‘I had the time of my life as a trainee at Travers’ – GIC’s Jarlath Pratt Georgina Stanley Jarlath Pratt – Assistant GC (Europe), GIC Year of qualification: 2006 Travers Smith, 2006-10 Barclays Capital, 2010-13 GIC, 2013-present Why…
‘There are many memorable moments that that can’t be shared’ – Charterhouse GC Tom Patrick Georgina Stanley Tom Patrick – GC, Charterhouse Year of qualification: 1999 White & Case, 2001-05 D.B. Zwirn & Co, 2005-10 Charterhouse, 2010-present…
‘You have a measurable impact on the success of the business’ – Lone Star legal chief Mark Coker Georgina Stanley Mark Coker – Chief legal officer, Lone Star Year of qualification: 1990 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 1998-2008 Vinson & Elkins, 2008-15…
‘I was asked to stay on as GC after an inspiring year-long secondment’ – Bain Europe GC Will Rosen Georgina Stanley Will Rosen – GC (Europe private equity), Bain Year of qualification: 1994 Weil Gotshal & Manges, 1996-2007 DLA Piper, 2008-11…
‘I was greeted at the airport by a banker, lawyer, notary and driver’ – Vitruvian Partners GC Chris Bulger Georgina Stanley Chris Bulger – GC, Vitruvian Partners Year of qualification: 2007 Slaughter and May, 2005-14 Goldman Sachs, 2014-18 Vitruvian Partners, 2018-present…
Ex-A&O banking chief Bowden exits for Proskauer as US firm snaps up City finance quartet Alex Ryan A&O Shearman banking heavyweight Philip Bowden, the former co-head of legacy A&O’s global banking practice, has left the newly merged…
‘Doubling down’: CC’s London PE head sets out strategy as buyout partners predict uptick Elisha Juttla Spencer Baylin, Clifford Chance’s recently-appointed London private equity head, discussed his ambitions for the practice with LB as we garnered…
The Legal 500 View – The word from Manhattan Barnaby Merrill Conversations with private equity and corporate partners in New York before March 2020 used to be predictable. ‘Busy?’ ‘Oh yeah.’…
DWF’s private equity buyout: Selling the family silver or the opportunity of a lifetime? Ayesha Ellis In July, the board of DWF Group Plc confirmed market reports that it was planning to delist from the London…
‘The most tonto year ever’: the story behind a frenetic 12 months for private equity – and what’s next Georgina Stanley ‘Ten years ago, PE didn’t do take-privates that often; what’s changed over the last five years in particular is that…