27 May 2013

Buyouts and growth capital transactions

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We have been advising on private equity transactions since the first buyout and development capital deals in the early 1980s and our clients benefit from our longstanding focus on this area and deep understanding of the industry.

Our award - winning global private equity/M&A practice advises financial investors across the globe on a diverse range of buyout deal types, (MBOs, MBIs and BIMBOs), secondary and follow-on transactions, take privates, management equity arrangements and incentives, PIPEs and pre-IPO investments, working closely with our market-leading acquisition finance, regulatory and anti-trust practices.  Our wide - ranging experience, which includes many strategic and market-leading deals, and exceptional insight into the market means we can help you anticipate issues and develop commercial solutions, enhancing deal certainty and speed of execution

We also have extensive experience of advising on growth capital transactions, notably in emerging markets, which ensures we can provide you with expert advice on the particular deal dynamics and issues that may arise on growth capital deals. 

The quality of our practice is reflected in the longstanding, close relationships we have established with our private equity clients, who include many of the world's leading financial investors.  It is also recognised in our repeated top tier rankings in key regional and global legal directories and numerous award wins, including Private Equity International's award of European Law Firm of the Year (Transactions) for eleven consecutive years  (2001 – 2011) and Private Equity Africa's Advisor Award 2012 for Transaction Services over the period 2001-2011.

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