Overview
Ben has worked in both Melbourne and London on cross-border M&A deals across a number of sectors including healthcare, tech and infrastructure. He regularly advises private equity houses and other financial sponsor clients on all types of leveraged M&A, co-investments, joint ventures, disposals, restructurings and portfolio company issues. Ben has been recognised as a Next Generation Partner by The Legal 500 for high-value private equity transactions and is listed on Law.com's Private Equity Rising Stars 2025.
Ben has also undertaken a secondment to Centerbridge Partners as interim European General Counsel. Prior to joining Linklaters, Ben was an associate at a top tier Anglo-Australian law firm.
Experience
Ben’s work highlights include advising:
- Apax Partners on:
- its disposal of Unilabs to AP Moller - the largest European Healthcare PE exit in 2021
- the acquisition (in 2016) and then sale (in 2020) of Neuraxpharm, a leading European pharmaceutical company, to funds advised by Permira
- Brookfield on its preferred equity investment in GEMS Education in 2024
- Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board on its disposal of its 50% stake in Arqiva to Digital 9 Infrastructure in 2022
- Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board on its consortium bid with Permira for the takeover of JTC plc in 2025
- Carlyle on its acquisition of Anthesis, a leading global pure-play sustainability advisory and solutions firm in 2023
- GIC on:
- its investment in Cineworld in 2017 and 2020
- its consortium bid with Advent for the takeover of Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB in 2021
- HgCapital on:
- its acquisition alongside TA Associates of The Access Group in 2018
- its acquisitions of Combell Group and TransIP to form team.blue (in 2019) and subsequent recapitalisation transaction (in 2022)
- its investment in Visma in 2023
- iCON Infrastructure on its acquisition of Alliance Medical Group from Life Healthcare Group in 2023
- M&G on its sale of Alliance Medical to Life Healthcare in 2016
- Macquarie Asset Management on the sale of its stake in Covanta WtE facilities to EQT in 2022
- ManCapital on:
- its investment in Right to Dream in 2020
- the governance reset of Right to Dream in 2023 to facilitate its investment in the newly created San Diego Major League Soccer franchise
- Montagu Private Equity on its acquisition of Lloyd's List Intelligence from Informa plc in 2022
- Morgan Stanley Infrastructure on its investment in FastFiber Portugal alongside Altice International in 2020
- Oakley Capital on its disposal of Facile.it and reinvestment alongside EQT (in 2018) and further reinvestment alongside Silver Lake (in 2022)
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