Private capital Archives

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

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

‘I work with the best M&A lawyers in the world’ – Carlyle’s Heather Mitchell

Georgina Stanley

Heather Mitchell – Partner, chief risk officer, head of EMEA and global general counsel for Investments, Carlyle Squire, Sanders &…

‘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…

‘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…

‘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…

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…