Whilst it is true that the
major private equity houses are able to raise larger funds more quickly, the excess of dry powder in the market can only keep valuations high.
Bowen and private equity partner Brunnen (pictured above) led the US firm's team
advising private equity house Graphite Capital and tyre manufacturer Micheldever Group (MTS) on the # 215m acquisition of MTS by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, one of Japan's largest tyre manufacturers.
«NewLaw» provider Parabis Group — which was acquired in 2012 by
private equity house Duke Street Capital — went into pre-pack administration at the start of this week (22 November) and is being broken up seven ways led by restructuring consultants AlixPartners.
Advising international
private equity houses in anti-bribery and corruption due diligence in respect of multiple investments in China and Indonesia
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Goodwin have advised on the # 220m sale of Leeds Bradford Airport
by private equity house Bridgepoint Capital to rival AMP Capital.
The licence approval has rubberstamped a deal agreed late last year which
saw private equity house Duke Street take a majority stake of just over 50 % in Parabis, the parent company of insurance litigation firms Plexus Law and Cogent Law.
White & Case has poached Linklaters» Hong Kong - based corporate partner Peggy Wang, who has been key to the firm's work
for private equity house the Carlyle Group.
Recognised as the leading legal adviser to funds across the Channel Islands, and with fast - growing Caribbean and Asia practices, our clients in the private equity sector include the world's
leading private equity houses, international banks and financial institutions, as well as specialist private equity real estate and infrastructure funds.
Nicholas Hughes, head of the firm's East Africa practice, told an audience of African lawyers in February: «Multiple years of significant economic growth have made Kenyan companies operating in many sectors appealing targets for
international private equity houses.»
Parabis received its ABS licence on 20 August after submitting its application in January, resulting in delays to its external investment deal
with private equity house Duke Street.
• Pearson, a U.K. - based educational materials provider, is in talks with a consortium of
Asian private equity houses to sell its English - language school unit for more than $ 350 million, according to the Financial Times.
Leading eDiscovery provider Inventus Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by RPX Corporation from Santa Monica -
based private equity house Clearlake Capital Group in a deal that is expected to close in January 2016.
Kirkland & Ellis and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are acting opposite each other on
private equity house Pamplona's sale of European pet food manufacturer Partner in Pet Food (PPF) to Cinven.
The «very client - oriented» Cobalt provides a comprehensive service to local and multinational clients,
including private equity houses and those in the finance, transport and energy sectors.
Advised
various private equity houses, including CENTERBRIDGE PARTNERS, in respect of litigious matters arising from the restructuring of Endemol.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance are advising as the Guardian Media Group (GMG) and
private equity house Apax prepare to float their jointly owned magazine business Ascential on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Travers Smith have all been signed up to help drive through a deal
between private equity houses for a stake in roadside recovery company RAC.
The 351,000 sq ft property, whose tenants include US law firm Sidley Austin, has been sold to a joint venture between Ivanhoe Cambridge - the real estate arm of Canadian fund manager Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec - and US
private equity house TPG.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's London office is advising
private equity house CVC Capital Partners on the formation of its new $ 16bn (# 14bn) fund.
Slaughter and May, Macfarlanes and Latham & Watkins have lined up to advise on the # 825m sale of Four Seasons Health Care to
private equity house Terra Firma.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher global co-head of finance Stephen Gillespie has left the firm's City office to
join private equity house LetterOne as general counsel.
Advising on the restructuring, including the US$ 9.4 billion sale by Centro and its managed funds of US assets to a fund managed by
private equity house Blackstone Group, as well as a restructure of Centro's headstock debt and a proposed amalgamation of various funds including the listed Centro Retail Group
The licence approval has rubberstamped a deal agreed late last year which
saw private equity house Duke Street take a majority stake in Parabis, the parent company of insurance litigation firms Plexus Law and Cogent Law.
Listed as one of Deloitte's 2015 Technology Fast 500 companies, LDiscovery has been acquired by
major private equity house The Carlyle Group and «disruptor» investor group Revolution Growth alongside LDiscovery's management.
Providing personal day - to - day employment law and practical troubleshooting advice to the senior management of high profile corporate clients, including the London arm of a leading multi-billion dollar
US private equity house and one of the world's foremost and best recognised designer fashion brands.
Private equity house Duke Street has acquired a majority stake in the Parabis Group, the parent company of insurance litigation law firms Plexus Law and Cogent Law.
Representative Work: Johan has, as the leading partner, advised both listed companies, small & medium size corporations and
private equity houses in their domestic and cross boarder transactions.
Nicole has significant experience
advising private equity houses and financial sponsors on a range of competition law issues, in particular in relation to liability flowing from portfolio companies and investments.
Alabaster — who joins as a partner — was previously a senior counsel in
the private equity house's New York office.
Damien specialises in providing advice on high - value, contentious issues facing domestic and international banks, investment funds,
private equity houses and other financial institutions.
Jan Ollila advises corporate clients,
private equity houses and financial institutions on M&A, finance and capital markets transactions and on disputes in relation thereto.
Financial Regulation: Market - leading advice on financial regulation, compliance risk management and regulatory investigations and enforcement for investment, commercial and retail banks, asset managers,
private equity houses, insurers, exchanges, trading platforms, clearing houses and other financial institutions.
Simpson Thacher's role as the main adviser to major client Blackstone Group is being challenged in Europe, as
the private equity house looks to widen the pool of firms it uses for important mandates.
ARC also advised one client on the sale of a business unit to
a private equity house — a deal that risked triggering more than # 100m of pension liabilities and attracting potential intervention from the regulator.
Today's New York Times Dealbook reports that Lyceum Capital,
a private equity house, is preparing itself for the changes implemented by Britain's Legal Services Act, which, among other things, will allow law firms to sell themselves to private equity or other investors beginning in 2011.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's role as the main adviser to major client Blackstone Group is being challenged in Europe, as
the private equity house looks to widen the pool of firms it uses for important mandates.
Our clients include financial institutions, asset managers,
private equity houses, hedge funds, listed companies, multinational corporates and professional services firms.