Adam Creed is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of the Private Equity Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions and Sports Groups. He advises private equity firms, companies and managements on all aspects of corporate finance, M&A and private equity deal work, including, company and business acquisitions and disposals, secondary transactions, and management buyouts.
Alex Griffith is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of Proskauer's Private Credit and Finance Groups. Alex’s practice focuses on leveraged finance and general debt finance work, advising senior, mezzanine, second lien, unitranche and other private capital providers. His extensive experience covers a wide range of transactions, including corporate refinancings, management buyouts and buy-ins, recapitalizations, institutional acquisitions, restructurings, public-to-private takeovers (both domestic and international), and other innovative, first-in-kind transactions involving private sources of capital. In addition, Alex advises financial sponsors, corporates and management teams on the raising of debt finance in the European Markets.
Alexis Namdar is an associate in Proskauer's Litigation Department. Alexis has cross-border litigation and extensive international arbitration experience, specializing in investment and complex commercial disputes. He has supported clients in a wide range of sectors and his recent cases include disputes in relation to joint ventures, financial services, asset management/private equity, energy, mining and telecoms. Alexis’ practice experience encompasses acting, including as advocate, in proceedings under a wide range of arbitral rules including ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICC, SCC and the LME. He also has extensive experience of offshore litigation in the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court and up to the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal. He is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and is qualified as a solicitor-advocate for the Higher Courts of England & Wales (Civil proceedings).
Andrew Wingfield is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of its Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions Group. As businesses globally are impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Andrew is a member of Proskauer’s Coronavirus Response Team helping clients respond and solve issues across myriad fronts. Andrew undertakes a broad range of domestic and cross-border corporate and commercial work for both corporate and private equity clients, advising on acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, mergers and public takeovers, flotations and equity capital markets and private equity investment.
Andrew Houghton is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of both the Private Equity Group and the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Andrew advises private equity and growth capital firms, companies and management teams on all aspects of corporate finance, M&A, joint ventures, buyouts, minority and growth capital investments, secondary transactions and business acquisitions and disposals. Andrew is involved in domestic and international transactions with a focus in the financial services and technology sectors.
Aranpreet is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group in London. She advises European and international clients on the structuring, formation and operation of both open- and closed-ended investment funds across a range of strategies, including private equity, growth, infrastructure, and real estate. Aranpreet also counsels clients on spin-outs, co-investments, end of life restructurings, and carried interest and co-investment schemes.
Bruno Bertrand-Delfau is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group. Bruno has 20 years’ experience in private equity secondaries, spin-offs of management teams, GP led transactions, fund restructurings and fund or preferred equity financings, and has worked on many of the largest and most complex transactions in the market, both in Europe and in the U.S. Bruno also advises institutional investors, including fund of funds and pension funds in their primary investments in private equity funds.
Cameron Roper is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of the Finance Group (working closely with the Private Funds Group). Cameron specializes in funds finance and general lending and advisory work, acting for both fund managers and financial institutions. He regularly advises on net asset value (NAV) facilities, hybrid facilities and subscription line facilities, as well as general partner commitment, manager, carry and co-investment facilities. His experience covers a wide range of funds, including credit, large buyout and mid-market funds, venture, secondaries, infrastructure, real estate, fund of funds and emerging market funds.
Catherine Sear is a partner in Proskauer's Tax Department and a member of the Private Funds Group. She specializes in the tax aspects of structuring and investing in private investment funds including private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, debt and real estate funds, funds of funds, secondary funds and other investment partnerships. She advises sponsors and investors on a wide variety of UK and international tax issues related to private investment funds and their operations, including tax aspects of: • structuring and raising private investment funds • structuring carried interest and executive coinvestment arrangements • restructuring existing private investment funds • establishment and operation of fund management businesses • investments by institutional investors in private funds • separate accounts for institutional investors, acting for both fund managers and investors • secondary transactions, both buy-side and sell-side • coinvestment structures Catherine advises on a broad range of UK tax issues including VAT, employment tax, capital gains tax in relation to partnerships, withholding taxes and tax rules relating to carried interest. She also has considerable knowledge of international tax issues arising for investment structures with a cross-border dimension and experience with multijurisdictional fund management teams.
Charles Bishop is an associate in Proskauer's Litigation Department and a member of Proskauer’s Asset Management Litigation group. Charles’ practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, supporting a range of asset-management, technology and fund clients. He has recently handled a complex fund GP removal and its consequential cross-border litigation, several earn-out disputes and matters in the London Employment Tribunal. Charles also maintains an active pro bono practice, providing legal services to charities / NGOs on employment matters and human rights. Charles is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales. He is also a member of the Civil Litigation Section of the Law Society of England & Wales, and the Financial Services Lawyers Association.
Chris is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of its Private Funds Group. Chris advises fund managers on fundraising and fund structuring across a wide range of asset classes, including private equity, growth, venture capital and credit funds. He also advises sponsors on tailored liquidity solutions, internal governance, ongoing fund maintenance and compliance matters. Chris has experience in management spin-outs as well as the structuring of carried interest and employee co-investment incentive plans. He also advises a number of institutional investors on secondary transactions and primary investments.
Cormac Ryan is an associate in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of the Finance Group. Cormac acts on a full range of finance transactions, with a particular focus on fund finance, including syndicated and bilateral leveraged/NAV facilities, SMA deals, hybrid facilities, GP support lines and capital call facilities acting for both fund managers and financial institutions. Prior to joining the firm, Cormac was an associate in the London office of an international law firm where his practice focused on acting for bank and non-bank lenders and a variety of sponsors including corporate and non-corporate private equity funds, hedge funds, infrastructure funds, real estate funds, secondary funds, credit funds.
Daniel Hendon is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of The Private Credit and Finance Groups. Daniel’s particular areas of expertise are leveraged finance, general debt finance and debt restructurings in the middle market and upper market. Daniel’s practice focuses on acting for UK and international lenders (with a specialist focus on alternative lenders and private credit funds), private equity sponsors and corporates on a variety of UK and cross-border acquisition finance and corporate lending transactions, including private equity backed buyouts, management buy-outs, corporate M&A, refinancings and restructurings of leveraged assets involving senior, unitranche, first out / last out structures, second lien, holdco PIK and other subordinated facilities. Daniel has extensive experience in intercreditor and interlender issues and he regularly negotiates intercreditor and subordination agreements and other complex interlender agreements. Daniel has been a speaker at industry conferences.
Dorothy Murray is a partner in Proskauer's Litigation Department specializing in investment and commercial dispute resolution. She supports clients across a wide range of sectors, including financial services, asset management/private equity, energy and telecoms. Dorothy represents clients in disputes arising from all aspects of their business, and at every stage of the company or investment’s lifecycle. Dorothy has handled matters in relation to applications to the UK Listing Authority, shareholder and unfair prejudice claims, corporate governance challenges, potential GP removals, defaults under guarantees and debt instruments, defamation, team moves and contractual claims (including pre- and post- M&A disputes and distribution agreements). Dorothy has experience managing litigation in common and civil law jurisdictions, and in commercial and investor state arbitration. She is fluent with all the key divisions of the English High Courts and major arbitral institutional rules.
Edward Lee is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group. Edward advises fund managers and investors on the formation of a broad range of funds, including private equity, infrastructure, real estate, debt, venture capital and secondary funds. He also advises on co-investments (including direct co-investments) and buyers and sellers in secondary transactions. In addition, Edward works on various related issues, including single investor vehicles, carried interest arrangements, limited liability partnership agreements and ongoing fund administrative issues.
Faisal Ramzan is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of The Private Credit, Finance and Distressed Debt Groups. Faisal's practice focuses on complex cross-border and domestic finance transactions and credit arrangements, particularly those financings that involve private sources of capital. He structures and negotiates a wide range of financing facilities such as: • senior secured financings • mezzanine debt • second-lien loans • bifurcated and stretched senior unitranche facilities • holdco loans • other innovative, first-in-kind structures Faisal represents a broad array of lenders and investors, including private debt funds, alternative lenders, mezzanine funds, second lien lenders, hedge funds and specialty finance companies, often in the context of leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, refinancings and restructurings. Faisal has extensive experience in intercreditor and interlender issues, secured creditor and debt restructurings and he regularly negotiates intercreditor and subordination agreements, agreements among lenders and other complex interlender agreements. Faisal has written debt finance articles for various publications and is a frequent contributor to industry and legal articles on European debt finance as well as a regular speaker at industry conferences.
Harriet West is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of The Private Credit Group and The Finance Group. Harriet’s practice concentrates on leveraged and acquisition finance. She represents a variety of clients with a particular focus on acting for alternative lenders and private credit funds in the direct lending market. She also works with private equity sponsors and corporates. Harriet advises clients on a range of financing transactions including unitranche financings, second-lien financings, mezzanine financings, first out/last out structures, holdco PIK, co-investments, note-purchases, other subordinated facilities and restructurings. Her extensive experience covers a wide range of UK, European and cross-border transactions, in both the middle and upper markets.
Jordan Hurwitz is a partner in Proskauer’s Private Funds Group. Jordan advises clients on primary investments in private equity funds and a broad range of secondary transactions, including the purchase and sale of portfolios of private fund interests, fund restructurings, and GP-led liquidity solutions.
Julia is an associate in Proskauer’s Litigation Department specialising in complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters. A solicitor advocate with Higher Rights of Audience, Julia advises corporate clients, high-net-worth individuals and fund managers in contractual, shareholder, professional negligence and other types of disputes. Julia is an active member of Proskauer’s London Pro Bono Committee and was selected to be a Protégée for Proskauer’s Women's Sponsorship Program, an initiative that champions high-performing mid-level and senior lawyers as emerging leaders. She is fluent in English, Hungarian and German.
Lucie Rose is a special funds counsel in Proskauer’s Corporate Department and a member of its Private Funds Group. She has extensive and up-to-date experience in advising both fund sponsors and asset managers on all aspects of fund formation and ongoing fund maintenance. This work spans a range of asset classes and fund generations, and encompasses both first-time funds and subsequent generations of funds. Lucie advises institutional investors on primary investments including those directed into co-investment and continuation vehicles, as well as supporting fund sponsors in relation to various liquidity solutions (including situations where a fund’s investment period has expired and it has little dry powder available to be called or recycled to support existing investments or investments limitations have been reached), or situations where the manager itself requires liquidity (including complex and innovative preferred equity structures which secure underlying fund management fee and carried interest income streams). Lucie has also worked on a range of secondary transactions, including the purchase and sale of large portfolios of fund interests. Lucie is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and brings a global perspective to her work. Her early career experience as in-house lawyer for a prominent sovereign wealth fund in the Middle East provided her with a deep understanding of what clients need – and deserve – from their trusted advisers.
Mary B. Kuusisto is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group, a member of the Tax Department, the Firm's Executive Committee and head of the London office. Mary has almost 30 years of experience in the private equity industry. She advises clients on structuring and operations of private investment funds globally, including secondary transactions, with particular experience in tax-related matters. She has represented numerous private investment funds in their formation and operational activities, including venture capital, buyout, distressed debt, mezzanine finance, natural resource, secondary, and funds of funds, as well as geographic and sector specific funds. Mary also advises investment fund managers and general partners with respect to their internal governance, compensation arrangements and economic structures. Another significant aspect of Mary’s practice involves advising various types of institutional investors on their investments in global private investment funds. Among others, she has advised funds of funds, pension funds, endowments and foundations – both U.S. and non-U.S. – in connection with their alternative investment strategies. Mary also has extensive experience advising both buyers and sellers of secondary fund interests in connection with tax matters. Mary was registered as a certified public accountant in Massachusetts and, prior to becoming a lawyer, worked for several years as an auditor and tax accountant with Big 4 public accounting firms.
Matt Clift is an associate in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of the Private Equity Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions and Sports Groups. Matt has a broad practice comprising transactional and general corporate advisory work. In particular, he advises private equity houses and sovereign wealth funds on the deployment of their capital, including buyouts, co- investments and secondaries. He has also advised banks with respect to raising regulatory capital. Alongside his legal expertise, Matt has a passion for financial technology and the legal developments associated with this nascent sector.
Maud Manon is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of the Finance and Private Credit Groups. With 25 years' experience, Maud's practice focuses on LBOs and leveraged acquisition finance, representing financial institutions (mainly debt funds) as well as sponsors and borrowers. Maud’s experience extends to the acquisition finance of listed companies, public offerings and block acquisitions. She also advises debtors, creditors and/or sponsors in the context of complex leverage debt restructuring operations. Maud’s clients include in particular ICG, Barings, Eurazeo, Pemberton, BlackRock, BOI, Bridgepoint, Bridgepoint Credit, The Carlyle Group, Marlin Equity, Tikehau, BNP Paribas, Capza, Artemid and Montefiore.
Nick Rose advises fund managers on a range of issues, including the establishment and structuring of private investment funds, internal governance, carried interest arrangements and ongoing fund maintenance. Nick also advises various institutional investors on primary investments, traditional and non-traditional secondary transactions, preferred equity, GP-led and continuation vehicle transactions. Nick’s representative clients include Fidelio Capital, Litorina, Priveq, Quilvest Capital Partners, Rivean Capital, Segulah and Valedo Partners. Nick’s experience also includes spending four months on secondment in Luxembourg with the European Investment Fund.
Nigel van Zyl is a partner and co-head of Proskauer's Private Funds Group at Proskauer. Nigel specializes in advising asset managers, institutional investors and investment advisors across the full spectrum of investment fund matters. Praised for his keen business sense and practical approach, Nigel advises leading international fund managers on all aspects of their fund business, including the formation, raising, maintenance and ongoing operation and compliance of their investment funds. He also advises on internal governance, compliance and organization, carried interest and co-investment arrangements, spinouts, re-organizations and restructurings. Nigel represents institutional investors, including fund of funds, sovereign wealth funds, and global asset managers, with respect to their investments into private equity and other alternative asset funds. Nigel also advises buyers and sellers of secondary fund interests and the structures used for these transactions, including synthetic secondary and co-investment structures.
Paul Tannenbaum is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of the Finance Group (working closely with the Private Funds Group). Paul has extensive experience acting for lenders, borrowers and financial institutions on both fund financings and acquisition and leveraged finance transactions. His fund finance experience includes advising GPs and lenders in connection with traditional subscription lines, hybrid and NAV facilities, co-investment facilities, GP support facilities, management fee facilities, asset leverage facilities for credit funds, loans to separate managed accounts and fund of fund financings.
Peter represents issuers, underwriters and selling shareholders in connection with capital markets transactions, including IPOs, follow-on and secondary offerings, block trades, rights offerings and offerings of convertible and exchangeable bonds. Peter also represents acquirors and targets in connection with public M&A transactions. Peter is active in bar association activities and has served as an officer of several committees, including the IBA Capital Markets Forum, the International Securities Matters Subcommittee of the ABA Committee on the Federal Regulation of Securities and the ABA International Securities & Capital Markets Committee. Peter has written several articles on securities law topics, including the following: Follow-on Offerings: U.S. Publicity Considerations, PLC Magazine, April 2019 Executing Block Trades, PLC, September 2016 US Private Placements: When Rule 144A is unavailable, PLC, July, 2015. SAS 72 letters: Seeking comfort, PLC, May, 2013. Before joining Proskauer, Peter was Deputy General Counsel for Citi and advised the Equity Capital Markets Division and Investment Banking Division. While at Citi, Peter worked on most of Citi’s ECM transactions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Peter Olds is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group. He specializes in advising on the establishment of private funds in the UK, Europe and globally for private equity, private debt, infrastructure and real estate fund sponsors, cornerstone investments in private funds, and private fund carried interest and other executive incentive schemes. Peter also advises on co-investments alongside private funds (on both sponsor and investor sides), and associated UK and European regulatory matters. Prior to joining Proskauer, Peter has been a member of funds groups at other international law firms, and was also a director at Actis, a leading emerging markets private fund manager.
Rebecca Villarreal is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. She advises private investment funds, their portfolio companies and management teams on transactions across the financial and business services (in particular within insurance), real estate, industrials and chemicals, technology and consumer sectors throughout Europe. Rebecca has structured and negotiated the full spectrum of private equity deal types including leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, public-to-privates, growth capital, minority investments, consortium deals and co-investments, as well as the equity aspects of distressed situations.
Richard Bull is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. Richard advises on a wide range of corporate work, including M&A, private investments, corporate venturing, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. Richard has extensive experience of acting on private equity, growth and expansion capital transactions of all types and sizes for sponsors and management teams, both of a domestic and international nature, with a particular focus in the financial services and technology industries.
Rob Day is a partner in Proskauer’s Corporate Department and a member of our Private Equity Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions and Sports Groups. Rob’s practice focuses on public and private M&A, leveraged buyouts and joint ventures, private equity and portfolio company transactions. His clients include global corporations, asset managers and private equity houses, advising on their strategically important transactions across financial services, consumer, sports, media and technology sectors.
Robert Gaut is a tax partner and head of Proskauer's UK tax practice in London. Robert provides advice on a full range of UK and international tax issues relating to fund formation, private equity deals, finance transactions and private equity real estate matters, including experience with non-traditional equity transactions, such as debt-like preferred equity and co-investments for private credit investors. Robert is highly-regarded for his ability to provide sophisticated tax advice to many of the world’s preeminent multinational companies, sovereign wealth funds, investment banks and private equity and credit funds. Clients have commented to legal directories that Robert is “really technical and knows his stuff,” and “has a very strong knowledge of the various tax laws, but also presents more innovative techniques and strategies."
Stephen Pevsner is a tax partner and a member of Proskauer's Private Funds and Private Equity M&A Groups. Stephen's practice covers the broad range of corporate and individual tax advice, with particular emphasis on private fund formation across a wide range of buyout, debt and infrastructure asset classes, as well as UK and international M&A transactions (often private equity backed). He has wide experience in corporate reorganisations, structured finance, investment funds and new business set-ups, and also advises regularly on a wide range of employee and fund manager incentive arrangements arising from these transactions.
Steven Davis is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department, co-head of its global Private Equity and M&A Group and co-head of the London office. Steven’s practice focuses on buyouts, buy-ins, and strategic mergers & acquisitions. He has considerable industry knowledge in the consumer, retail, financial, business services, sports and healthcare sectors, and has advised a broad range of clients, including private equity sponsors, management teams, financial institutions and public and private companies.
Steven is a commercial lawyer who has a broad practice in international and domestic dispute resolution. He helps clients in English higher court proceedings and overseas. Steven also has a large international arbitration practice with experience of a wide range of arbitral institutions, including HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, LMAA, UNCITRAL and SIAC. Steven lectures on dispute resolution-related matters, including on the M. Sc. Major Projects course at Said Business School, University of Oxford. He is also the co-author of a leading publication on technology disputes entitled, “IT Contracts and Dispute Management: A Practitioner's Guide to the Project Lifecycle”, a second edition having been commissioned. Over the past 30 years, Steven has been heavily involved in advising upon and resolving disputes in the technology, communications, defence, financial services and energy sectors. Steven is also the co-author of a leading text on technology and outsourcing disputes (a 2nd edition now having been commissioned and due to be published in July 2023): IT Contracts and Dispute Management: A Practitioner's Guide to the Project Lifecycle, published in March 2018 (Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN: 9781784710118).
Warren Allan is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group. Warren advises European sponsors on raising investment funds, and on a broad range of secondary transactions, including the purchase and sale of portfolios of fund interests and manager-led liquidity solutions. Warren also advises investors making direct and indirect co-investments.
