David Arnold > Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

A ‘broad team with diverse expertise’, Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP draws on its strong European platform as it works with multinational sponsors and their portfolio companies, handling a significant volume of complex public and private M&A. Team head Gavin Gordon has an established transactional practice with a recent strong track record in big-ticket take-privates and leveraged buyouts. Claire McDaid acts for a trusted pool of clients in domestic and cross-border transactions, handling private M&A, growth equity, recapitilisations, and distressed deals. David Arnold and Andrew Gray are lauded as ‘exceptional’; the duo are chiefly noted for their skill in European and North American buyouts, M&A, divestments, restructurings and capital raises. Philip Coletto is often called upon by some of the firm’s largest PE clients, especially concerning deals in the financial services and tech sectors.