Law firms Slaughters and Debevoise take sides as HarbourVest makes hostile bid for SVG Capital Legal Business · 12 September 2016 · 1 min read Corporate and M&A Deal watch Slaughter and May Slaughter and May has won repeat work for SVG Capital as the private equity house faces a £1bn hostile takeover bid from Boston-based group HarbourVest.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryLegal Business Awards 2026: which firms made the shortlist?Law firmsNews Editor7 May 2026Slaughters and Linklaters take the call as Vodafone buys CK Hutchison out for £4.3bnLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves6 May 2026Freshfields and Slaughters advise as EQT tables improved bid for FTSE 100 IntertekLaw firmsWill Lewallen5 May 2026Ashurst EMEA energy and infrastructure M&A head set to join Vinson’s City baseLaw firmsWill Lewallen11 May 2026Latham and Davis Polk gear up for $2bn Lime IPOLaw firmsWill Lewallen11 May 2026Sidley sees exit of four-partner private equity team across NY and LondonLaw firmsWill Lewallen8 May 2026Dealwatch: Global 100 advisers take centre stage on BlackRock-GIP $12.5bn mega dealLaw firmsAlex Ryan15 Jan 2024Dealwatch: Telegraph auction off as Barclay brothers pay off Lloyds debt with loanLaw firmsAlex Ryan8 Dec 2023Deal Watch: activity powers on as Latham and A&O lead on $19bn energy joint ventureLaw firmsMegan Mayers9 Sep 2022