Clifford Chance
Eleanor Burkin specialises in advising private equity houses and infrastructure funds on domestic and cross-border M&A. Eleanor has experience advising financial investors through all stages of the investment cycle, including acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and minority investments, management incentive arrangements and corporate restructurings.
She has worked across a range of sectors including consumer goods and retail, services, technology and infrastructure.
- Permira and the Alter Domus founders on the sale of a controlling interest in Alter Domus to Cinven at an enterprise value of €4.9 billion (US$5.3 billion)
- Ardian, alongside PIF on its acquisition of 37.62% of Heathrow Airport for £3.26bn
- EQT Private Equity on the acquisition of a majority stake in AMCS, a global leader in performance and sustainability software to resource-intensive industries
- Partners Group on its increase to their strategic stake in Breitling
- Partners Group on their sale of public sector software company Civica to Blackstone
- Permira on the acquisition of a majority stake in Acuity Knowledge Partners from Equistone Partners Europe
- La Caisse on its investment into Yondr Group, a global hyperscale data centre platform
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, London
- +442070062040
- Email me
- Practice area M&A corporate
Career and qualifications
- University of Auckland (Bachelor of Laws)
- Admitted as a barrister and solicitor in the High Court of New Zealand 2019
- Joined Clifford Chance as an associate 2022