Private Equity / M&A

Our private equity practise is driven by a practical understanding of the vulnerabilities and value proposition of offshore financial sponsors, LP-GP relationships, and importantly, governance standards required by fund managers. Our advice takes into careful consideration the value of relationships between fund managers and founders, and the optimum governance and incentive structures that deliver sustainable growth for the portfolio companies. We don’t just execute, but structure solutions that are innovative, tax optimised and risk calibrated for institutional investors.

We have seen the VC / PE cycle from its early years to now and have realized what matters and what does not, the ingredients of a potential governance deficit, and the checks and balances necessary to successfully manage a portfolio. To us, nothing on a deal is a commercial issue – we roll our sleeves to understand every issue on a transaction, whether commercial, accounting or tax, to give you a holistic advisory experience. We handle the various aspects that inform deal-making in today’s market landscape – tax, corporate, securities, litigation, employee benefits, antitrust, and other aspects inherent to deal-making.

We have structured onshore and offshore vehicles for some of the largest global private credit funds. This includes non-banking finance companies, credit-focused alternative investment funds, securitisation trusts for standardised debt products, and platforms for asset reconstruction companies for sub-standard debt products.

Our M&A experience spans across greenfield / brownfield investments, buyouts / minority stake acquisitions, public / private M&A, joint ventures and exits – across a variety of sectors. We are specialists in managing business risks associated with the evolving regulatory landscape and establishing robust and enduring contractual frameworks on which our clients can rely. Our M&A practise is also supported by our holistic expertise in cross-border transactional tax, regulatory support, antitrust, finance, and enforcement.