Corporate and commercial
Advising on the full lifecycle of clients’ investments, spanning from fund formation to exits and restructurings, Goodwin routinely handles cross-border private equity transactions. The London-based practice includes Gemma Roberts, a specialist in corporate reorganisations and joint ventures, as well as Carl Bradshaw and Arvin Abraham, both of whom regularly act for private equity sponsors and portfolio companies.
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Partner
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Gemma Roberts is a partner in Goodwin’s Private Equity group and co-chair of the London office. Gemma specializes in representing private equity sponsors and private companies in leveraged buyouts, growth equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and joint ventures. She has extensive experience with cross-border transactions, complex carve-outs and representing senior executives in corporate transactions as well as undertaking corporate and commercial advisory work for a broad range of corporate clients and private equity portfolio companies. Gemma works with clients in industries ranging from software, technology, financial and business services, to food and consumer products.
Education
Legal Practice Course, 2006, BPP Law School (with Distinction); BA Hons Law, 2005, University of Cambridge
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Key clients
- Accel-KKR Bregal Investments ECI Partners Lloyds Development Capital G Square Private Equity Graphite Capital Management H.I.G. Capital Hg Capital Intermediate Capital Group LGT Capital Mayfair Equity Partners SK Capital TA Associates Warburg Pincus
Work highlights
Advised TA Associates on its joint investment with Novo Holdings in Biocomposites.
Advised Hg Capital, together with its affiliated investment funds in connection with their agreement to sell, alongside Insight Partners (a minority shareholder), their entire stake in Dext Software Ltd to IRIS Software Group.
Advised TA Associates, alongside Fortissimo, in connection with their sale of a controlling stake in Priority Software Solutions to Blackstone.