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Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Advising domestic and global clients throughout the investment lifecycle, ranging from equity capital raises to major investments, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP is described as ‘agile’ and ’dynamic’. The firm’s lawyers mainly concentrate upon the financial services, TMT, and healthcare industries, routinely assisting companies with acquisitions and management buyouts. Team leader John Taylor is London-based, specialising in disposals and takeovers, whilst Malcolm Lombers is a private equity-backed M&A specialist. David D’Souza focuses on management equity arrangements, the ‘standout’ Joseph Dennis is knowledgeable in reorganisations, and Eleanor Shanks is also highlighted for her co-investment work.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘This HSF team are agile, dynamic and most significantly well attuned to the needs of their sponsor clients in a wide variety of acquisition/divestment and portfolio maintenance transactions.’

  • ‘Partner Joseph Dennis is the standout performer. He has his finger on the pulse of sponsor clients' needs every step of the way and he has an exceptional ability to deliver commercially relevant and pragmatic solutions to the most complex of deal issues that arise.'

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Key clients

  • EQT and Icon Group
  • IFC
  • Miller Insurance
  • Waterland Private Equity
  • Avedon Capital
  • Aquiline Capital Partners
  • Scantox
  • Ardonagh Group
  • Kestrel Partners
  • Fidelio
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • AustralianSuper

Work highlights

Advised Waterland Private Equity (WPE) and the management sellers on the sale of Cooper Parry to Lee Equity Partners (Lee Equity) in an auction bid process.
Advised Aquiline Capital Partners on its investment in Isio.
Advised longstanding client AustralianSuper, Australia's largest superannuation fund, on its capital investment of €1.5 billion, in conjunction with an overall equity capital raise of €1.959 billion, in the EMEA branch of Vantage Data Centers.

Practice head

John Taylor

Other key lawyers

Malcolm Lombers; David D'Souza; Joseph Dennis; Eleanor Shanks; Gregor Gordon; Nikesh Arya

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