Lara Watt > Milbank > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Milbank Offices

100 Liverpool Street
LONDON
EC2M 2AT
England
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Lara Watt

Position
Partner, Global Corporate
Career
Lara Watt’s practice focuses on corporate aspects of private equity transactions. With extensive experience of primary and secondary buyouts, portfolio company bolt-on acquisitions and carve-outs, Lara counsels sponsors and other shareholders on complex M&A transactions in a wide range of geographies and sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
Milbank‘s private equity team works with an ever-growing list of clients in connection with cross-border public and private M&A, fund management, and exits. Team head Andrej Wolf has a strong track record of working alongside some of the world’s foremost financial sponsors and asset managers, handling multijurisdictional acquisitions and disposals, secondaries, carve-outs and restructurings. Co-head Jordan Simpson acts across the full spectrum of PE transactions and has recently advised on complex deals in growing areas such as edtech and sports, while James McClymont, who also maintains a broad practice, demonstrates engagement in the healthcare, insurance and luxury consumer space. Lara Watt is a popular choice for a number of mid-market stalwarts, and has deep experience advising on primary and secondary buyouts, bolt-ons, and carve-outs.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium