Alex Lehtinen

Alex Lehtinen

Corporate Partner, London

"I advise private equity houses and other financial sponsors on their most complex cross-border public and private M&A deals."

Overview

Education and qualifications

Overview

Alex is part of the firm’s financial sponsors practice and is based in London. He advises private equity houses and other financial sponsors on public and private M&A, joint ventures and portfolio company matters, with a focus on sponsor backed P2Ps. He has experience across several asset classes, including infrastructure, green energy and real estate.

Alex regularly works on complex cross-border transactions and has spent time on secondment in the Singapore office.

Work highlights

Alex's experience includes advising:

  • Macquarie Asset Management and BCI on their £700m recommended cash offer for Renewi plc
  • DigitalBridge on its acquisition of Yondr Group
  • Ara Partners on various matters, including its investment in CFP Energy, a provider of net-zero solutions and sustainable energy supply in the UK and Europe
  • TDR Capital on various matters including the £1.9bn recommended cash acquisition of BCA Marketplace plc and the $5bn sale of Modulaire to Brookfield Business Partners and Constellation Automotive, a TDR portfolio company, on its £325m recommended cash acquisition of Marshall Motor Holdings plc
  • TDR Capital and I Squared Capital on their joint EUR 1.26bn competing offer for Applus Services S.A.
  • Ardian Infrastructure on its $575m acquisition of Verne Global
  • GIC and Greystar on the acquisition of Student Roost, the UK’s third largest purpose-built student accommodation provider
  • Modulaire and Brookfield on the acquisition of Mobile Mini UK
  • Nestlé S.A. on various matters including the CHF10bn disposal of Galderma to a consortium led by EQT, and in relation to Nestlé’s interests in Froneri and IVC Evidensia
  • Carlyle on its £950m cash offers for Vectura Group plc
  • Remgro Limited on its recommended £3.7bn joint cash offer alongside SAS Shipping Agencies Services S.à r.l. for Mediclinic International plc
  • G4S plc on its recommended £3.8bn cash offer by Allied Universal and its defence against the hostile £3.68bn cash offer by Garda World Security Corporation
  • Draken International (a Blackstone portfolio company) on its acquisition of Cobham’s UK Aviation Services business
  • Green Investment Group (part of Macquarie) on its sale of interests in four UK energy from waste facilities to EQT

Education and qualifications

Alex holds a Law degree from the University of Cambridge.