Babett Carrier – General counsel, Cinven Shearman & Sterling, 1996-2012 Arma Partners, 2013-14 Cinven, 2015-present I come from a family of lawyers. My father was a lawyer, my uncle was a judge, so there was maybe some bias. What I like about the law is that it is very analytical and it rewards logic. You …
Mark Coker – Chief legal officer, Lone Star Year of qualification: 1990 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 1998-2008 Vinson & Elkins, 2008-15 Hudson Advisors, 2016-17 Lone Star Europe Acquisitions, 2018-present Why did you want to become a private equity lawyer? My career in private practice largely pre-dated the concept of being a private equity lawyer. My background …
Susanna Berger – Managing director, general counsel for Europe, KKR & Co Year of qualification: 2002 University of Chicago Law School, 1997-98 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, 2000-06 Avenue Capital Management, 2006-08 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 2008 KKR & Co, 2009-present I joined KKR 15 years ago. At that point the team consisted of about 40 …
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Seda Yalçinkaya – Partner and GC – International, Apollo Global Management Year of qualification: 2009 Columbia Law School, 1995-98 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 1998-2005 Citi, 2005-11 Silver Lake, 2011-19 Apollo Global Management, 2019-present I started my career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York. It was a deliberate choice – I had thought I’d …
Rachel Thompson – Partner and group general counsel, Bridgepoint Year of qualification: 2007 Clifford Chance, 2005-09 Bridgepoint, 2010-present It was never really a conscious decision to go in-house; I came on secondment from Clifford Chance two years after qualification, when Bridgepoint had just hired [former Travers Smith private equity head] Charlie Barter as its first …
Will Rosen – GC (Europe private equity), Bain Year of qualification: 1994 Weil Gotshal & Manges, 1996-2007 DLA Piper, 2008-11 Ropes & Gray, 2011-22 Bain Capital, 2022-present What made you decide to make the switch in-house? And how have you found the change? After a very enjoyable and fulfilling, decade-long career with Ropes & Gray …
Melanie Sanchez – Global general counsel, investments, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Clayton Utz, 2005-06 Blake, Cassels & Graydon, 2006-14 Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, 2014-present I ended up working on private equity deals not by design, but rather by chance. I started out my career in Australia as a financing lawyer and when I moved to …
Chris Bulger – GC, Vitruvian Partners Year of qualification: 2007 Slaughter and May, 2005-14 Goldman Sachs, 2014-18 Vitruvian Partners, 2018-present Why did you want to become a private equity lawyer? I have been involved with alternative asset managers since 2005, during the early stages of my training contract with Slaughter and May. I became very …
Leigh Partridge – Managing director, head of legal (Europe), CPP Investments Year of qualification: 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 2006-17 CPP Investments | Investissements RPC, 2017-present I love the diversity of deals that come across my desk as a PE lawyer. The opportunity to learn about different sectors and businesses while still building deep relationships with …
Jonathan Pugh-Smith – GC, funds, Bregal Investments Year of qualification: 2010 Berwin Leighton Paisner, 2008-11 International Justice Mission, 2011-12 Berwin Leighton Paisner, 2012-13 Bregal Investments, 2013-present Why did you want to become a private equity lawyer? To be honest, I did not specifically set out to become a private equity lawyer. I have always sought …
