We have extensive experience in acting on private equity transactions where we have represented investing funds, vendors selling businesses to financial buyers, lenders providing debt financing and companies raising equity. We have also acted on a number of public to private transactions in Europe, for acquirors, financial advisers, lenders and targets. Transactions include all sizes from venture capital investments to large cross-border transactions.

Our clients in this field include venture capital and private equity funds; institutional investors; banks; financial advisers; start-ups; private buyers; sellers; and a wide range of international corporations.

We provide advice on:

  • acquisitions by financial buyers, both domestic and cross-border;
  • take-private transactions (including those that cross national boundaries and so encounter often-conflicting securities laws and takeover regulations);
  • IPOs, exits and trade sales;
  • structuring of funds (including feeder and parallel funds and co-investment arrangements), fund raising and investing in funds;
  • senior and mezzanine debt financing and bond issues;
  • structured finance, including securitisations;
  • tax optimisation of acquisition and investment structures; and
  • venture capital investments and private placements.

For more information please contact Karan Gunn, acting business development manager, at karan.gunn@freshfields.com.

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Equity market Deal of the Year - Asian Legal Business Awards (2008)

Private equity team of the year - IFLR European Awards (2008)

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