Meal Deal Maker: LB lunches with top City partners – Willkie’s Gavin Gordon
In the first of Legal Business’s new Meal Deal Maker series, Gavin Gordon, chair of Willkie’s European private equity team,…
Private capital
A good time to be mid-tier: private equity interest on the rise as mid-market thrives
The LB100 results for 2023-24 are in, and while the demise of the mid-market has been long forecast, the numbers…
Proskauer continues finance build out with former A&O Shearman and Milbank hire
Proskauer announced today that it has hired former A&O Shearman and Milbank partner John Goldfinch into its global finance practice.…
Travers private equity departures continue as practice head leaves
Lucie Cawood, the head of Travers Smith’s private equity and financial sponsors group, has left the firm, marking the latest…
Insights from HSF’s private equity team
How does the HSF private equity team differentiate itself in the market? John Taylor, partner and the head of the…
‘Private credit are the new banks’: Proskauer’s A&O and Cahill hires on the US firm’s ambitious finance push
Speak to almost any major firm active in the finance space and you’ll hear about private credit. The industry matured…
‘Co-founding an investment firm was the biggest learning curve of my career’ – Hg GC Samantha McGonigle
Samantha McGonigle – General counsel, Hg Year of qualification: 2003 Hogan Lovells, 2001-06 Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 2006-19 Farview Equity…
‘In private equity, no day is ever the same’ – Montagu GC Alexandra Openshaw
Alexandra Openshaw – General counsel, Montagu Year of qualification: 2010 Macfarlanes, 2008-15 Winton Group, 2016-23 Montagu, 2023-present Why did you…
‘The DWF take-private was headline-grabbing and justifiably so’ – Inflexion GC Andrew Stevens
Andrew Stevens – General counsel, Inflexion Year of qualification: 2010 Slaughter and May, 2008-13 Och-Ziff Capital Management, 2014-16 HPS Investment…
‘I work with the best M&A lawyers in the world’ – Carlyle’s Heather Mitchell
Heather Mitchell – Partner, chief risk officer, head of EMEA and global general counsel for Investments, Carlyle Squire, Sanders &…
‘I had the time of my life as a trainee at Travers’ – GIC’s Jarlath Pratt
Jarlath Pratt – Assistant GC (Europe), GIC Year of qualification: 2006 Travers Smith, 2006-10 Barclays Capital, 2010-13 GIC, 2013-present Why…
‘There are many memorable moments that that can’t be shared’ – Charterhouse GC Tom Patrick
Tom Patrick – GC, Charterhouse Year of qualification: 1999 White & Case, 2001-05 D.B. Zwirn & Co, 2005-10 Charterhouse, 2010-present…
Elite: The rise of the in-house lawyer in private capital
‘The industry has changed massively. When we started, we were working with single product mid-cap PE shops, and these have…
‘You have a measurable impact on the success of the business’ – Lone Star legal chief Mark Coker
Mark Coker – Chief legal officer, Lone Star Year of qualification: 1990 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 1998-2008 Vinson & Elkins, 2008-15…
‘I’ve called firms and asked why someone isn’t a partner yet’ – the female GCs shaking up PE
‘No-one should be under any illusion that the hours are fewer, or the work less demanding. You don’t have the…
‘I was asked to stay on as GC after an inspiring year-long secondment’ – Bain Europe GC Will Rosen
Will Rosen – GC (Europe private equity), Bain Year of qualification: 1994 Weil Gotshal & Manges, 1996-2007 DLA Piper, 2008-11…
‘I was greeted at the airport by a banker, lawyer, notary and driver’ – Vitruvian Partners GC Chris Bulger
Chris Bulger – GC, Vitruvian Partners Year of qualification: 2007 Slaughter and May, 2005-14 Goldman Sachs, 2014-18 Vitruvian Partners, 2018-present…
The Private Equity Elite: the top general counsel in PE
What does it take to run the legal team in one of the most profitable deal shops in the world?…
‘You are working with some of the sharpest minds on the planet’ – Bregal Investments funds GC Jonathan Pugh-Smith
Jonathan Pugh-Smith – GC, funds, Bregal Investments Year of qualification: 2010 Berwin Leighton Paisner, 2008-11 International Justice Mission, 2011-12 Berwin…