Private equity: LBO
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Hall of fameLatham & Watkins LLP
Thomas Forschbach is a partner in Latham & Watkins' London and Paris offices. He has advised international clients on mergers and acquisitions and private equity for over 25 years and is one of Europe’s most experienced and renowned lawyers in his field.
Rising stars
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Alexander Crosthwaite is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. He specializes in complex mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions as well as securities laws.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Diana Hund advises clients on a wide variety of corporate transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and leveraged buyouts. Diana represents private equity sponsors, founders and managers in connection with acquisitions and disposals. She also represents German corporate groups in their investments in French companies and other cross-border transactions. In addition, Diana advises venture capital funds, corporate clients and entrepreneurs on venture capital and growth transactions of various types in sectors such as e-commerce and technology. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/hund-diana/
Leading individuals
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Grégoire Andrieux is a partner, he focuses on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on leveraged acquisitions (leveraged buyouts (LBOs), management buyouts (MBOs)) and seed to late stage financings. Grégoire has extensive experience representing private equity institutions, family shareholders and entrepreneurs in transactions with enterprise values ranging from €10 million to €2 billion. His practice generally includes LBOs, venture capital financings, acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations, recapitalizations, joint ventures, divestitures, initial public offerings (IPOs) and private placements. Grégoire is particularly recognized for his dealmaking and constructive approach. His clients highlight his legal skills, business sense and availability. For further details of Grégoire's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Denis Criton is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, with particular expertise in leveraged acquisitions (LBOs). Mr. Criton has considerable experience representing private equity institutions in acquisitions, disposals, and restructurings. For more than 18 years, he has been representing French and foreign investors in strategic transactions and joint ventures. Mr. Criton was the Global Chair of the Knowledge Management Committee for four years. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Criton worked in the London and Paris offices of several leading law firms.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Eduardo Fernandez is a partner in Willkie's Corporate & Financial Services Department in Paris. Eduardo focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. He is co-head of Willkie's European Committee and co-managing partner of Willkie's Paris office. A native New Yorker, Mr. Fernandez commenced his career as an associate in Willkie's New York office. He is fluent in English, French and Spanish. Mr. Fernandez has extensive experience advising both privately held and publicly listed companies on cross border acquisitions and dispositions, corporate venture investments and strategic alliances in a broad range of industries, including business services, consumer products, education, food and healthcare services. He regularly represents some of Europe's most prominent private equity sponsors on leveraged buy-outs (LBO), leveraged recapitalizations and late stage growth capital investments and has acted on several of the most prominent LBO and growth capital transactions in recent years on the French market. Eduardo Fernandez also regularly advises family-owned professional long term investors on a variety of matters.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Gaëtan Gianasso is a partner in the London and Paris offices of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Gianasso specializes in mergers and acquisitions and private equity with particular expertise in leveraged acquisitions (LBO). He has considerable experience representing private equity institutions in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, and transaction financing.
Linklaters LLP
Florent is one of the Linklaters’ global Financial Sponsors group leaders. He is consistently recommended as a leading private equity lawyer by Chambers and is described as “very effective” and “esteemed among clients for his solution-driven style”.
Mayer Brown
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Paul Hastings LLP
Paul Hastings LLP
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