high-profile clients, while James Davison supports funds, portfolio companies and management teams across an array of PE-driven M&A deals. Vincent Leung is recognised for his extensive cross-border practice, with a strong track record in tech, life sciences and infrastructure deals.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m) London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Health and safety
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport