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Meal Deal Maker: LB lunches with top City partners – Willkie’s Gavin Gordon

In the first of Legal Business’s new Meal Deal Maker series, Gavin Gordon, chair of Willkie’s European private equity team,…

A good time to be mid-tier: private equity interest on the rise as mid-market thrives

Tom Cox

The LB100 results for 2023-24 are in, and while the demise of the mid-market has been long forecast, the numbers…

Proskauer continues finance build out with former A&O Shearman and Milbank hire

Alex Ryan

Proskauer announced today that it has hired former A&O Shearman and Milbank partner John Goldfinch into its global finance practice.…

Travers private equity departures continue as practice head leaves

Tom Cox

Lucie Cawood, the head of Travers Smith’s private equity and financial sponsors group, has left the firm, marking the latest…

Insights from HSF’s private equity team

Legal Business

How does the HSF private equity team differentiate itself in the market? John Taylor, partner and the head of the…

‘Private credit are the new banks’: Proskauer’s A&O and Cahill hires on the US firm’s ambitious finance push

Alex Ryan

Speak to almost any major firm active in the finance space and you’ll hear about private credit. The industry matured…

‘Co-founding an investment firm was the biggest learning curve of my career’ – Hg GC Samantha McGonigle

Georgina Stanley

Samantha McGonigle – General counsel, Hg Year of qualification: 2003 Hogan Lovells, 2001-06 Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 2006-19 Farview Equity…

The Private Equity Elite: the top general counsel in PE

Georgina Stanley

What does it take to run the legal team in one of the most profitable deal shops in the world?…

‘You are working with some of the sharpest minds on the planet’ – Bregal Investments funds GC Jonathan Pugh-Smith

Georgina Stanley

Jonathan Pugh-Smith – GC, funds, Bregal Investments Year of qualification: 2010 Berwin Leighton Paisner, 2008-11 International Justice Mission, 2011-12 Berwin…

High achievers – private equity is changing; meet the elite GCs at the vanguard of the transformation

Georgina Stanley

From dating apps to entertainment venues, airports to music collections, there’s almost no industry left untouched by the multitrillion-dollar private…

‘Private equity must be prepared to explain the benefits it brings’ – CD&R’s Simon Tinkler

Georgina Stanley

Simon Tinkler – Senior legal adviser, CD&R Year of qualification: 1993 Clifford Chance, 1995-2022 CD&R, 2022-present Why did you want…

‘A PE firm is one of the most interesting places for an in-house lawyer’ – Cinven GC Babett Carrier

Georgina Stanley

Babett Carrier – General counsel, Cinven Shearman & Sterling, 1996-2012 Arma Partners, 2013-14 Cinven, 2015-present I come from a family…

‘Creating value and preventing value destruction are two sides of the same coin’ – Livingbridge GC Jeremy Dennison

Georgina Stanley

Jeremy Dennison – General counsel, Livingbridge Year of qualification: 2009 Travers Smith, 2007-12 Goodwin Procter, 2012-14 MUSTO, 2014-15 Travers Smith,…

‘Private capital is a super creative industry’ – KKR Europe GC Susanna Berger

Georgina Stanley

Susanna Berger – Managing director, general counsel for Europe, KKR & Co Year of qualification: 2002 University of Chicago Law…

‘My time on non-legal is the same as my time on legal’ – Bridgepoint GC Rachel Thompson

Georgina Stanley

Rachel Thompson – Partner and group general counsel, Bridgepoint Year of qualification: 2007 Clifford Chance, 2005-09 Bridgepoint, 2010-present It was…

‘Working in private markets keeps you on your toes’ – Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s Melanie Sanchez

Georgina Stanley

Melanie Sanchez – Global general counsel, investments, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Clayton Utz, 2005-06 Blake, Cassels & Graydon, 2006-14 Ontario…

‘If you like a fast pace, private equity will deliver’ – CPP Investments Europe legal chief Leigh Partridge

Georgina Stanley

Leigh Partridge – Managing director, head of legal (Europe), CPP Investments Year of qualification: 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 2006-17 CPP…

‘The PE industry is in a unique position to effect change’ – SilverLake EMEA GC Katherine Brody

Georgina Stanley

Katherine Brody – General counsel (EMEA), Silver Lake Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 2008-14 Silver Lake, 2014-present Silver Lake…

‘In private equity, no day is ever the same’ – Montagu GC Alexandra Openshaw

Georgina Stanley

Alexandra Openshaw – General counsel, Montagu Year of qualification: 2010 Macfarlanes, 2008-15 Winton Group, 2016-23 Montagu, 2023-present Why did you…

‘The DWF take-private was headline-grabbing and justifiably so’ – Inflexion GC Andrew Stevens

Georgina Stanley

Andrew Stevens – General counsel, Inflexion Year of qualification: 2010 Slaughter and May, 2008-13 Och-Ziff Capital Management, 2014-16 HPS Investment…

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Meal Deal Maker: LB lunches with top City partners – Willkie’s Gavin Gordon

A good time to be mid-tier: private equity interest on the rise as mid-market thrives

Proskauer continues finance build out with former A&O Shearman and Milbank hire

Travers private equity departures continue as practice head leaves

Insights from HSF’s private equity team

‘Private credit are the new banks’: Proskauer’s A&O and Cahill hires on the US firm’s ambitious finance push

‘Co-founding an investment firm was the biggest learning curve of my career’ – Hg GC Samantha McGonigle

The Private Equity Elite: the top general counsel in PE

‘You are working with some of the sharpest minds on the planet’ – Bregal Investments funds GC Jonathan Pugh-Smith

High achievers – private equity is changing; meet the elite GCs at the vanguard of the transformation

‘Private equity must be prepared to explain the benefits it brings’ – CD&R’s Simon Tinkler

‘A PE firm is one of the most interesting places for an in-house lawyer’ – Cinven GC Babett Carrier

‘Creating value and preventing value destruction are two sides of the same coin’ – Livingbridge GC Jeremy Dennison

‘Private capital is a super creative industry’ – KKR Europe GC Susanna Berger

‘My time on non-legal is the same as my time on legal’ – Bridgepoint GC Rachel Thompson

‘Working in private markets keeps you on your toes’ – Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s Melanie Sanchez

‘If you like a fast pace, private equity will deliver’ – CPP Investments Europe legal chief Leigh Partridge

‘The PE industry is in a unique position to effect change’ – SilverLake EMEA GC Katherine Brody

‘In private equity, no day is ever the same’ – Montagu GC Alexandra Openshaw

‘The DWF take-private was headline-grabbing and justifiably so’ – Inflexion GC Andrew Stevens