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Clifford Chance advises Aberdeen Standard Investments on market leading secondary transaction

October 27, 2020

Clifford Chance advises Aberdeen Standard Investments on market leading secondary transaction

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance advises leading global asset manager, Aberdeen Standard Investments, on a secondary sale of a ~US$500 million portfolio of private equity fund interests.

Clifford Chance has advised Aberdeen Standard Investments on the secondary sale of a ~US$500 million portfolio of over 140 LP positions held across eight vehicles advised by Aberdeen Standard Investments to a new ASI-managed vehicle seeded by Coller Capital's CIP VIII. Aberdeen Standard Investments is a leading global asset manager with over US$500 billion in AUM with offices and investment centers in over 20 locations.

The deal was led by London-based private funds partner Alexandra Davidson and tax partner Richard Kalaher. The wider London team included associates Vishal Mashru, Morgan Shubin, Katy Seedhouse, Callum McKinnon, Catherine Davis, Máire Toner, Georgia Eldridge, Carl Suard, Alec Duncan, Toby McAuliffe, Emily Patel and Ted Meddick-Dyson; the New York team was led by associate Krishna Skandakumar with input from tax partner David Moldenhauer, regulatory partner Jon Zonis, and associates Sean Smestad and Lane Feler.