Private Equity

Driving growth through experience

Private equity is evolving. To mitigate risk and make the most of opportunities presented you, you'll need a team of private equity lawyers on your side to navigate tightening global regulations, interest rate fluctuations, the pressures of inflation, geopolitical uncertainty, digital transformation and shifting ESG priorities.

We regularly advise many leading UK and global private equity firms investing in the UK, management teams and portfolio businesses across the full investment lifecycle, offering sharp insight, broad expertise and agile legal support.

From fund formation and buyouts to leveraged finance, restructuring, and exits, we combine decades of experience, deep sector knowledge and a collaborative, commercial approach to guide you through complex, high-value deals with confidence. We also support growth via buy-and-build strategies and ongoing legal counsel for portfolio companies.

Cross-border advice and support

Your ambitions aren't limited by borders and neither is our expertise. We are a global law firm with over 1,500 professionals located in offices across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Canada. Between these locations, we have strong relationships with local specialists with regional expertise. This allows us to share advice that is specifically tailored to the market realities of the areas you're operating in, helping you expand your investments globally.

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How we can help

Whether you need advice on investment strategy, acquisition finance or investment funds, you can count on our private equity experts for guidance and support.

Private equity

Private equity investment, acquisition and exit execution or growth capital - whatever your focus may be, we can provide commercially driven and technically robust advice that is specially tailored to your goals, helping you structure, negotiate and execute your deals with confidence.

Acquisition finance

Investment funds

Client work

Perwyn Advisors UK Limited

Our private equity team has provided strategic advice to long-standing client, Perwyn, on several investments in recent years, including its investment in OUTCO, a provider of compliance-focused outdoor estate management and maintenance services. Our banking & finance team provided advice in connection with the senior debt financing to support Perwyn's investment.

Gyrus Capital

We advised repeat private equity client, Gyrus Capital, a Swiss-based mid-market PE fund, on its acquisitions of Corcym and of LRE Medical. Gyrus Capital's acquisition of Corcym from LivaNova plc was a complex, multi-phase transaction involving equity restructuring, bridge financing, and international regulatory coordination. LRE is a German-based provider of complex devices and analytical instruments for the life sciences sector, and was acquired from US mid-market fund, KPS.

Perwyn Advisors UK Limited

Gyrus Capital

Perwyn Advisors UK Limited

Gyrus Capital

STAR Capital Partnership LLP

Our team advised private equity firm STAR Capital Partnership LLP on the sale of its UK based commercial laundry business, STAR Mayan Limited, to Canadian listed company, K-Bro. From initial acquisition, through bolt-on acquisitions and refinancings, we supported the client throughout the investment journey and ultimately to exit.

Mobeus Equity Partners

Our team advised repeat private equity client, Mobeus, a UK-based SME investor, on its £16.2 million investment in Big Potato Games to support the continued fast growth of this London-based board games publisher.