Private Capital

How we can help 

We have more than 140 private capital partners and 500 lawyers across 20 offices in the UK, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the US. Whether you’re raising capital, deploying it, protecting value or realising returns our teams provide commercial, practical end-to-end advice across the entire investment cycle. We quickly bring together the right product and sector specialists to provide clear answers and decisive guidance to put you in the strongest possible position.

Our private capital legal services

Our global, multidisciplinary teams work seamlessly across jurisdictions to provide market leading fund structuring and formation, fundraising and investor negotiations expertise with top of the market capability in M&A, leveraged and acquisition finance, capital markets, portfolio management, taxation and regulation, capital solutions and restructuring and exit strategies. 

We combine technical expertise with deep specialist sector knowledge and asset insights. We work with your teams to identify value drivers, anticipate regulatory and structuring challenges, and navigate complexity in highly regulated and operationally intensive sectors, so you can manage execution risk and move decisively.

In the last 18 months we have:

• Advised on 200+ deals across Europe alone with a combined deal value of £100bn+
• Raised funds with a value in excess of $175bn
  Invested over US$25bn in over 200 funds
   

Who we advise

Our private capital lawyers advise investors, lenders, and sponsors across all asset classes - private equity, infrastructure, real estate, private credit and special situations. We act for over the world’s biggest players on 200+ deals in the last 18 months with total deal value over £100bn, including:

• Top 10 private equity firms globally (by AUM)
• Top 10 Infra/Energy investors in the world (by AUM)
• Top 10 private debt managers (by fundraising)
• 9 of the top 10 largest SWF’s in the world (by total assets)